OR 86-352-A-1 Prohibiting alcohol in any City park AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 86352A1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 9
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL BY ADDING TO SECTION
9-11-3 A NEW SUBSECTION PROHIBITING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN THE LIMITS
OF ANY CITY PARK; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. ADDING NEW SUBSECTION "Q" TO SEC. 9-11-3 OF CHAPTER 9
OF THE CITY CODE
Chapter 9 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell is hereby amended
by adding to Section 9-11-3 a new subsection "Q" to read 8s follows:
Section 9-11-3 GENERAL REGULATIONS
"Q. Alcoholic beverages of every kind are prohibited within
any area designated as a City Park and it shall be
unlawful and an offense for any person to bring any
alcoholic beverage into any such park area or possess
alcoholic beverages while in any such park area."
SECTION 2. REPEALING CLAUSE
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance
shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity
of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so
decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. PENALTY CLAUSE
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a
penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense,
and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate
offense.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the publication of
its caption, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
~.C~~y , RETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CO87-0518