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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-824
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, BY AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS HERETOFORE, AMENDING
CHAPTER 12, ARTICLE 42, SPECIAL DEFINITIONS TO ADD
DEFINITIONS FOR “SHOWROOM”, “WAREHOUSE”, “DISTRIBUTION
CENTER”, “FULFILLMENT CENTER”, AND “RETAIL CENTER”; AND,
TO AMEND ARTICLE 25, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, OF SAID
CHAPTER TO ADD SAID NEW DEFINITIONS TO PERMITTED USES;
AND, TO AMEND ARTICLE 31 OF SAID CHAPTER TO ALLOW
CONVERSION OF DOCK AREAS TO ADDITIONAL PARKING, TO
ALLOW “WAREHOUSE”, “DISTRIBUTION CENTER” AND
“FULFILLMENT CENTER” AS DEFINED HEREIN TO REQUIRE NOT
LESS THAN ONE (1) PARKING SPACE PER 2,000 SQUARE FEET,
“SHOWROOM” AS DEFINED HEREIN TO REQUIRE NOT LESS THAN
ONE (1) PARKING SPACE PER 1,000 SQUARE FEET; TO ALLOW THE
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO APPROVE UP TO A
10% REDUCTION IN PARKING FOR RETAIL CENTERS WITH
BUILDINGS GREATER THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas has determined that it is the
City’s best interest to update sections of Article 35 Accessory structures regulations.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, be, and the same
is hereby amended by amending Chapter 12 ‘Zoning’, Article 25 “‘LI’ Light Industrial District”,
by amending Section 12-25-1 ‘Use regulations’ to add permitted uses as follows:
“CHAPTER 12 – ZONING
ARTICLE 1. ENACTING CLAUSE
. . . . .
ARTICLE 25. – “LI” LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT
. . . . .
Sec. 12-25-1. - Use regulations.
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7. Distribution Center.
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10. Fulfillment Center
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17. Showroom
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23.Warehouse
SECTION 2. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, be, and the same
is hereby amended by amending Chapter 12 ‘Zoning’, Article 31 “Off-street Parking
Requirements”, by repealing and replacing Section 12-31-6 ‘Parking requirements based on use’
in its entirety and, by providing a new Chapter 12 Zoning, Article 31 “Off-Street Parking” to
Parking Requirement Based on Use”, to hereinafter read as follows:
“CHAPTER 12 – ZONING
ARTICLE 1. ENACTING CLAUSE
. . . . .
ARTICLE 31. – OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
. . . . .
Sec. 12-31-6. - Parking requirements based on use.
In all districts there shall be provided at the time any building or structure is erected or
structurally altered, off-street parking spaces in accordance with the preceding provisions
and in accordance with the following requirements:
1. Auto laundry: One space per 500 square feet of gross floor area.
2. Bowling alley: Six parking spaces for each alley or lane.
3. Business or professional office, (general): One space per 300 square feet of gross floor
area.
4. Church or other place of worship: One parking space for each three seats in the main
auditorium.
5. College or university: One space per each day student.
6. Community center, library, museum, or art gallery: Ten parking spaces plus one
additional space for each 300 square feet of floor area in excess of 2,000 square feet. If an
auditorium is included as a part of the building, its floor area shall be deducted from the
total and additional parking provided on the basis of one space for each four seats that it
contains.
7. Commercial amusement: One space per three guests or one space per 100 square feet of
gross floor area, whichever is greater.
8. Dance hall, assembly or exhibition hall without fixed seats: One parking space for each
100 square feet of floor area thereof.
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9. Day nursery: One space per ten pupils.
10. Distribution Center: One parking space for each employee on the maximum working
shift plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith,
but not less than one parking space for each 2,000 square feet of floor area.
11. Dwellings, multi-family: Two spaces per one and two bedroom units and two and one-
half spaces per three bedroom unit.
12. Fraternity, sorority, or dormitory: One parking space for each two beds
13. Fulfillment Center: One parking space for each employee on the maximum working
shift plus space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith,
but not less than one parking space for each 2,000 square feet of floor area.
14. Furniture or appliance store, hardware store, wholesale establishments, machinery or
equipment sales and service, clothing or shoe repair or service: Two parking spaces plus
one additional parking space for each 300 square feet of floor area over 1,000.
15. Gasoline station: Minimum of six spaces.
16. Hospital: One space per employee on the largest shift, plus one and one-half spaces for
each bed.
17. Hotel: One parking space for each one sleeping rooms or suites plus one space for each
200 square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.
18. Library or museum: Ten spaces plus one space for every 300 square feet.
19. Lodge or fraternal organization: One space per 200 square feet.
20. Manufacturing or industrial establishment, research or testing laboratory, creamery,
bottling plant, printing or plumbing shop, or similar establishment: One parking space for
each employee on the maximum working shift plus space to accommodate all trucks and
other vehicles used in connection therewith, but not less than one parking space for each
1,000 square feet of floor area.
21. Medical or dental office: One space per 175 square feet of floor area.
22. Mini-warehouse (convenience storage): Four per complex plus one per 3,000 square
feet of storage area. When access to individual storage units is adjacent to a fire lane,
parallel (8′ × 22′) parking spaces shall be provided adjacent to the storage units. These
parking spaces will be outside of the designated fire lane and are only required adjacent to
one side of the fire lane.
a. One parking space shall also be provided per 500 square feet of floor area of
caretaker's quarters; however, no more than two spaces are required for each caretaker's
quarters.
23. Mobile home park: Two spaces for each mobile home plus additional spaces as required
herein for accessory uses.
24. Mortuary or funeral home: One parking space for each 50 square feet of floor space in
slumber rooms, parlors or individual funeral service rooms.
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25. Motel: One parking space for each sleeping room or suite plus one space for each 200
square feet of commercial floor area contained therein.
26. Motor-vehicle sales rooms and used car lots: One parking space for each 500 square
feet of sales floor for indoor uses, or one parking space for each 1,000 square feet of lot
area for outdoor uses.
27. Nursing home: One space per five beds and one for each day staff.
28. Private club, country club or golf club: One parking space for each 150 square feet of
floor area or for every five members, whichever is greater.
29. Retail store or personal service establishment, except as otherwise specified herein:
One space per 200 square feet of gross floor area.
30. Restaurant, night club, cafe or similar recreation or amusement establishment:
a. One parking space for each 100 square feet of floor area.
b. Where drive-through facilities are provided, there shall be a minimum of five
stacking spaces behind the first point of order. Stacking/queuing shall not be permitted
in a designated fire lane.
31. Rooming or boardinghouse: One parking space for each sleeping room.
32. Sanitarium, convalescent home, home for the aged or similar institution: One parking
space for each five beds.
33. School, elementary: One parking space for each five seats in the auditorium or main
assembly room, or one space for each classroom plus six spaces, whichever is greater.
34. School, secondary, and college: One parking space for each four seats in the main
auditorium or eight spaces for each classroom, whichever is greater.
35. Showroom: One parking space for every 1,000 square feet.
36. Theater, auditorium (except school), sports arena, stadium, or gymnasium: One parking
space for each three seats or bench seating spaces.
37. Golf course: Three parking spaces per hole.
38. Technology equipment facility: One space per 2,500 square feet of gross floor area
devoted to technology or computer equipment, plus additional parking as required in
section 12-31 for all accessory uses, such as office, meeting or technical workspace.
39. Warehouse: One parking space for each employee on the maximum working shift plus
space to accommodate all trucks and other vehicles used in connection therewith, but not
less than one parking space for each 2,000 square feet of floor area.”
SECTION 3. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, be, and the same
is hereby amended by repealing Chapter 12 ‘Zoning’, Article 31 “Off-street Parking
Requirements”, Section 12-31-3 (1) and (5) ‘Off-street loading space, all districts’ and replacing
with a new Chapter 12, Zoning, Article 31, “Off-Street Parking Requirements,” Section 12-31-3
(1) and (5), to hereinafter read as follows:
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“CHAPTER 12 – ZONING
ARTICLE 1. ENACTING CLAUSE
. . . . .
ARTICLE 31. – OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
. . . . .
Sec. 12-31-3. - Off-street loading space, all districts.
1. All retail, commercial, and industrial structures having 5,000 square feet or more of
gross floor area shall provide and maintain off-street parking facilities for the loading
and unloading of merchandise and goods at a ratio of at least one space for the first
20,000 square feet of gross floor area and one space for each additional 20,000 square
feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof for a building larger than 5,000 square feet.
A loading space shall consist of an area of a minimum of 12 by 30 feet. All drives and
approaches shall provide adequate space and clearances to allow for the maneuvering
of trucks off-street.
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5. Existing loading dock areas of warehouse/distribution sites within the Light Industrial
District may be converted to additional off-street parking spaces provided the area is screened
from public view or adjacent property with evergreen landscaping in accordance with Section
12-34-7 General Standards, or with a masonry screening wall in accordance with Section 12-
33 Screening Standards.”
SECTION 4. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, be, and the same
is hereby amended by repealing and replacing Chapter 12 ‘Zoning’, Article 31 “Off-street Parking
Requirements”, Section 12-31-7 (1) and (6) ‘Rules for computing number of parking spaces,’ and
replacing with a new Chapter 12, Zoning, Article 31, Off-Street Parking Requirement, Section 12-
31-7 (1) and (6), to hereinafter read as follows:
“CHAPTER 12 – ZONING
ARTICLE 1. ENACTING CLAUSE
. . . . .
ARTICLE 31. – OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS
. . . . .
Sec. 12-31-7. - Rules for computing number of parking spaces
In computing the number of parking spaces required for each of the above uses the
following rules shall govern:
1. "Floor area" shall mean the gross floor area of the specific use.
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6. For retail centers greater than 10,000 square feet in building area, the Director of
Community Development is authorized to approve a reduction of the number of required
parking spaces not to exceed a ten percent (10%) reduction; however, any reduction greater
than 5% shall require a parking study and alternate parking plan obtained by the owner or
developer of the property that is prepared by a licensed transportation engineer.
SECTION 5. That Chapter 12, ‘Zoning’, Article 42 “Special Definitions” of the Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended by amending Section 12-42-1 to add new definitions in
alphabetical order and by definition of ‘Distribution Center’, ‘Fulfillment Center’, ‘Showroom’,
repeal and replace the definitions of ‘Retail stores and shops’ with Retail store(s), shop(s) and
Retail Center’, repeal and replace ‘Warehouse/distribution’ with ‘Warehouse’; which shall
hereinafter read as follows read as follows:
“CHAPTER 12 – ZONING
ARTICLE 1. ENACTING CLAUSE
. . . . .
ARTICLE 42. – SPECIAL DEFINITIONS
. . . . .
Sec. 12-42-1. – Definitions.
Certain words in this Ordinance not heretofore defined are defined as follows: . . . . .
Accessory building or use: One which: (a) is subordinate to and serves a
principal use; and (b) is subordinate in area, . . . . .
. . . . .
Distribution Center: an established location that stores goods purchased by the
operator for resale, that does engage in storing goods for hire, and where goods are not sold
to retail customers.
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Fulfillment Center: an established location operated to receive orders from retail
customers, placed primarily over the Internet through the use of websites, for purchase of
goods held in inventory at that location that are shipped or delivered from the center
directly to the place designated by purchaser. A fulfillment center does not store goods for
hire. It keeps or retains goods for sale to retail customers in the regular course of business.
It is not a warehouse or a distribution center.
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Retail store(s), shop(s) and Retail Center: established locations that display and sell
goods in-person to consumers, but excluding the display and sale in the open, outside a
building, of new or used automobiles, heavy machinery, building materials, used
appliances, furniture or salvage materials.
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Showroom: a room or area in excess of one thousand square feet where durable
goods are displayed for retail sales to consumers.
Warehouse: an established location engaged in storing goods for hire for multiple
parti es that does not sell goods in the regular course of business and that does not store
goods that the operator has purchased for resale.
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SECTIO 6. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell , Texas ,
in conflict with the provisions ofthis ordinance be , and the same are hereby , repealed , and all other
provisions not in confl ict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 7. That should any word , phrase , paragraph, section or portion of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances , as amended hereby , be held to be void or unconstitutional , the same
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or of the Code of
Ordinances , as amended hereby , which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 8. That this ordinance shall take effect on ~~ after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in suhcasesprovide .
.Jtf'·°iLY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell , Texas , this the ~y of
\\\ ,2025
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