OR 91-500-A-277 All filing fees shall be established by City Council resolution AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
onoINANCE NO. 91500A277
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CITY OF COPPELL COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE BY AMENDING SECTION 45 BY PROVIDING FOR A NEW
SECTION 45-1 PROVIDING THAT ALL FILING FEES SHALL BE
ESTABLISHED BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION; AND, BY ADDING
NEW SECTION 45-2 TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUBMISSION AND
ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS; AND, BY ADDING
NEW SECTION 45-3 ESTABLISHING PROHIBITIONS FOR THE
ACCEPTANCE OF PERMITS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Section 45 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance be amended by
repealing the current Section 45-1 and providing for a new Section 45-1 providing all filing fees to
be established by City Council Resolution, to read as follows:
"SECTION 45
APPLICATION AND FILING FEES
45-1 All owners, lessee or any other persons, firms or corporation making an application
with the City of Coppell requesting a change, amendment or variance to the zoning
ordinance applicable to his property shall be charged a mandatory fee for
processing. All fees charged under this ordinance shall be established by resolution
of the City Council."
SECTION 2. That Section 45 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance be amended by
adding a new Section 45-2 to provide for the submission and acceptance of applications and
permits, which shall read as follows:
"45-2 All applications for change of zoning, site plan, plat or other permits regarding
land development under the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision
Ordinance shall not be submitted or accepted by the City prior to the filing date as
established by the Planning Director and approved by the Planning and Zoning
Commission."
SECTION 3. That Section 45 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance be by adding new
Section 45-3 establishing prohibitions for the acceptance of permits, which shall read as follows:
"45-3 No application for any building permit, site plan, plat or other permit under the
Coppell Zoning Ordinance and/or Subdivision Ordinance shall be accepted
conceming any tract of land or real property for which a zoning application has been
filed and pending before the Planning Department, Planning & Zoning Commission
or City Council."
SECTION 4. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as mended hereby, be adjudged or held to
be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 5. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas,
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is govemed
by the prior law and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the
offense was committed and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, the 12thday of
December, 2000.
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ROBERT E. HAq~ ~ ATTORNEY
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