OR 91-500-A-276 Deleting requirement for 5 parking spaces between planting islands AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-276
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CITY OF COPPELL COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE BY AMENDING SECTION 34, SUBSECTION 34-1-8(B)3 BY
DELETING THE REQUIREMENT FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE (5)
PARKING SPACES SEPARATING PLANTING ISLANDS WITHIN A
SINGLE ROW OF PARKING AND BY AMENDING SUBSECTION 34-1-
8(C) BY ADDING A PROVISION FOR A LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG
ALL PERIMETER PROPERTY LINES; 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 34, Subsection 34-1-8(B)3 of the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance be amended by deleting the provision for a minimum of five (5) parking spaces separating
planing islands and shall read as follows:
"SECTION 34
LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS
34-1-8 MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF-STREET PARKING AND
VEHICULAR USE AREAS
(B) Interior Landscaping .....
3. Exclusive of pavement .... The intervals shall be such that
planting islands within a single row of parking shall be
separated by no more than fifteen (15) parking spaces.
Planting islands shall contain .... "
SECTION2. That Section 34, Subsection 34-1-8(C) of the Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance be amended by adding a provision for a landscape buffer along all property lines which shall
read as follows:
"(C) Perimeter Landscaping. A landscape buffer shall be provided along
all property lines. All off-street parking, loading and vehicular use
areas, including driveway pavement, shall also be screened .... "
SECTION 3. That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended 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 4. 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conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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 5. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed 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 6. 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 12th day of December,
2000.
APPROVED:
CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LIBBY BALL, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTORNEY