OR 275 Adopts Uniform Building Code AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 275
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE
UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, 1982 EDITION, REGULATING THE ERECTION,
CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, MOVING, REMOVAL,
DEMOLITION, CONVERSION, OCCUPANCY, EQUIPMENT, USE, HEIGHT, AREA AND
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES
THEREFOR; PROVIDING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO SAID UNIFORM BUILDING
CODE; REPEALING ALL PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS
ORDINANCE; SPECIFICALLY REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 100 AND AMENDMENTS
THERETO; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary to provide minimum standards to regulate
the design, construction, materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of
bu~dings and structures and certain equipment thereof, within the City to protect
public safety, health and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. TrrLE
This ordinance shah be known as the "THE CITY OF COPPELL BUILDING
CODE."
SECTION 2. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
That certain code volume and volume of code standards, copies of which are
on file in the office of the City Secretary, being marked and designated as "Uniform
Building Code,~ including Appendix, Chapters 1, 7, 12, 23, 32, 35, 38, 49, 51, 55, 57,
and 70, 1982 Edition, and the ~Uniform Building Code Standards,~ 1982 Edition, published
by the International Conference of Building Officials, be and the same is hereby adopted
as the Building Code of the City of Coppell, Texas, for regulating the erection,
construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, removal, demolition, conversion,
occupancy, equipment, use, height, area and maintenance of all buildings or structures
in the City, providing for the issuance of permits and collection of fees therefor;
except as portions are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, a copy of said volumes
being attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and "C" and made a part hereof the same as if
fully set out at length herein.
SECTION 3. SPECIFIC AMENDMENTS TO UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
The Uniform Building Code adopted by this ordinance and attached hereto as
Exhibit "B" is amended as follows:
(a) TABLE 3-A AMENDED
Table No. 3-A "Building Permit Fees" is hereby amended and the table
of fees attached hereto as Exhibit "A" shall be substituted therefor, provided,
however, that part of Table No. 3-A designated as Other Inspeetions and Fees
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. REPEALING CLAUSE
All parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed. Ordinance No. 100 and all amendments thereto are
hereby specifically repealed. However, the repeal of existing ordinances by this
ordinance shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or the punishment of any person
for any act done or committed prior to the effective date of this ordinance in violation
of any ordinance hereby repealed; and prosecution for such offenses may be instituted
and causes presently pending proceeded with in all respects as if such prior ordinance
or ordinances had not been repealed.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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 7. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shah take effect immediately from and after the publication of
its caption, as the law in such cases provides.
DULY PAS~ED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the
day of
APPROVED:
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