OR 91-500-A-287 Screening standards for ground level & roof mounted AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-287
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CITY OF COPPELL COMPREHENSIVE ZONING
ORDINANCE BY AMENDING SECTION 33, SUBSECTION 33-1.6 BY
ADDING SUBSECTION 6(A) AND 6(B) PROVIDING FOR SCREENING
STANDARDS FOR GROUND LEVEL AND ROOF MOUNTED
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT; 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 33, Subsection 33-1.6 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance
be amended by adding Subsection 6(A) and 6(B) providing for screening standards for ground level
and roof mounted mechanical equipment, which shall read as follows:
"33-1 Location of Required Screening
6(A) All ground and wall mounted mechanical and utility equipment
including, but not limited to, air conditioning units, generators, and
transformers shall be visually screened by a solid screening wall at a
minimum height so as to provide visual screening of such
equipment from adjacent properties and public rights-of-way.
Installation of evergreen landscaping material, as deemed
acceptable to the Director of Planning, may be substituted in lieu of
the screen wall, under circumstances where the topography, zoning
and use of such property would promote the general health, safety,
and welfare of the community.
6(B) All roof-mounted utility and mechanical equipment including, but
not limited to, fans, vents, air conditioning units, cooling towers,
and satellite dishes, shall be screened so as not to be visible at
ground level from the adjacent properties and/or public rights-of-
way, that complies with Fire Code requirements. In general, the
screening of roof mounted utility and mechanical equipment shall be
provided by a parapet wall, unless otherwise permitted by the City
Council.
i. Overall screening height shall be the height of the highest
element of roof-mounted equipment.
ii. The outside of the screening device, if independent of the
building faCade, shall be painted or otherwise finished in a
color similar to the building faCade, trim, or roof surface,
whichever color is more effective in minimizing the visibility
of the equipment and screen from public rights-of-way
and/or adjacent properties.
SECTION 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 13th day of
February , 2001.
APPROVED: .~ //
CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
LIBBY BALL, CITY SECRETARY
(REH/cdb 02/05/01)