OR 2001-947 Rename Bethel RoadAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-947
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 1,
ARTICLE 1-4, SECTION 1-4-2 BY ADDING PARAGRAPH "R" TO
RENAME BETHEL ROAD FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO ITS
INTERSECTION WITH DENTON TAP ROAD; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas be, and the
same is hereby amended by amending Chapter 1, Article 1-4, Section 1-4-2, in part, by
adding paragraph "R" to rename Bethel Road between the west city limits to its
intersection with Denton Tap Road, to read as follows:
"Sec. 1-4-2.
Street name changes.
R. The name of the existing segment of roadway commonly referred to
as Bethel Road, from the west city limits to its intersection with Denton Tap
Road, shall be named Bethel Road."
SECTION 2. That the Director of Traffic Control shall cause to be erected
appropriate signage with the appropriate street name established herein.
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repealed, and all other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall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. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, section or phrase of this ordinance
or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
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 unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the
validity of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 5. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is govemed
by 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; however the speed
limit established herein shall not take effect until the appropriate signage giving notice of such speed
limit has been erected.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 22nd day of
May, 2001.
CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR -
ATTEST:
LIBBY BALL, CITY SECRETARY
ROBERT E.HAGR, CITY ATTORNEY
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