OR 2001-950 Door-to-door solicitation; mobile vendingAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2001-950
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 6,
SECTION 6-2-9(A) TO PROVIDE FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITATION
AND BY ADDING 6-2-9(A)(3) TO ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE FOR
MOBILE VENDOR SOLICITATION; 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 1T 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 6, Section 6-2-9 (A), in part, to provide for door-to-door
solicitation and by adding Section 6-2-9 (A) (3) establishing a schedule for mobile vendor
solicitation, to read as follows:
"Sec. 6-2-9. Hours of solicitation.
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct a charitable or non-
charitable solicitation or to solicit funds or conduct door-to-door solicitation or go
upon any residential premises and ring the doorbell, or rap, or knock upon the door,
or create any sound in a manner calculated to attract the attention of the occupant of
the residence for the purpose of engaging in or attempt to engage in a home
solicitation:
Except that, Mobile Vendors, as provided in Section 6-2-11, shall be
permitted sales Monday through Sunday, and on any holiday, after
9:00 a.m. and not later than thirty (30) minutes following sunset.
SECTION 2. 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in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other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 3. 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 4. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed
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 5. That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms
of this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Coppell, Texas, shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense, and
each and every day such violation is continued shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.
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.
AP~rl~)VED: ~ ~
CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR ~
ATTEST:
LIBBY BALL, CITY SECRETARY
ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTORNEY
(REH/cdb 05/15/01)
3 41331