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OR 97-818 Adopts October supplement to 1996 edition of Code of Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 97818 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, ADOPTING THE OCTOBER, 1997 SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1996 EDITION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE PRINTING THEREOF, AUTHENTICATION BY THE MAYOR AND ATTESTATION BY THE CITY SECRETARY; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS TO REPEAL; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, adopted a new Code of Ordinances ti3r the City of Coppell by Ordinance No. 96-759 on June 25, 1996; and WHEREAS, said Code of Ordinances included Ordinances No. 1 through 96-759; and WHEREAS, the City Council has enacted additional ordinances amending the Code of Ordinances through and including Ordinance No. 97811 on September 23, 1997; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to supplement the Code of Ordinances to include those amendments within the body of the Code as provided by Ordinance No. 96-759; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE C1TY OF COPPELL, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the October, 1997 Supplement to the 1996 Edition of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, heretofore enacted by Ordinance No. 96-759 be, and the same is hereby, adopted and shall hereafter constitute a Supplement to the Code of Ordinances. SECTION 2. That copies of the October, 1997 Supplement, duly authenticated and approved by attachment to a certified copy of this Ordinance, under facsimile signature of the Mayor and attested by the City Secretary, shall be printed and distributed to all holders of the Code of Ordinances in accordance with the current list kept for that purpose by the City Secretary. SECTION 3. That such Code as supplemented shall be admitted in evidence without further proof, and the City Secretary shall record this Supplement to such Code in the ordinance records of the City, and thereafter such Code, as amended and supplemented, shall serve as a record Page - 1 - ssi4496 of the ordinances so codi~ed, and it shalI not be necessary in establishing the content of any particular ordinance so codified to go beyond said record. SECTION 4. That all provisions of such Code, as amended and supplemented hereby, shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of this ordinance, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Coppell, through and including Ordinance No. 97811, enacted on final passage on or before September 23, 1997, and not included in such code or recognized and in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after September 23, 1997, except as hereinaf~er provided. No resolution of the City Council not specifically mentioned herein is hereby repealed, SECTION 5. That the repeal provided for in Section 4 above shall not afl~ct the ~bllowing: A. Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty of forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of such Supplement; B. Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money lbr the City, or authorizing the issuance of any bond of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness; C. Any contract or obligation assumed by the City; D. Any right or franchise granted by the City; E. Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, paving, widening, or vacating any street or public way in the City, including any ordinance adopting a master thoroughfare plan; Page -2- ssi4496 F. Any ordinance relating to municipal street maintenance agreements with the State of Texas or any other political subdivision; G. Any ordinance establishing or prescribing grades for streets in the City; H. Any appropriation ordinance or ordinance providing for the levy of taxes or for an annual budget; I. Any ordinance relating to local improvements and assessments therefor; J. Any ordinance annexing territory to the City or discontinuing territory as a part of the City; K. Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City; L. Any ordinance prescribing the rates to be charged by public utilities or public service corporations; M. Any ordinance amending the Zoning Map. Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, or rezoning specific property; or N. Any ordinance enacted after September 23, 1997. SECTION 6. It is the intention of the City Council to make this Supplement and the amendments incorporated within it part of the Code of Ordinances when printed or reprinted in page form, distributed to and incorporated within the original Code of Ordinance books distributed by the City Secretary. A copy of such Code as supplemented hereby shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same in the office of the City Secretary during regular business hours. Ordinances passed subsequent to the enactment of this Supplement shall be added to the body of the Code of Ordinances and incorporated within it by reference so that reference to the Page-3- ss14496 Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. SECTION 7. Whenever in the Code of Ordinances an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation of such provision of the Code by any person, firm or corporation shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Coppell, such person, firm or corporation shall be punished by a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense, except where a different penalty has been established by state law for such offense, including traffic offenses, in which case the penalty shall be that fixed by state law, and for any offense which is a violation of any provision that governs fire safety, zoning, public health and sanitation or dumping refuse as that term is defined by Chapter 365 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended, kno~vn as the Texas Litter Abatement Act, the penalty shall be a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense, and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense. SECTION 8. This ordinance shall take effect immediately after its passage as the law and charter in such cases provide. DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ~Z I day of/,.)('e?Ct~ ~e'/' , 1997. APpR, OVED: , Page -4- ss 14496 ATTEST: KA~LEEN ROACH, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: PETER G. SMITH, CITY ATTORNEY (PGS/U112/5/97) Page-5- ssI4496 CERTIFICATE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF DALLAS § This October, 1997 Supplement to the Code of Ordinances o[ the City of Coppell, adopted and enacted on the c//Tq~1 day of Z~,)(~C'~;I~e'y' , 1997, as "October, 1997 Supplement to the 1996 Code of Ordinances, City of Coppell, Texas," by ordinance of the City Council, and effective the same date, is hereby duly authenticated and approved. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name as Mayor of the City of Coppell, attested by the City Secretary, with the seal of the City affixed hemto, this c/"/-[1 day of LD~(~C~;/~/e,/', 1997. /'a~d'// 't C y ~heeh~, Mayor City of Coppell, Texas ATTEST: Kathleen Roach, City Secretary City of Coppell, Texas Page -6- SS14496