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OR 91-500-A-306 Expands list of allowable plantings to include drought tolerant and native plantsAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 91500-A-306 34-7, TABLE 1, AND PLANTS PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE BY AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 12- TO MODIFY TYPES OF TREES, SHRUBS LISTED IN THE PLANT PALETTE: REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,000.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDNG AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Planning and Zoning Commission and the governing body of the City of Coppell, Texas, in compliance with the laws of the State of Texas and pursuant to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell, haven given requisite notices by publication and otherwise, and after holding due hearings and affording a full and fair hearing to all property owners generally, and to all persons interested and situation in the affected area and in the vicinity thereof, the said governing body is of the opinion, and in the exercise of legislative discretion have concluded that the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance should be amended. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS SECTION 1. That the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell, Texas, duly passed by the governing body of the City of Coppell, Texas, as heretofore amended, be, and the same is hereby amended by amending the Code of Ordinances, Section 12-34-7, Table 1, repealing the current Table 1 and replacing with a new Table 1 in its entirety to read as follows: TABLE I PLANT PALETTE Overstory Trees: Range: 20-60' Austrian Pine Pinus nigra Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum 1 Big Tooth Maple Bur Oak Cedar Elm Chinese Pistache Chinquapin Oak Common Persimmon Eastern Red Cedar Eldarica Pine (Afghan Pine) Green Ash 'Marshall Seedless' Lacebark (Drake) Elm Leyland Cypress Live Oak Pecan Pond Cypress Red Maple 'October Glory' Shumard Red Oak Southern Magnolia Sweet Gum Texas Ash Texas Red Oak Urbanite Ash Western Soapberry Accent Trees: Range 10-20' American Smoketree Acer grandidentatum Quercus macrocarpa Ulmus crassifolia Pistacia chinensis Quercus muhlenbergii Diospyros virginiana Juniperus virginiana Pinus eldarica Fraxinus pennsylvanica Ulmus parvifolia sempervirens Cupressocyparis leylandi Quercus virginiana Carya illinoinensis Taxodium ascendens Acer Rubrum 'October Glory' Quercus shumardi Magnolia grandiflora Liquidambar styraciflua Fraxinus texensis Quercus buckleyi Fraxinus pennsylvanica Sapindus drummondii Cotinus abovatus 2 Aristrocrat Pear Carolina Buckthorn Carolina Cherry Laurel Chaste Tree Crabapple Crapemyrtle Deciduous Holly Desert Willow East Palatka Holly Eastern Redbud Flameleaf Sumac Foster Holly Japanese Maple Mexican Buckeye Mexican Plum Redbud 'Forest Pansy' Redbud 'Oklahoma' Rough-Leaf Dogwood Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum Savannah Holly Southern Magnolia 'Little Gem' Southern Wax Myrtle Texas Persimmon Texas Redbud Pyrus calleryana'Aristocrat' Thamnus caroliniana Prunus caroliniana Vitex agnus-castus Malus augustifolia or spp. Lagerstroemia indica Ilex decidua Chilopsis linearis Ilex x attenuata 'East Palatka' Cercis canadensis Rhus copallina Ilex x attenuatta 'Foster' Acer palmatum Ungnadia speciosa Prunus mexicana Cercis canandensis Cercis yexensis Cornus drummondii Viburnum rufidulum Ilex 'Savannah' Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem' Myrica cerifera Diospyros texana Cercis canadensis var. texensis 3 Texas Sophora (Eve's Necklace) Washington Hawthorn Weeping Yaupon Holly Wild Plum Yaupon Holly Shrubs: Range 3-5' Abelia Abelia 'Edward Goucher' American Beautyberry Aromatic Sumac Aucuba Boxwood Carissa Holly Chinese Fringe Flower Cleyera Compact Nandina Coralberry Dwarf Abelia Dwarf Burford Holly Dwarf Chinese Holly Dwarf Crapemyrtle Dward Needlepoint Holly Dwarf Wax Myrtle Dwarf Yaupon Holly Sophora affinis Crataegus phaenopyrum Ilex vomitoria 'Pendula' Prusus americana Ilex vomitoria Abelia grandiflora Abelia grandiflora 'Edward Goucher' Callicarpa americana Rhus aromatica Aucuba japonica Buxus microphylla Illex cornuta 'Carissa' Loropetalum chinese 'Hines Purpleaf Ternstroemia gymnanthera Nandina d. compacta Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Abelia grandiflora 'Compacta' Ilex cornuta 'Burfordii Nana' Ilex cornuta 'Rotunda' Lagerstroemia indica 'Nana' Ilex cornuta 'Needlepoint' Myrica pusilla Ilex vomitoria 'Nana' 4 Elaeagnus Flowering Quince Gulfstream Nandina Indian Hawthorn Juniper Leatherleaf Mahonia Nandina Nellie R. Stevens' Holly Oakleaf Hydrangea Pampas Grass Red-leafed Japenese Barberry Red Yucca Rose Glow Barberry Spirea Texas Sage Variegated Ligustrum Ground Cover: Range 18" Arkansas Yucca Asian Jasmine Bar Harbor Trailing Juniper Blue Pacific Trailing Juniper Germander Harbour DwarfNandina Holly Fern Elaeagnus pungens Chaenomeles japonica Nandina domestica 'Gulfstream' Thapiolepsis indica Juniperus chinensis Mahonia bealei Nandina domestica Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens' Hydrangea quercifolia erhthrosoa Cortaderia selloana Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea' Hesperaloe parriflora Leucophyllum frutescens Spirea spp. Leucophyllum frutescens Lugustrum lucidum variegata Carex texensis Trachaelospermum asiaticum Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor' Juniperus conferta"Blue Pacific' Teucrium chamaedrys Nandina domestic Cyrtomium falcatum 5 Horseherb Liriope Mondograss (monkeygrass) Moneywort Purple Wintercreeper Tam Juniper Vinca Wood Fern Wood Violets Vines: Boston Ivy Carolina Jessamine Coral Honeysuckle Cross Vine English Ivy Fig Ivy Lady Banks Rose Passion Vine Sweet Autumn Clematis Trumpet Vine Virginia Creeper Wisteria Grasses: Canadian Wildrye Calyptocarpus vialis Liriope muscari Ophiopogon j aponicus Lysimachia nummularia Euonymus fortunei 'Colorata' Juniperus sabina 'tamariseifolia' Vinca Major Dryopteris normalis Viola missouriensis Parthenocissus tricuspidata Gelsemium sempervirens Lonicera sempervirens Anisotichus capreolata Hedera helix Ficus pumila Rosa banksiae Passiflora incarnata Clematis paniculata Campsis radicans Parthenocissus quinquefolia Wisteria sp. Elymus canadensis 6 Inland Seaoats Little Bluestem Lovegrass Miscanthus Muhly Pampas Grass Sideoats Grama Perennial and Annual Flowers: Chasmanthium latifolium Schizachyrium scoparium Eragrostis sp. Miscanthus sinensis Muhlenbergia sp. Cortaderia selloana Bouteloua curtipendula The planting of annual and perennial flowers compatible in the Coppell geographic area is permitted to provide for color and variation within landscape design. Commonly used at entry features in retail, commercial, office industrial developments. SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance 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 remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. That should any conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this ordinance be adjudged or 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 Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance as a whole. SECTION 4. That an offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed by prior law and the provisions of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, as amended, 7 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 shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance for the City of Coppell, as heretofore amended, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and every day such violation shall continue 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 its caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide. DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the 9th day of October,f2001. CANDY SHEEHAN, MAYOR ATTEST: LIBBY BALL, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: ROBERT E. HAGER, CITY ATTORNEY