OR 193 Sign Code ORDINANCE NO. 193
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, WHICH SHALL CONSTITUTE
"THE SIGN CODE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL", BY PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF
SUCH CODE; BY PROVIDING FOR DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS; BY PROVIDING FOR THE
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, MAXIMUM AREA, MAXIMUM HEIGHT, SETBACK AND SPACING OF SIGNS;
BY PROVIDING FOR TEMPORARY SIGNS; BY PROVIDING FOR BONDING AND LICENSING OF SIGN
ERECTORS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COPPELL, TEXAS:
ARTICLE I - SCOPE AND ENFORCEMENT
SECTION 1.01: This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as
"The Sign Code of the City of Coppell" and is referred to herein as 'this code'.
SECTION 1.02: The purpose of this code is to provide minimum stand-
ards to safeguard life, health, property and public welfare regulating and con-
trolling the use, quality of materials, construction, location, electrification
and maintenance of certain signs and sign structures~ The provisions of this code
are not intended to permit a violation of any provisions of any other ordinance.
SECTION 1.03: A. AUTHORITY
The Building Official is hereby authorized and directed
to enforce all of the provisions of this code.
B. RIGHT OF ENTRY
Upon presentation of proper credentials, the Building
Official may enter at reasonable times any building, structure or premises in
the City to perform any duty required by this code.
SECTION 1.04: The following signs and sign structures are specifically
exempt from the provisions of this code:
A. Those designed, displayed or used upon motor
vehicles.
B. Those designed and used for display upon or with
lighter- and/or heavier-than air crafts.
C. Those located inside a building. (exception:
electrical signs)
D. Those erected by municipal, state or federal govern-
ments.
E. Those erected by public utility or transportation
organizations operating pursuant to a franchise agree-
ment with the City of Coppell, where such signs are
erected or displayed for the purpose of public instruction,
traffic control and similar uses incidental to the public
interest and are not business signs.
F. Those otherwise in conformance with the provisions
of this code and molded, chiseled, etched or otherwise
indented into walls or structural members of buildings
or structures.
G. Any temporary sign placed on private property of
dimensions not exceeding two feet by two feet (2' x 2'),
supported by not more than two (2) metal or wooden stakes.
H. Those signs located on active construction job
sites and having dimensions not exceeding four feet
by four feet (4' x 4').
I. Those advertising that the property upon which such
sign is located is for sale, rent or lease and having
dimensions not exceeding three feet by three
J. On-premise nameplates containing the name and/or
occupation and/or address of the occupant of the premises
when otherwise in conformance with the provisions of this
code (Exception: electrical signs).
SECTION 1.05: There shall be placed and maintained in plain view on
each sign not herein specifically exempt a permanent marker that identifies the
person, firm or corporation owning and/or in possession and/or in control of the
sign and/or structure.
SECTION 1~06: The Building Official or his authorized agent shall in-
spect every sign not specifically exempt from the provisions of this code at least
once annually.
SECTION 1.07: All signs and sign structures which are structurally un-
safe or which constitute a fire hazard or are otherwise dangerous to human life
or which, in relation to existing uses, constitute a hazard to safety or health
or public welfare by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence,
fire hazard, disaster damage or abandonment are hereby declared unsafe and declared
to be public nuisances and upon written notification from the Building Official
shall be abated within ten (10) days by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or re-
moval. If such order is not complied with in ten (10) days the Building Official
shall remove such sign at the expense of the owner or lessee thereof.
SECTION 1.08: All signs for which a permit is required, toghether with
all their supports, braces, guys, and anchors, shall be kept in repair and, unless
of galvanized or non-corroding metal, shall be thoroughly painted at least once
every two (2) years. Should the Building Inspector find that any such sign is not
so maintained, is unsafe or insecure, or is a menace to the public, or has been
constructed or erected or is being maintained in violation of the provisions of
this code, he shall give written notice and order to the permittee or owner thereof,
such notice and order containing substantially the following:
A. The street address and description sufficient for
identification of the location of such sign;
B. A statement that the Building Official has found such
sign to be in violation of this code or other laws, codes
and ordinances governing signs, together with a general
description of such conditions found to cause such sign
to be in violation of this code or laws or ordinances.
C. A statement of action required to be taken as deter-
mined by the Building Official:
(1) If the permittee or owner fails to begin to
alter or remove such sign so as to comply with
this code or laws or ordinances within ten (10)
days after such notice, such sign may be altered
or removed by the Building Official to effect
compliance, such alteration or removal to be
assessed against such permittee or owner of the
property upon which such sign is located;
The Building Official may cause any sign which is an
immediate peril to persons or property to be removed
summarily and without notice.
ARTICLE II - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
SECTION 2.01: For the purpose of this code, certain abbreviations,
terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall be construed as herein defined
in this article and as defined elewhere in such code; however, any such abbre-
viations, terms, phrases, words and their derivatives, if not so specifically de-
fined, shall be construed in light of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Coppell
and/or in light of the Building Code of the City of Coppell and/or as a trade
term and/or by those rules of construction governing all civil statutory enactments
of the State of Texas.
SECTION 2.02: ACCESSORY USE
A use which is clearly incidental to the use of the
princial building or the main use of the property.
SECTION 2.03: APPROVED PLASTICS
Those plastics specified in U.B.C. Standards No. 52-1.
SECTION 2.04: BUILDING CODE
City of Coppell Building Code, such code being Volume
I of the latest edition of the Uniform Building Code (published by the Inter-
national Conference of Building Officials), as adopted and as amended by the
City Council of the City of Coppell.
SECTION 2.05: BUILDING OFFICIAL
That officer or his duly authorized deputy, charged
with the administration and enforcement of this code.
SECTION 2.06: COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING SIGN
A sign which advertises commodities, services or
persons, such commodities, services or persons not being solely available or
present upon the premises upon which sign is located.
SECTION 2.07: DISPLAY SURFACE
For the purpose of computing sign permit fees, that
area made available by a sign structure for the purpose of displaying an adver-
tising message, such area to exclude nonstructural trim.
SECTION 2.08: ELECTRICAL SIGN
Any sign containing electrical wiring in or upon such
sign or its sign structure, but not including any sign illuminated by an exterior
light source not attached to such sign.
SECTION 2.09: FEDERAL-AID PRIMARY HIGHWAY
Means any highway system as established and maintained
as a primary highway, including extensions of such systems within municipalities,
which has been approved pursuant to Subsection B of Section 103 of Title 23,
United States Code.
SECTION 2.10: GROUND SIGN
A sign, the structure of which is supported directly
upon or in the ground.
SECTION 2.11: LEGAL NONCONFORMING SIGN
A sign existing legally at the time of passage of this
code which does not cobform to the provisions of this code. Such sign may con-
tinue in use, provided that such use does not constitute a hazard or public
nuisance.
Any sign erected, constructed, enlarged, altered or converted after the passage
of this code, which does not conform to the provisions thereof, shall be considered
an illegal, nonconforming sign.
SECTION 2.12: MARQUEE
A permanent roofed structure which is attached to and
supported by a building and may, project over public property.
SECTION 2.13: MARQUEE SIGN
A sign displayed as part of a marquee. Any such sign
projecting over public property or a public walkway may be used only for identi-
fication or location of the supporting building or of a place of business located
in such a building.
SECTION 2.14: NONCOMBUSTIBLE
Material of which no part will ignite and burn when
subjected to fire. Any material conforming to U.B.C. Standard No. 4-1 shall be
considered noncombustible within the meaning of this code.
SECTION 2.15: NONSTRUCTURAL TRIM
The molding, battens, caps, nailing strips, latticing
or base, cutouts or letters and walkways which are attached to the sign strucutre.
SECTION 2.16: PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
SECTION 2.17: PLASTIC MATERIALS
Those materials made wholly or principally from standard-
ized plastics listed and described in U.B.C. Standard No. 52-1 (see definitions
of approved plastics).
SECTION 2.18: PORTABLE SIGN
A sign designed and/or constructed and/or used to
facilitate the placing or moving of same from one location to another or from
one lot, tract, or parcel of land to another lot, tract, or parcel of land. Such
sign shall contain no electrical wiring. Such sign shall have temporary anchors
to the ground to withstand the windload specified in this code. Such portable sign
shall be classified as a temporary sign.
SECTION 2.19: PROJECTING SIGN
building line.
A sign extending over public property or beyond a
SECTION 2.20: ROOF SIGN
A sign erected on a vertical framework supported by,
and located immediately and entirely on or over the roof of a building.
SECTION 2.21: SIGN
Any visual medium or graphic device, including its
structural and component parts, which is used or intended to be used to attract
attention to the subject matter of such medium or device. Signs may advertise,
identify, inform, direct or provide location.
SECTION 2.22: SIGN, ANIMATED
A sign employing visible moving parts or the changing
of colors.
SECTION 2.23: SIGN, FLASHING
A sign or part of a sign that contains units which
cause such sign or part thereof to appear to flash. Flashing signs shall not
include signs having only one on-off cycle in any period exceeding sixty (60)
seconds.
SECTION 2.24: SIGN, REVOLVING
A sign which revolves on or around or about a structural
support. A structural support can be a pole, pylon, building or other type of
support. Revolving parts within or upon a display surface shall be construed as
a revolving sign.
SECTION 2.25: SIGN STRUCTURE
Any structure which supports or is capable of supporting
any sign as defined in this code. Sign structures by way of example, but not
limitation, may include single poles and may be a intregal part of the building.
SECTION 2.26: TEMPORARY SIGN
Any sign intended to be displayed for a limited period
of time only including by way of example, but not of limitation, any sign, banner,
pennant, valance or advertising display constructed of cloth, canvas, light fabric,
cardboard, wallboard or other light materials with or without frames.
SECTION 2.27: U.B.C. STANDARDS
The Uniform Building Code Standards as promulgated by
the Internation Conference of Building Officials (I.C.B.O.).
SECTION 2.28: WALL SIGN
A sign which is attached or fixed to the wall of a building
or is an intregal part of the building with the exposed face of the sign in a plane
parallel to and not more than twelve (12) inches from said wall provided however,
that electrical wall signs may project not more than eighteen (18) inches from
said wall.
ARTICLE III- PERMITS, FEES AND INSPECTIONS
SECTION 3.01: No sign shall hereafter be erected, constructed, enlarged,
altered or converted except as otherwise provided by this code until a permit for
same has been issued by the Building Official. It shall be unlawful for any person
to so erect, construct, enlarge, alter or convert any sign with out first obtaining
such permit. A separate permit shall be required for each such sign and/or each
group of signs on any single supporting structure.
SECTION 3.02: Prior to applying for any ground sign permit, there shall
be submitted to the city plan commission for its approval a landscape plan drawn
to scale. There shall be eight (8) copies submitted for remivew.
Unless specifically excepted by the city plan commission
all areas around ground signs shall be landscaped with lawns, trees, shrubs, or
other live or artificial plant materials and shall be permanently maintained in
a neat and orderly manner as a condition for use.
There shall be permitted foundations, ponds, sculptures,
planters and decorative screen type walls as elemented of landscaping in areas
designated for landscaping. Decorative type walls, planters and sculptures shall
be thrity (30) inches or less in height. In the case of off-premise commercial
advertising signs the city plan commission shall be authorized to require heights
in excess of thirty (30) inches where such is in the best interest of highway
beautification.
The landscape plan shall show in detail but not be
limited to the location of each element of landscaping, a description or name
of each landscape element or group of elements, the number and size of each tree
and the height of any proposed planter, sculpture or decorative screen.
The city plan commission shall consider the adequacy
of the proposed landscaping plan in the interest of promoting highway and street
beautification of the City of Coppell.
It shall be unlawful to issue a ground sign permit
prior to the approval of the landscape plan by the city plan commission. Prior
to the final inspection and approval of any ground sign construction all approved
screening and landscaping must be in place.
Application for a sign permit shall be made in writing
upon forms furnished by the Building Official. Such application shall include
the location by street and number of the proposed sign or sign structure as well
as the name and address of the owner and the sign contractor or erector. A plot
plan shall be filed concurrently with such application. Such plans showing the
size and location of such sign and wheterh such sign is an electrical sign. The
Building Official may require the filing of other plans or other pertinent infor-
mation when in his opinion such information is necessary to insure compliance
with this code. Standard plans may be filed with the Building Official.
SECTION 3.03: Persons engaged in the following activity are exempt
from obtaining a sign permit.
A. The changing of the advertising copy or message
on a painted or printed sign, including theater marquee
signs and similar signs specifically designed for the
use of replaceable copy. Any electrical wiring work
shall be specifically excepted from this exemption.
B. Painting, repainting or cleaning of a sign struct-
ure or the changing of the advertising copy or message
on a display surface unless a structural change is made
or the sign display surface is enlarged. Such exemptions
however, shall not relieve any owner, lessor or agent
in control of any sign from complying with other pro-
visions of this code and any other law or ordinance
regulating signs.
SECTION 3.04: A sign permit fee calculated pursuant to the schedule
specified in Table 2 shall be paid by each applicant for such sign prior to the
issuance of any such permit. Such fee shall include costs of inspections incurred
by the City as a result of the application for such sign permit.
SECTION 3.05: PLANS AND APPLICATIONS
A. The application, plans ahd specifications filed by
an applicant for such a permit shall be reviewed by the Building Official. Such
plans may be reviewed by the departments of the City to check compliance with the
laws and ordinances under their jurisdiction. If the Building Official is sat-
isfied that the work described in such an application and such plans filed there-
with conform to the requirements of this code and of the pertinent laws and
ordinances, and the fee calculated pursuant to the schedule specified in Table
2 has been paid, he shall issue a permit therefore to the applicant.
When the Building Official issues the permit he
shall endorse in writing or stamp on all sets of plans and specifications the
word "APPROVED". Such approved plans and specifications shall not be changed,
modified or altered without authorization from the Building Official and all
work shall be done in accordance with such approved plans.
The Building Official may issue a permit for work
on part of a sign before the netire plans and specifications for the com-
plete sign have been submitted or approved, provided adequate information
and detailed statements have been filed complying with all pertinent require-
ments of such code. The holder of such permit shall proceed at his own risk
without assurance that the permit for the entire sign will be granted.
B. One set of approved plans, specifications and
computations shall be retained by the Building Official, and one set shall be
returned to the applicant which shall be returned to the applicant which shall
be kept on the site of such work at all times during which to work authorized
thereby is in progress.
Plans submitted for review for which no permit
is issued and which no action is taken by the applicant for ninety (90) days
shall be returned to the last known address of the applicant.
C. The issuance or granting of such permit or approval
of plans and specifications shall not be construed to be a permit and/or an
approval of any violation of any provisions of this code. No permit presuming
to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this code shall be
valid except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is lawful.
The
specifications shall not prevent
the correction of errors of such
being carried on thereunder when
of this city.
issuance of such permits based upon plans and
the Building Official from thereafter requiring
plans and specifications or preventing work
in violation of this code or any other ordinance
D. Every permit issued by the Building Official under
the provisions of this code shall expire by limitation and become null and void
if the work authorized by such permit is not commenced within sixty (60) days
from the date of the issuance of such permit or if the work authorized by such
permit is suspended or abandoned for a period of one hundred-twenty (120) days
at anv time after the work authorized by such permit is commenced. Before such
work can be recommended, a new permit shall be first obtained, and the fee
therefore shall be one-half of the permit required for original application for
permit for such work, provided no changes have been made or will be made in the
original plans and specifications for such work; and provided, further, that
such suspension or abandonment has not exceeded one year.
E. The Building Official may, in writing, suspend or
revoke such permit issued under the provisions of this code whenever such
permit issued ts in error or issued on the basis of incorrect information supplied
or issued where work is done in violation of any ordinance or regulations or any
provisions of this code.
SECTION 3.06: All signs regulated by this (ode and other laws, codes
and ordinances governing signs shall be subject to inspection and reinspection
by the Building Official in order to ascertain continued compliance with the pro-
visions of this code and other laws, codes and ordinances governing signs. In-
spection of electrical signs and outline lighting equipment shall be accomplished
pursuant to procedures established by the Electrical Code of the City of Coppell
for inspection of installation, repair or replacement of any electrical wiring
or equipment subject to such code.
SECTION 3.07: No person shall be issued such sign permit for work
concerning a nonelectrical sign unless such person is a licensed and bonded sign
erector, pursuant to the provisions of this code. No person shall be issued a
sign permit for work concerning an electrical sign unless such person is licensed
and bonded, pursuant to the provisions of the Electrical Code of the City of
Coppell.
SECTION 3.08: The Building Official may delegate any of his powers
or duties to any building inspector. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation to hinder or interfere with such inspector or the Building Official
in the discharge of duties under this code.
ARTICLE IV - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 4.01: A. GENERAL
As specified in this section, signs and sign structures
shall be designed and constructed to resist wind forces. All bracing systems shall
be designed and constructed to transfer lateral forces to the foundation. The dead
and lateral load of building signs shall be designed and constructed to transfer
lateral forces to the foundation. The dead and lateral load of building signs shall
be transmitted through the structural frame of the building to the ground so as
not to over stress any of the elements thereof.
The overturning moment produced from lateral forces shall
in no case exceed two-thirds of the dead load resisting moment. Uplift due to
overturning shall be adequately resisted by proper anchorage to the ground or to
the structural frame of the building. The weight of earth superimposed over footings
may be used in determining the dead load resisting moment. Such earth shall be
carefully placed and thoroughly compacted.
B. Signs over twenty (20) feet in height above grade
shall be designed by an architect or engineer licensed by the State of Texas. Such
signs shall be designed to withstand wind forces of thirty (30) pounds per square
foot. Plans of such design shall have affixed thereof the seal of such architect
or engineer.
C. Structural supported signs over one-hundred square
feet in area mounted on roofs shall be designed by an architect or engineer licen-
sed by the State of Texas.
D. Maximum ground sign height permitted is fifty (50)
feet along interstate and state highways.
E. Allowable Stresses
The design of wood, concrete, or steel and iron members
shall conform, respectively, to the requirements of Chapters 25, 26 and 27 of the
Building Code. Loads, both vertical and horizontal, exerted on the soil shall not
produce stresses exceeding those specified in the Building Code.
The working stresses of wire ropes and fastenings shall
not exceed twenty-five percent of the ultimate strength of such wire ropes or
fastenings.
The figures given are recommended as a minimum. These
requirements do not provide for tornadic type winds.
Working stresses for wind loads combined with dead loads
may be increased as specified in the Building Code.
SECTION 4.02: A. GENEP, AE
The supports of signs or sign structures shall be placed
in or on private property and shall be securely built, constructed, and erected
in oonformance with the requirements of this code.
B. MATERIALS
Materials of construction for signs and sign strucutures
shall be of the quality and grade specified for buildings by the Building Code.
In the absence of specified requirements, the materials
and details of construction of all signs and sign structures shall conform to the
following:
1. Structural steel shall be of that quality speci-
fied by U.B.C. Standard No. 27-1. Secondary members
in contact with or directly supporting the display
surfaces may be formed of light guage steel, pro-
vided such members are galvanized and/or designed in
accordance with the specifications of the design of
light guage steel as specified in U.B.C. Standars
No. 27-9 and No. 27-10. Secondary members, when formed
integrally with the display surface, shall not be less
than number twenty-four (24) guage in thickness.
The minimum thickness of hot-rolled steel members
furnishing structural support for signs shall be
one-fourth inch except that if galvanized, such
members shall be not less than three-sixteenths
inch thick.
Anchors and supports, when wood and embeded in
the soil, shall be completely heartwood of a
durable species or shall be pressure treated with
an approved preservative. Such members shall be
marked or branded by an approved agency.
C. RESTRICTIONS ON COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
All signs and sign structures erected in Fire Zone I
shall have structural members of noncombustible materials. Exception: Off- premise
outdoor advertising signs may be constructed of any material meeting the require-
ments of this code.
Ground signs, roof signs, wall signs, marquee signs and
projecting signs shall be constructed of noncombustible materials, except as pro-
vided in Subsection D of this section. No combustible materials other than approved
plastics shall be used in the construction of signs containing electrical wiring.
D. NONSTRUCTURAL TRIM
Nonstructural trim and portable display surfaces may be
of wood, metal, plastics, or any combination thereof, or other approved materials.
E. ANCHORAGE
Members supporting unbraced signs shall be so proportioned
that the bearing loads imposed on the soil, either horizontally or vertically,
shall not exceed the safe values. Braced ground signs shall be anchored to resist
specified wind load acting in any direction. Anchors and supports shall be designed
for safe bearing loads on the soil and for an effective resistance-to-pull-out
amounting to a force twenty-five percent greater than the required resistance-to-
overturning. Anchors and supports shall penetrate to a depth below ground greater
than that of the frost line.
Signs attached to masonry, concrete, or steel shall be
safely and securely fastened thereof by means of metal anchors, bolts, or approved
expansion screws of sufficient size and anchorage to support safely the loads applied.
No wooden blocks or plugs or anchors with wood used in
connection with screws or nails shall be considered proper anchorage, except in the
case of signs attached to wood framing.
No anchor or support of any sign shall be connected to,
or supported by, any unbraced parapet wall, unless such wall is designed in accord-
ance with the requirements for parapet wall specified in Chapter 23 of the Building
Code.
F. DISPLAY SURFACES
Display surfaces in all types of signs may be made of
metal, plastics or other approved materials.
G. APPROVED PLASTICS
The Building Official may require that technical date
be submitted to substantiate the safety and feasibility of the proposed use of any
plastic sign material as a condition of approval of such proposed use. Such data
shall include information concerning the strength of such material.
SECTION 4.03: A. CLEARANCE FROM HIGH VOLATE POWER LINES
Signs shall be located so as to provide the minimum
clearance in TABLE 3. The term "overhead conductors" as used in this section
means any electrical conductor, either bare or insulated, installed above the
ground, except such conductors as are enclosed in iron pipe or other materials
covering of equal strength.
B. CLEARANCE FROM FIRE ESCAPES, EXITS OR STANDPIPES
No sign or sign structure shall be erected in such a
manner that any portion of its surface or supports will interfere in any way with
the free use of any fire escapes, exits or standpipes.
C. OBSTRUCTION OF OPENINGS
No sign shall obstruct any openings.
Signs erected within five (5) feet of an exterior wall
in which there are openings within the area of the sign shall be constructed of
noncombustible material or approved plastics.
D. SPACING OF COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING SIGNS
Off-premise commercial advertising signs erected along
or adjacent to state controlled highways or freeways shall be placed a minimum
of five hundred (500) feet apart when erected so as to face in the same direction.
No such structure shall be loeated within two hundred (200) feet of a residential
district boundary line, nor shall any such structure be located within two hundred
(200) feet of any on-premise general business sign.
Off-premise commercial advertising signs shall not be
located within five hundred (500) feet of any public park, public forest, public
playground or scenic area designated as such by the State Highway Department or other
governmental agency having and exercising such authority, which is adjacent to the
~ighway.
ARTICLE V - TEMPORARY SIGNS, PORTABLE
SECTION 5.01: No temporary sign shall exceed one hondred (100) square
feet in area. Portable temporary signs of rigid material shall not exceed twenty-
four (24) square feet in area, and such temporary sign shall neither exceed six
(6) feet in height nor be permanently affixed in or upon the ground. All temporary
signs shall be located in conformance with the provisions of this code.
Portable temporary signs shall not encroach into the
public right of way or over public property. Temporary signs may remain in place
only so long as same remain in a good state of repair but no permit shall be issued
for a temporary sign to exceed ninety (90) days.
SECTION 5.02: CLOTH SIGNS
Cloth signs may be permitted to extend over public prop-
erty if specifically permitted by the City Council of the City of Coppell. If
extended over a public street, such sign shall clear such street by a minimum of
twenty (20) feet and shall be further subject to all related laws, ordinances and
policies.
ARTICLE VI - BONDING, LICENSING
SECTION 6.01 BONDS
Prior to the issuance of any sign permit for any purpose
for which such permit is required, each applicant for such permit shall have on file
with the Building Official a good and sufficient surety bond, payable to the City,
in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000).
The bond shall be for the use and benefit of the City and any person having a
cause of action arising out of the erection, construction,'enlargement, alteration
or conversion of signs, by reason of failure to comply with the sign regulations
of the City by the principal or any of his employees agents or subcontractors. The
bond shall fully indemnify and save the City whole and harmless from all costs or
damages arising out of any real or asserted claim or cause of action against it
and from all costs or damages arising out of any wrongs or injuries for damages,
either real or asserted, claimed against it that may be occasioned by negligence
or fault of the principal of the bond, his agent, servants or employees, by reason
of the work done under authorization of a permit issued to the principal. The bond
shall be furthur conditioned that the liability of the surety under the bond shall
cease and terminate of its own force and effect one year from the date of execution,
saving and accepting for expenses, losses, claims for damages, judgments or other
costs which may arise or be incurred or sustained by any citizen of the City against
the principal by reason of failure to comply with the provisions of the sign regu-
lations of the City.
SECTION 6.02: No person, firm or corporation shall install, erect, or
maintain any sign, or contract for such service until such license have been approved
and issued by the City of Coppell.
The fee for such original issuance and annual renewal shall
be seventy-five cents ($.75) per square foot, except the first 100 square feet for an
on-premise sign shall be expempt from the fee. Such license shall be renewed on January
1st of each year.
SECTION 6.03: The license of any .sign erector may be cancelled by the
governing body upon the recommendation of the Building Official when such contractor
violates the requirements of this ordinance. Conviction in corporation court, shall
constitute evidence of violation. Any license thus cancelled shall not be renewed
for such contractor or any one operatin g his shop until all such violations have
been corrected. Upon correction of the violations, the contractors license may be
renewed, provided the contractor furnishes an additional bond in the amount of
five thousand dollars ($5,000) guaranteeing compliance, and that this compliance
bond is renewed for two (2) years following the renewal of the license.
SECTION 6.04: Should such payment be delinquent thirty (30) days, the
penalty for each thirty (30) days period shall be an additional twenty-five ($.25)
per square foot for each additional thirty (30) day period.
SECTION 6.05: Any license issued under terms of this code shall expire
thrity (30) days after the annual renewal fee due thereon becomes due and payable,
unless such fee is paid before the expiration of said thirty (30) day period.
SECTION 6.06: It shall be unlawful for any such licensee to permit his
name or license to be used by any other person, firm or corporation, directly or
indirectly, for the purpose of obtaining a permit or for performing work under
such license
ARTICLE VII - SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or provision
of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same
shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part of the pro-
visions thereof other than the part so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
ARTICLE VIII - PENALTY
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a fine of
not more than TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) and each day such violation exists
shall constitute a separate offense.
ARTICLE IX - EMERGENCY CLUASE
The fact that the present ordinances and regulations
of the City are inadequate to properly control the regulation of signs con-
structed and maintained within the City of Coppell creates an emergency for the
immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety and general
welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective
from and after the date of its passage and publication of the caption as the law
in such cases provide.
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Not applicable to rental of
single units in multi-unit
residential or commercial uses
Building identification only
Internal illumination permitted
On-premise signs located in the
specified districts along inter-
state and federal-aid primary
systems may have a maximum
height of 50 feet, all others
shall be 40 feet
Additional setback may be required
on any sign after site inspection
is made
Shopping centers may substitute
one directory sign 50 feet maximum
height, 50 square feet per tenant
maximum area, provided there are
no other G or R signs on premises
and total area does not exceed 600
square feet
G
R
W
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Ground Sign
Roof Sign
Wall Sign
Marquee Sign
Projection Sign
ZONE
A
SF-18
SF-12
SF-9
SF-7
2F-9
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MF-1
MF-2
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SC
O/M
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Agricultural District
Single Family Residential District
Single Family Residential District
Single Family Residential District
Two Family Residential District
Town House Residential District
Multi-Family Residential District
Multi-Family Residential District
Mobile Home Park District
Retail District
Shopping Center District
Office/Medical District
Commercial District
Warehouse District
Light Industrial District
Heavy Industrial District
Planned Development District
Public Use District
Flood Plain District
TABLE 2 - SIGN PERMIT FEES
Non-Electrical Sign
Effective Area
Up to 100 ft ................................................... $ 25.00
101 sq. ft. to 300 sq. ft ........................................... 50.00
301 sq. ft. to 672 sq. ft ........................................... 100.00
TABLE 2 - Continued
Electrical Sign
Effective Area
Up to 50 sq. ft ..................................................... $ 50.00
51 sq. ft. to 100 sq. ft ............................................ 75.00
101 sq. ft. to 200 sq. ft ........................................... 100.00
201 sq. ft. to 300 sq. ft ........................................... 125.00
301 sq. ft. to 400 sq. ft ........................................... 150.00
401 sq. ft. to 500 sq. ft ........................................... 200.00
501 sq. ft. to 672 sq. ft ........................................... 250.00
PLUS HEIGHT ABOVE GRADE
1 ft. through 20 ft .................................................
Over 20 ft. through 30 ft ...........................................
Over 30 ft. through 40 ft ...........................................
Over 40 ft. through 50 ft ...........................................
50.00
100.00
150.00
200.00
On-Premise Sign; Painted
Effective Area
Up to 50 sq. ft ..................................................... $ 15.00
51 sq. ft. to 100 sq. ft ............................................ 20.00
101 sq. ft. to 200 sq. ft ........................................... 25.00
201 sq. ft. or above ................................................ 30.00
TABLE NO. 3 - CLEARANCE FROM
OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS
VOLTAGE OF SUPPLY
Conductors
300 to 8,700
8,700 to 15,000
15,000 to 50,000
50,000 to 138,000
138,000 to 345,000
MINIMUM CLEARANCES (FEET)
Horizontal or Vertical
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10
20
30