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DEPT: Engineering
DATE: February 24, 2009
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ITEM TYPE: ORDINANCE
ITEM CAPTION:
Consider approval of an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppel!. Texas by amending
Chapter 8. Section 8-3-1 (Al of the Code of Ordinances; making it unlawful to park, stand, or stop a vehicle at all times
on both sides of Creekview Drive from its point of intersection with Royal Lane westward and southward to its point of
intersection with Bethel Road; and authorizing the Mayor to sign and execute any necessary documents.
GOAL(S): I ~1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Approval of the ordinance will prohibit parking along this new section of Creekview Drive. which has experienced an
increasing amount of truck parking since its completion earlier this year.
FINANCIAL COMMENTS:
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff recommends approval of the ordinance.
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ACTION TAKEN BY COUNCIL:
APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
ON ABOVE DATE
Motion to Approve
Ord. # 2009c1221
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Vote - 7-0
. . Libby Ball
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor and City Council
VIA:
Kenneth M. Griffin, P.E., Director of Engineering/Public Works
FROM:
DiWanna Baskins, Graduate Engineer
DATE:
February 24, 2009
RE:
Consider approval of an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Coppell, Texas by amending Chapter 8, Section 8-3-1(A)
of the Code of Ordinances; making it unlawful to park, stand, or stop
a vehicle .at all times on both sides of Creekview Drive from its point
of intersection with Royal Lane westward and southward to its point
of intersection with Bethel Road; and authorizing the Mayor to sign
and execute any necessary documents.
The City of Coppell has received complaints regarding eighteen-wheeler trucks parking
their tractor trailers on both sides of the street along this newly completed portion of
Creekview Drive. By prohibiting parking along Creekview Drive in this area,
decreased sight distance obstructions will improve safety conditions and ensure
emergency personnel will have access to the businesses in the area.
My recommendation is to prohibit parking along the entire stretch of Creekview Drive
from Royal Lane to Bethel Road. Please refer to the attached exhibit for a detailed
layout.
Staff will be available to answer any questions at the Council meeting.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2009- /22 I
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, T~XAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 8,
SECTION 8-3-1 (A) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; MAKING IT
UNLAWFUL TO PARK A VEHICLE ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEKVIEW
DRIVE AT ALL TIMES FROM ITS POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH
ROYAL LANE WESTWARD AND SOUTHWARD TO ITS POINT OF
INTERSECTION WITH BETHEL ROAD; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY 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 Section 8-3-1 A of Chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances be, and the
same is hereby, amended to provide for no parking zones at all times on Creekview Drive, to read as
follows:
"Sec. 8-3-1 NO PARKING ON SPECIFIC STREETS & IN CERTAIN SCHOOL
ZONES/SCHOOL AREAS
A. NO PARKING ON SPECIFIC STREETS
It shall be unlawful for any person to stop, stand or park a vehicle at
any time in viol.ation of any official sign, curb marking, or street
marking that prohibits, regulates, or restricts the stopping, standing or
parking of a vehicle at the times designated for the following streets:
CREEKVIEW DRIVE on both sides, at all times, from its point of .
intersection with Royal Lane westward and southward to its point of
intersection with Bethel Road.
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SECTION 2. The traffic engmeer shall erect official signs, curb markings, or street
markings giving notice that parking, stopping or standing of vehicles is prohibited at the locations
designated 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 9r invalid, and shall not affect, the
validity of the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 5. An offense corrunitted 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 any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms
of this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended h~reby, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Coppell, Texas, shall be
subjected 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 7. That this ordinance shall take effect irrunediately from and after its passage
and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
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DUL Y PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ~4~day of
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