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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL,
TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 2022-1582
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 3 “CITY
DEPARTMENTS”, ARTICLE 3-1 “WATER DEPARTMENT”; SECTION 3-
1-12 “DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION PLAN’,
SUBSECTION A ‘DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN’; SECTION 3-1-
12A(9) BY ESTABLISHING RESTRUCTURE IRRIGATION FOR STAGES 2
THROUGH 5 BASED ON ODD AND EVEN ADDRESS FOR RESIDENT
USERS; PROVIDING FOR RESTRICTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION
AND IRRIGATION USERS; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Coppell desires to amend the drought response
stages on the Code of Ordinance.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 3 “City Departments” is hereby amended by amending
Article 3-1. “Water Department”, Subsection A “Drought Contingency Plan; Section 3-1-12A to
read as follows:
“CHAPTER 3 CITY DEPARTMENTS
ARTICLE 3-1. WATER DEPARTMENT
Sec. 3-1-1. – Taking over water district
. . . . .
Sec. 3-1-12.- Drought contingency and water conservation plan
SUBSECTION A.
DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN
Sec. 3-1-12A
(1) Declaration of policy, . . . . .
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(9) Drought response stages. . . . . .
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Stage 1 Response - Water Awareness State
. . . . .
Stage 2 Response - Water Watch State
Target: Achieve a 2 percent reduction in total GPCD water use.
(a)Best management practices . . . . .
. . . . .
(b)Stage 2 water use restrictions for demand reduction: Under threat of penalty for
violation, the following water use restrictions shall apply to all persons:
1)All customers with number addresses ending in even numbers (0,2,4,6 or 8) must
conduct all watering on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
2)All customers with number addresses ending in odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) must
conduct all watering on Saturdays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
3)“Reserve”
4)Schools must conduct all watering of school sites, school facilities and other areas
maintained by the schools on Saturdays, Mondays and Fridays.
5)Homeowners associations or commercial property owners associations must conduct all
watering of common property on Saturdays, Mondays and Fridays.
6)No watering, other than by non-residential users, the city, schools, and/or HOA' s/POA's
will be allowed on Saturdays, Mondays and Fridays without an approved variance.
. . . . .
Stage 3 Response - Water Warning State
Target: Achieve a 5 percent reduction in total GPCD water use.
(a) Best management practices . . . . .
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(b) Water use restrictions for demand reduction: All requirements of Stage 2 shall
remain in effect during Stage 3 except:
1)All customers with number addresses ending in even numbers (0,2,4,6 or 8)
must conduct all watering on Sundays and Thursdays.
2)All customers with number addresses ending in odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9)
must conduct all watering on Saturdays and Wednesdays.
3)“Reserve”
4)Schools must conduct all watering of school sites, school facilities and other areas
maintained by the schools on Mondays and Fridays.
5)Homeowners associations or commercial property owners associations must conduct
all watering of common property on Mondays and Fridays.
6)No watering, other than by non-residential users, the city, schools, and/or
HOA's/POA's will be allowed on Mondays and Fridays without an approved
variance.
7)No watering will be allowed on Wednesdays, with the exception of non-spray
irrigation systems, which will be allowed all days. Hand watering is restricted to the two
allowed days.
8)Nursery (garden and landscape) businesses are not restricted when watering business
inventory; however, they must comply with watering requirements for the
landscaping associated with the building.
. . . . .
Stage 4 Response - Water Emergency State
Target: Achieve a 15 percent reduction in total GPCD water use.
(a) Best management practices for supply management: . . . . .:
. . . . .
(b)Water use restrictions for reducing demand: All requirements of Stage 2 and 3 shall
remain in effect during Stage 4 except:
1)All customers with number addresses ending in even numbers (0,2,4,6 or 8)
must conduct all watering on Sundays.
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2)All customers with number addresses ending in odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9)
must conduct all watering on Saturdays.
3)“Reserve”.
4)Schools must conduct all watering of school sites, school facilities and other areas
maintained by the schools on Wednesdays.
5)Homeowners associations or commercial property owners associations must
conduct all watering of common property on Wednesdays.
6)No watering, other than by non-residential users, the city, schools, and/or
HOA's/POA's will be allowed on Wednesdays.
. . . . .
Stage 5 Response - Emergency Water Shortage
Target: Achieve a 20 percent reduction in total GPCD water use.
(a)Best management practices for supply management: To manage limited water
supplies and/or reduce water demand, the City of Coppell will:
1) Activate and use an alternative supply source(s); if available.
2) Discontinue all non-essential water use, including landscape irrigation water use.
3) Door hangers will be placed on all houses in the affected area providing
information about the conditions.
(b)Water use restrictions for reducing demand: All requirements of Stage 2, 3, and 4
shall remain in effect during Stage 5 except:
1) No outdoor watering will be allowed.”
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 this ordinance shall take effect after its passage.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ___ _,___ __ day
of
CRETARY
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WES MAYS, MAYOR l)
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