Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance – September 2018

Section 5.7. Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers......................................................................................5-30 5.7.1. Purpose ...........................................................................................................................................................................5-30 5.7.2. Applicability ..................................................................................................................................................................5-30 A. New Development........................................................................................................................................................5-30 B. Existing Development ..................................................................................................................................................5-30 C. Exemptions.....................................................................................................................................................................5-30 5.7.3. Required Buffer Type ..................................................................................................................................................5-31 5.7.4. Buffer Type Standards................................................................................................................................................5-32 5.7.5. Location of Buffers........................................................................................................................................................5-39 5.7.6. Development within Required Buffers ...................................................................................................................... 5-39 5.7.7. Alternative Configuration ...........................................................................................................................................5-39 5.7.8. Credit Towards Other Required Landscaping ....................................................................................................... 5-39 Section 5.8. Access and Circulation.....................................................................................................5-40 5.8.1. Purpose ...........................................................................................................................................................................5-40 5.8.2. Applicability ..................................................................................................................................................................5-40 5.8.3. Consistency with Plans .................................................................................................................................................5-40 5.8.4. Multimodal Transportation System ........................................................................................................................... 5-40 5.8.5. Developer Responsibility for Access and Circulation Improvements ................................................................. 5-40 A. On-Site ...........................................................................................................................................................................5-40 B. Off-Site ..........................................................................................................................................................................5-41 5.8.6. Vehicular Access and Circulation............................................................................................................................... 5-41 A. Circulation Plan.............................................................................................................................................................5-41 B. Transportation Impact Analysis ................................................................................................................................. 5-41 C. Vehicular Accessway Classifications ........................................................................................................................ 5-49 D. Vehicular Connectivity.................................................................................................................................................5-50 E. Vehicular Access Management.................................................................................................................................. 5-54 F. Intersection Sight Distance Areas.............................................................................................................................. 5-56 G. Fire Lanes.......................................................................................................................................................................5-57 H. Vehicular Accessway Design Standards.................................................................................................................. 5-57 I. Vehicle Stacking Space for Drive-Through, Pick-up/Drop-off, and Related Uses ........................................ 5-57 5.8.7. Bicycle Access and Circulation ................................................................................................................................... 5-58 A. Required Bicycle Access..............................................................................................................................................5-58 B. Bike Lanes Required ....................................................................................................................................................5-58 C. Bicycle Connectivity .....................................................................................................................................................5-59 D. Bikeway Design Standards ........................................................................................................................................5-60 5.8.8. Pedestrian Access and Circulation ............................................................................................................................ 5-60 A. Required Pedestrian Access....................................................................................................................................... 5-60 B. Greenway Paths Required.........................................................................................................................................5-61 C. Pedestrian Connectivity............................................................................................................................................... 5-61 D. Walkway Design Standards ..................................................................................................................................... 5-62