Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance – September 2018

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.7. Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers 5.7.1. Purpose

SECTION 5.7. PERIMETER AND STREETYARD BUFFERS

5.7.1. Purpose A. Perimeter buffers are intended to provide spacing and landscaping between proposed development and adjoining property developed or zoned for significantly different uses to help mitigate potential negative impacts on or from development activities on adjoining properties. B. Streetyard buffers are intended to provide spacing and landscaping between proposed development and adjoining streets. These buffers mitigate potential adverse impacts from traffic on the adjoining street, provide a transition between public and private realms, create an attractive, unifying edge along the street for motorists and pedestrians, and provide shading of streets and sidewalks. (Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016) Applicability A. New Development Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.7.2.C, Exemptions, the standards in this section shall apply to all new development. 5.7.2. Any change in the use of an existing development shall provide additional buffer width, landscaping, and fence or wall, to the maximum extent practicable, necessary to comply with the standards in this section. Upgrading of Buffer Nonconformities Where existing development is nonconforming in terms of compliance with this section’s standards for perimeter and streetyard buffers, such development is subject to the limitations and upgrading requirements in Section 9.7, Nonconforming Site Features. (Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016) C. Exemptions Residential Development Except when abutting any of the following uses or uses located outside of the Town Center, new residential development in the Town Center shall be exempted from the perimeter buffer standards in this section. In cases where new residential development abuts the following forms of development in the Town Center, the new residential development shall provide a perimeter buffer in accordance with these standards. a. Cemetery; (Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016) B. Existing Development Change in Use

b. Major utility facility; c. Minor utility facility; d. Railroad; e. Thoroughfare; f. Street; or g. An existing residential dwelling or development.

(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

September 25, 2018

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance