Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance – September 2018

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.10. Parking and Loading 5.10.6. Off-Street Parking Arrangement and Design

F. Landscaping Except for driveways serving as off-street vehicle parking areas for bungalow court, pocket neighborhood, single-family detached, duplex, manufactured home, and single-family attached dwellings, all off-street vehicle parking and loading areas shall comply with the standards of Section 5.12.4, Vehicle Use Area Landscaping. (Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016) G. Maintained In Good Repair Maintained at All Times All off-street vehicle parking and loading areas shall be maintained in safe condition and good repair at all times so as not to constitute a hazard to public safety or a visual or aesthetic nuisance to surrounding land. Periodically Restored All off-street vehicle parking and loading areas shall be periodically painted or otherwise restored to maintain a clear identification of separate parking spaces or loading spaces. To conserve land and minimize the negative impacts on the natural and human environment, developers are encouraged to consider the feasibility of providing structured vehicle parking rather that surface vehicle parking. B. Off-Street Parking Facility Location Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) District a. For all development located in the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) District, all proposed new or additional surface vehicle parking with more than three spaces shall be located to the rear or side of the development’s principal building(s) to the maximum extent practicable— and not between the building(s) and abutting street(s). The Planning Director shall determine the practicability of such location based on, but not limited to, topography, lot configuration, existing utility locations, watercourses, riparian buffers, natural rock formations, or other site encumbrances. For already developed sites, the Planning Director shall also consider the location and orientation of existing buildings, building entrances, parking areas, and access and circulation patterns. b. On determining that it is impracticable to locate all proposed new or additional surface vehicle parking to the rear or side of the development’s principal building(s), the Planning Director may allow alternative locations and arrangements of the surface parking—provided that in addition to vehicle use area screening required by Section 5.12.4, Vehicle Use Area Landscaping, a Type G, Option 2 streetyard buffer shall be provided between a street and any surface vehicle parking located between it and the development’s principal building(s). (See Section 5.7, Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers.) (Ord. No. 2015-047, 07/28/2015, Ord. No. 2018-302-0, 09/11/2018) Town Center Districts a. For all development located in a Town Center District, all proposed new or additional surface vehicle parking with more than three spaces shall be located to the rear or side of the development’s principal building(s) to the maximum extent practicable—and not between the building(s) and abutting street(s). The Planning Director shall determine the practicability of such location based on, but not limited to, topography, lot configuration, existing utility locations, watercourses, riparian buffers, natural rock formations, or other site encumbrances. 5.10.6. Off-Street Parking Arrangement and Design A. Consideration of Structured Parking

September 25, 2018

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance