Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - October 2019

Article 3: Zoning Districts Section 3.5. Town Center Districts 3.5.4. Town Center Commercial (TCC) District

Town Center Commercial (TCC) District

3.5.4.

T OWN C ENTER C OMMERCIAL (TCC) D ISTRICT

A. Purpose

The Town Center Commercial District along Morrisville-Carpenter Road, Chapel Hill Road, and other corridors and gateways into the Town Center accommodates a mix of small-scale retail, office and service, institutional, cultural/public, and entertainment developments that meet local and regional needs and are sensitively designed to reflect a positive image of the Town. The district also accommodates higher-density residential and live/work uses. District regulations encourage pedestrian-scale retail development and the integration of outdoor gathering spaces to provide opportunities for residents to walk to meet some of their daily service, entertainment, and open space needs.

B. Principal Intensity and Dimensional Standards

Cross References

A, etc. are symbols used in the illustrations showing application of dimensional standards

Art. 4: Use Standards Sec. 4.2.5.E.7.e Art. 5: Development Standards

Single-Family Attached Dwellings

Multifamily Dwellings

Other Uses

Development Incentives [ 1 ]

Lot Standards

Sec. 5.7.2.A Sec. 5.9.6 Sec. 5.9.7 Sec. 5.9.10

Min. Net Lot Area (sf)

n/a

20,000

20,000

n/a n/a n/a 1.5 n/a

A

Min. Lot Width (ft)

20

100 n/a n/a

150 n/a

Max. Net Density (du/ac) Max. Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Max. Lot Coverage (%)

n/a n/a

1.0 65

Art. 6: Riparian Buffers

70

65

Art. 7: Stormwater Management

Setbacks B

Min. Front (ft)

n/a – see Min. build-to Line below

n/a

C

Min. Side (ft)

0

15

15

n/a

D

Min. Corner Side (ft)

20

20

20

n/a

E 1

Alley-Loaded

6 [2]

10

n/a

n/a

Min. Rear (ft)

E 2

Other

10

30

30

n/a

Build-to Zone H

Min. Build-to Line (ft)

10

10

10

n/a

I

Max. Build-to Line (ft)

25

25

25

n/a

Min. Build-to Zone Street Frontage Occupied by Buildings (%)

60 [3]

60 [3]

60 [3]

n/a

Building Standards

Feet

35

35

35

40

F

Max. Structure Height [4]

Stories

2

2

2

3

G

Min. Building Separation (ft) n/a Notes: sf = square feet; ft = feet; du = dwelling unit; ac = acre; % = percent; n/a = not applicable [1] Available only in a Conditional-Town Center Commercial District approved with the provision of compensating public benefits (see Section 3.1.4). [2] Setbacks also apply to single-family attached dwelling developments with detached front-loaded garages located to the rear of the principal structure. [3] The Minimum Build-to Zone Street Frontage Occupied by Buildings standard shall only apply to the frontage of the street with the highest vehicular accessway classification below a freeway for a particular site (see Section 5.8.6.C, Vehicular Accessway Classifications). In instances where more than one street has the highest classification, the applicant has to meet the standard along only one of these streets, and can choose which of these streets to use in meeting the standard. [4] Both feet and story maximums apply. (Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2015-047, 07/28/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016) n/a n/a n/a

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