Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - October 2019
Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.5. Common Open Space and Public Recreation Area 5.5.1. Common Open Space
C. Required Open Space Area
Required Total Common Open Space Area A development shall provide the minimum area of common open space identified in Table 5.5.1.C.1, Required Total Common Open Space Area, based on the development’s base zoning district and use classification.
Table 5.5.1.C.1: Required Total Common Open Space Area
Minimum Total Common Open Space Area (as percentage of lot area) Transit-Oriented
Use Classification
Development (TOD) and Town Center Districts
All Other Districts
Mixed-Uses
5% 5% 5% 5%
15% [1]
Institutional Uses
10% 10%
Commercial Uses (includes Animal Related Uses)
Industrial Uses
5%
Notes: [1] If residential dwelling units are proposed, the Minimum Total Common Open Space Area is reduced to 5%. (Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015; Ord. No. 2015-066, 07/28/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016) Allowable Common Open Space Areas The features and areas identified in Table 5.5.1.C.2, Allowable Common Open Space Areas shall be credited towards compliance with the open space set-aside standards of this section. They are listed generally in the order of priority.
Table 5.5.1.C.2: Allowable Common Open Space Areas
Area Counted as Common Open Space
Description
Design and Maintenance Requirements
Natural Resource and Hazard Areas
Natural water features (including lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, rivers, wetlands, drainageways), riparian buffers, flood hazard areas, existing tree canopy and specimen trees, steep slopes, and important wildlife habitat areas, including such areas used for required public recreation area
• Preservation of any existing natural resource and hazard areas shall have highest priority for locating open space. • Maintenance is limited to the minimum removal and avoidance of hazards, nuisances, or unhealthy conditions.
Active Recreational Areas
• Land shall be compact and contiguous unless used to link or continue an existing or planned open space resource. • Areas shall have at least one direct access to a building or to a street, bikeway, or walkway accessible to the public or the development’s occupants and users.
Land occupied by areas and facilities used for active recreational purposes, such as pools, playgrounds, tennis courts, jogging trails, ball fields, and clubhouses, including required public recreation area
October 1, 2019
Morrisville, NC
Page 5-14
Unified Development Ordinance
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