Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - October 2019

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

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. 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.) c. Alternative parking configurations may be approved in accordance with Section 2.5.23, Alternative Equivalent Compliance, in the Main Street District.

(Ord. No. 2018-302-0, 09/11/2018)

Activity Center Districts a. For multifamily, nonresidential and mixed-use developments with off-street surface vehicle parking located in an Activity Center district, no more than one single-loaded bay of off-street surface vehicle parking may be located between the development’s principal buildings(s) and abutting streets. (See Figure 5.10.6.B.2: Single- loaded bay of off-street surface vehicle parking.)

b. On determining that it is impracticable to locate only one single-loaded bay of off-street surface vehicle parking between the development’s principal buildings(s) and abutting streets, 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. 2014-022, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2015-047, 07/28/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016, Ord. No. 2018-302- 0, 09/11/2018) Figure 5.10.6.B.3: Single-loaded bay of off- street surface vehicle parking.

October 1, 2019

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance