Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - October 2019

Article 2: Administration Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures 2.5.4. Conceptual Master Plan Approval

Planning and Zoning Board Review and Recommendation

The Planning and Zoning Board shall review the application, hold a public information session, and make a recommendation in accordance with Section 2.4.6.

Town Council Review and Decision

The Town Council shall review the application, hold a standard public hearing, and decide the application in accordance with Section 2.4.7. The decision shall be one of the following:

a. Approve the application as submitted;

b. Approve the application subject to conditions;

c.

Deny the application;

d. Remand the application back to the Planning Director or Planning and Zoning Board for further consideration. (This may require further public notice and additional review fees.)

Post-Decision Actions and Limitations

The post-decision actions and limitations in Section 2.4.8 shall apply to the application except as follows: a. Effect of Approval Conceptual Master Plan Approval authorizes the subsequent submittal of applications for subsequent development approvals required to undertake and complete the development proposed by the approved Conceptual Master Plan. Such applications shall be subject to staff approval only, including those for a Type 2 Subdivision Preliminary Plat Approval, Minor Site Plan Approval, and Construction Plan Approval. Conceptual Master Plan Approval does not itself authorize specific development activity. b. Expiration of Approval Conceptual Master Plan Approval shall expire if no application for a development approval required to undertake the development proposed by the approved Conceptual Master Plan, or an approved phase thereof, is approved and vested within five years after the date of Conceptual Master Plan Approval. (1) Subsequent development applications may incorporate minor changes from the development defined by the Conceptual Master Plan Approval, without the need to amend the Conceptual Master Plan Approval in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D, Modification or Amendment of Approval, where the Planning Director determines that the changes: c. Minor Changes from Conceptual Master Plan Approval Allowed

(A)

Continue to comply with this Ordinance;

(B)

Are necessary to comply with conditions of approval; or

(C) Are consistent with the Conceptual Master Plan Approval. Consistency means the changes would not significantly alter the development’s general function, form, intensity, character, demand on public facilities, impact on adjacent properties, or other characteristic from that indicated by the Conceptual Master Plan Approval. (2) In any case, the following changes from the Conceptual Master Plan Approval shall constitute a major change requiring amendment of the Conceptual Master Plan Approval in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D, Modification or Amendment of Approval:

(A)

A change in a condition of approval;

(B)

An increase greater than 20 percent in residential density;

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance

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