Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - April 2019

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.9. Building Configuration and Design 5.9.1. Purpose and Intent

SECTION 5.9. BUILDING CONFIGURATION AND DESIGN

Purpose and Intent

5.9.1.

These design standards are intended to protect and preserve the quality and character of the Town. More specifically, the intent of this section is to: Encourage distinctive, well-designed, high quality developments as a strategy for investing in the Town’s future;

Provide a range of housing options to Town residents;

Ensure variability in neighborhood streetscapes;

Provide incentives to single-family detached, attached, and duplex development that complies with voluntary design guidelines in this Ordinance; and

Protect and enhance property values.

(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

Applicability

5.9.2.

A. New Development

Except as otherwise provided in this section, all new development shall comply with the standards in this section.

B. Existing Development Change in Use

If an existing principal structure is expanded, enlarged, or modified any change shall be subject to the standards in this section.

Expansion

If an existing principal structure is expanded or enlarged, any expansion shall be subject to the standards in this section.

(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

Organization

5.9.3.

The standards in Section 5.9, Building Configuration and Design, establishes the building material, facade color, composition, fenestration, primary entrance, and building configuration requirements for all forms of development. A. Section 5.9.4 establishes the range of allowable exterior materials and color configurations applicable to all forms of development. B. Section 5.9.5 establishes standards for facade projections, facade wall details, parapet walls, primary entrances, and fenestration for mixed-use, commercial, institutional, or industrial development outside the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and the Town Center (TC) districts. C. Sections 5.9.6 and 5.9.75.9.6 establish the mandatory design standards and voluntary design guidelines for bungalow court, pocket neighborhood, single-family detached, single-family attached, and duplex development located outside the Town Center (TC) districts. D. Section 5.9.8 establishes the design standards for multifamily development located outside the Transit- Oriented Development (TOD) and the Town Center (TC) districts.

Morrisville, NC

April 23, 2019

Unified Development Ordinance

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