Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - April 2019

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.10. Parking and Loading 5.10.3. Off-Street Vehicle and Bicycle Parking Space Requirements

E. Compact Vehicle Parking Spaces

Up to 20 percent of the required number of off-street vehicle parking spaces may be designed to accommodate compact vehicles.

Compact vehicle parking spaces may only be used where the parking angle is 90 degrees.

Compact vehicle parking spaces shall consist as one or more group(s) of contiguous spaces located where they can be readily identified by vehicle drivers through signage and/or pavement marking. F. Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations Up to ten percent of the required number of off-street vehicle parking spaces may be used and designated as electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, subject to the use-specific standards in Section 4.3.5 and subsection 2 below. Such spaces may include one required accessible parking space (see subsection I below). The Planning Director shall have authority to approve the use and designation of additional required parking spaces as electric vehicle charging stations, provided that such additional spaces shall count as only one-half of a parking space when computing the minimum number of parking spaces required. Vehicle parking spaces used as electric vehicle charging stations shall consist as one or more group(s) of contiguous spaces located where they can be readily identified by electric vehicle drivers (e.g., through directional signage), but where their use by non-electric vehicles is discouraged (e.g., not in locations most convenient to the entrances of the buildings served). Except as authorized in the list below, streets shall not be used to satisfy the off-street vehicle parking standards of this section. Off-street parking is part of an alternative parking plan in Section 5.10.9, Off-Street Vehicle Parking Alternatives, or The road is specifically designed to accommodate parallel parking on local residential streets with landscaped chokers or other similar delineation methods approved by the Planning Director. H. Driveways Used to Satisfy Off-Street Vehicle Requirements Driveways can only be used to satisfy the minimum off-street vehicle parking requirements for bungalow court, pocket neighborhood, single-family detached, duplex, manufactured home, and single-family attached dwellings provided sufficient space is available outside a street right-of-way or easement to satisfy the standards of this section and this Ordinance. The use of a garage or carport to meet this requirement shall be prohibited. (Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015) G. On-Street Vehicle Parking

(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

I. Accessible Parking Spaces for Physically Disabled Persons

In each off-street parking area, a portion of the total number of off-street vehicle parking spaces shall be spaces specifically designated, located, and reserved for use by persons with physical disabilities (“accessible parking spaces”), in accordance with the standards of the North Carolina Accessibility Code for Building Construction.

April 23, 2019

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance