Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - April 2019

Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions Section 11.3. Use Classifications and Interpretation 11.3.1. Principal Use Classification System

community-wide service), and minor utility facilities (infrastructure services that need to be located in or near where the service is provided). The category also includes parking decks and lots where they are principal uses. Accessory uses may include offices, monitoring, storage areas, fueling facilities, or data transmission equipment. Telecommunication Facility Uses Telecommunication Facility Uses category includes uses and facilities providing communication services. Services may be publicly or privately provided. Example use types include DAS, antenna collocations, concealed attached antennas, non-concealed attached antennas, non-concealed dual- function towers, concealed towers, non-concealed towers, broadcast stations and studios. Accessory uses may include amateur ham radio antennas or data transmission equipment. Eating and Drinking Establishments The Eating and Drinking Establishments category includes use types involving the preparation and selling of food and beverages for immediate or direct on- or off-premise consumption. Example use types include bars or lounges, restaurants, and specialty eating or drinking establishments. Accessory uses may include decks and patios for outdoor seating, drive-through service facilities, facilities for live entertainment or dancing, and valet parking services. Office Uses The Office Uses category includes office buildings housing activities conducted in an office setting, usually with limited contact with the general public, and generally focusing on the provision of business services, professional services (e.g., lawyers, accountants, engineers, architects), or financial services (e.g., lenders, brokerage houses, tax preparers). Example use types include office buildings and parks, and service establishments. This use category does not include offices that are a component of or accessory to a principal use in another use category, such as administrative government services (categorized as community and government service uses), medical/dental offices (categorized as health care uses), or banks or financial institutions (categorized as retail sales and service uses). Accessory uses may include cafeterias, recreational or fitness facilities, incidental commercial uses, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the business, office building, or office park. Recreation Uses The Recreational Uses category includes use types providing indoor or outdoor facilities for recreation-oriented activities by patrons or members. Example use types include golf courses, country clubs, and indoor and outdoor private recreation facilities (including tennis and swim clubs). It also does not include recreational facilities that are accessory to community and government service uses (categorized as other institutional uses), or are reserved for use by a particular residential development’s residents and their guests (e.g., residential support recreation facility). Accessory uses may include offices, concessions, snack bars, and maintenance facilities. Entertainment Uses The Entertainment Uses category includes use types providing indoor or outdoor facilities for entertainment-oriented activities by patrons or members. Example use types include movie theaters and music venues. This use category includes adult establishments (including adult bookstores, adult motion picture theatres, adult mini motion picture theatres, adult live entertainment businesses, and adult massage businesses). It also includes stand-alone banquet halls, but does not include banquet halls that are accessory to a hotel/motel (categorized as a visitor accommodation use) or restaurant (categorized as an eating and drinking establishment). This use does not include internet

(Ord. No. 2014-016, 06/24/2014)

G. Commercial Uses Classification

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