Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - June 2017

Article 1: General Provisions Section 1.3. Relationship to Comprehensive Plan 1.2.4. Application to Governmental Units

(Ord. No. 2014-051, 11/10/2014)

B. Activities Not Subject to Ordinance

Unless part of a more extensive activity identified as development in subsection A above, the following activities do not constitute development subject to this Ordinance: The inspection, maintenance or repair of an existing transportation facility (roadway, walkway, railroad tracks, bus shelter, traffic control device, etc.) or an existing utility, stormwater management, or public service facility (pipe, cable, valve, catch basin, outlet, ditch, basin, bulk refuse container pad, etc.), if no substantial engineering redesign is involved; The ordinary maintenance and repair of existing structures, where no activities identified as development in subsection A above are involved;

The ordinary planting or maintenance of vegetative landscaping or gardens;

A change in the ownership or form of ownership of any parcel or structure;

The creation or termination of easements, covenants, condominium titles, or other rights in land or development, where no street right-of-way dedication in involved; Any division of land proposed as one of the activities specially listed as excluded from the definition of “subdivision” in Section 11.5, Terms and Uses Defined.

Application to Governmental Units

1.2.4.

To the extent allowed by law, this Ordinance shall apply to any development by Town, county, state, or federal agencies within the Town’s territorial jurisdiction, and any land, buildings, and structures—including uses thereof—owned or otherwise controlled by such agencies. Where this Ordinance does not control such development, land, buildings, and structures, such agencies are encouraged to meet the provisions of this Ordinance.

Emergency Exemption

1.2.5.

The Town Manager may, after consultation with the Planning Director and Town Engineer and without any otherwise required prior notice or public hearing, authorize Town agencies to deviate from the provisions of this Ordinance during and after an emergency (such as a hurricane or other storm, flooding, chemical spill or leak) when the need to act quickly to secure the public health, safety, or welfare makes it impossible to submit to the normal procedures and requirements of this Ordinance. SECTION 1.3. RELATIONSHIP TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN This Ordinance is intended to ensure that all development within the Town’s jurisdiction is generally consistent with goals, objectives, and policies of those plans and policies adopted by the Town Council to address the Town’s growth and development. Such plans and policies comprise the Town’s Comprehensive Plan and include, but are not limited to, the Land Use Plan, the Town Center Plan and other small area plans that provide guidance on desired development in specific geographic areas and corridors, as well as the Transportation Plan, the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, and other functional plans related to public infrastructure and services. To the extent this Ordinance is or becomes inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan, this Ordinance or the Comprehensive Plan should be amended so the plan and this Ordinance remain generally consistent with each other. Additionally, all amendments to this Ordinance’s text or Zoning Map should maintain and enhance consistency between this Ordinance and the Comprehensive Plan.

Morrisville, NC

June 23, 2017

Unified Development Ordinance

Page 1-3