Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - June 2017

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.7. Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers 5.7.4. Buffer Type Standards

Table 5.7.4: Buffer Type Standards M INIMUM W IDTH AND S CREENING R EQUIREMENTS Also see general requirements for all buffer types at bottom of table. Buffer Type B (Perimeter) This perimeter buffer provides a continuous opaque screen to a height of at least six feet. It serves as a visual and noise barrier between developments on adjoining properties, but less separation between developments than the Buffer Type A.

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Shade trees: 6 per 100 linear feet, with at least 5 feet between mature canopies Understory trees: 4 per 100 linear feet Evergreen shrubs: 20 per 100 linear feet and at least 6 feet high at maturity At least 50% of all trees must be evergreen

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Shade trees: 4 per 100 linear feet, with at least 5 feet between mature canopies Understory trees: 2 per 100 linear feet Evergreen shrubs: 10 per 100 linear feet and at least 3 feet high at maturity A solid fence or wall at least 6 feet high [1] At least 50% of all trees must be evergreen

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Buffer Type C (Perimeter) This perimeter buffer provides semi-opaque screening atop a continuous opaque screen to a height of at least three feet. It allows views between developments on adjoining properties.

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Shade trees: 6 per 100 linear feet, with at least 10 feet between mature canopies Shrubs: 25 per 100 linear feet, at least 75% evergreen, and at least 3 feet high at maturity

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Shade trees: 4 per 100 linear feet, with at least 10 feet between mature canopies Shrubs: 15 per 100 linear feet, at least 75% evergreen, and at least 3 feet high at maturity A solid fence or wall at least 6 feet high [1]

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Morrisville, NC

June 23, 2017

Unified Development Ordinance

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