Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - June 2017

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.9. Building Configuration and Design 5.9.6. Single-Family Attached, Detached, and Duplex Design Standards

G. Utility Equipment and Downspouts on Facades

Electrical meters and conduits, ventilation panels and screens, and other utility equipment affixed to a building facade shall be painted to match the adjacent surface.

Downspouts affixed to a building facade shall be: a. Painted to match the primary color palette or the adjacent surface; or b. Constructed of a natural material that complements the structure. Ground-floor building facades adjacent to an existing or proposed public or private street shall include windows and glass doors in the following amounts:

H. Fenestration

Figure 5.9.5.F.3: Example of Parapet Walls.

a. 50 percent of the ground floor facade elevation for eating and drinking establishments and retail sales and service uses; b. 35 percent of the ground floor facade elevation for mixed-use and all other nonresidential uses;

c.

20 percent of all upper floors.

Required fenestration on the ground-level shall comply with the following standards:

a. Window or glass door shall cover an average of at least 60 percent of the ground floor facade height, as measured from the finished grade to the top of the first floor facade; and

b. Each individual glass window or door shall:

(1) Provide direct views to the building’s interior;

(2) Provide direct views to lit display areas extending a minimum of three feet behind the window; or

(3) Be tinted to provide the appearance of a window.

These fenestration standards shall not apply to building facades that conceal structured parking.

(Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

Single-Family Attached, Detached, and Duplex Design Standards

5.9.6.

A. Applicability Except where exempted in accordance with Section 5.9.6.B, Exemptions, the standards in Section 5.9.6.C, Standards, shall apply to all new bungalow court, pocket neighborhood, single-family detached, attached, and duplex development in the Town. B. Exemptions The following forms of single-family detached, attached, and duplex development are exempted from these design standards:

June 23, 2017

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance