Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - June 2017

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.10. Parking and Loading 5.10.7. Off-Street Loading Area Arrangement and Design

Vertical Clearance

All off-street parking spaces shall have a minimum overhead clearance of seven feet.

G. Curbs and Wheel Stops Except for driveways serving as off-street vehicle parking areas serving bungalow court, pocket neighborhood, single-family detached, duplex, manufactured home, and single-family attached dwellings, each off-street vehicle parking space shall be bounded by curbing as necessary to prevent vehicles from overhanging a public right-of-way, walkway, landscaped areas, or adjoining property. Wheel stops may not be installed in vehicle parking spaces except in accessible parking spaces for physically disabled persons (see 5.10.3.I) or as installed to comply with subsection 3 below. Where the development uses depressed landscaping island, rain gardens, or other techniques to catch, store, and filter stormwater runoff, curbing shall be designed, or wheel stops installed, to allow stormwater runoff to flow into such areas.

(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

5.10.7. Off-Street Loading Area Arrangement and Design

A. Location of Loading Areas Where possible, a loading area shall be located to the rear of the principal building(s) it serves. In addition, the loading area shall be located adjacent to the building’s loading doors, in an area that promotes its practical use.

B. Dimensional Standards for Loading Areas

Each loading space shall be of sufficient size to accommodate the types of delivery/shipping vehicles likely to use the loading area. The size of a loading space that presumptively satisfies the needs of a medium-sized truck is at least 12 feet wide and 35 feet long, and has at least 13 feet of vertical clearance. The size of a loading space that presumptively satisfies the needs of a large-sized truck is at least 12 feet wide and 75 feet long, and has at least 14 feet of vertical clearance. The Planning Director may require larger or smaller loading spaces than called for by subsections 2 and 3 above upon determining that the characteristics of the particular development warrant such a variation and the general standard in subsection 1 is met.

5.10.8. Off-Street Bicycle Parking Arrangement and Design

Off-street bicycle parking spaces required by Section 5.10.3, Off-Street Vehicle and Bicycle Parking Space Requirements, shall be provided with bike racks, bike lockers, or similar parking facilities that comply with the following standards: A. The parking facility shall be located in a visible, well-lit ground-level area that:

Is conveniently accessible to the primary entrances of a development principal building(s);

Does not interfere with pedestrian traffic; and

Is protected from conflicts with vehicular traffic.

B. Each bicycle parking space within a bicycle parking facility shall be at least two feet wide and six feet long. (See Figure 5.10.8: Bike Rack Placement.)

June 23, 2017

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance