Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - June 2017

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.10. Parking and Loading 5.10.9. Off-Street Vehicle Parking Alternatives

Maximum Shared Spaces Up to 50 percent of the number of parking spaces required for a use may be used to satisfy the number of parking spaces required for other uses that generate parking demands during different times of the day or different days of the week. Location a. Shared parking spaces shall be located within 500 feet walking distance of the primary pedestrian entrances to the uses served by the parking. b. Shared parking spaces shall not be separated from the use they serve by a major or minor thoroughfare unless pedestrian access across the thoroughfare is provided by a grade- separated pedestrian walkway or appropriate traffic controls (e.g., signalized crosswalk). Pedestrian Access Adequate and safe pedestrian access shall be provided between the shared parking areas and the primary pedestrian entrances to the uses served by the parking. Signage complying with the standards of Section 5.16, Signage, shall be provided to direct the public to the shared parking spaces. Justification The alternative parking plan shall include justification of the feasibility of shared parking among the proposed uses. Such justification shall address, at a minimum, the size and type of the uses proposed to share off-street parking spaces, the composition of their tenants, the types and hours of their operations, the anticipated peak parking and traffic demands they generate, and the anticipated rate of turnover in parking space use. Shared Parking Agreement a. An approved shared parking arrangement shall be enforced through written agreement among all the owners or long-term lessees of lands containing the uses proposed to share off- street parking spaces. The agreement shall provide all parties the right to joint use of the shared parking area for as long as the shared parking spaces are needed to comply with this Ordinance, and shall be binding on subsequent owners or long-term lessees. The agreement shall be submitted to the Planning Director for review and approval. An attested copy of an approved and executed agreement shall be recorded with the Register of Deeds for the county in which the site is located before issuance of a Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy for any use to be served by the shared parking area. b. Any termination of the agreement does not negate the parties’ obligations to comply with parking requirements and thus shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance. No use served by the shared parking may be continued if the shared parking becomes unavailable to the use unless substitute off-street parking spaces are provided in accordance with this section. D. Off-Site Parking An alternative parking plan may propose to meet a portion of the minimum number of off-street vehicle parking spaces required for a use with off-site parking—i.e., off-street parking spaces located on a lot separate from the lot containing the use—in accordance with the following standards. This alternative and these standards may also be applied to bicycle parking. Zoning Classification The zoning district classification of the off-site parking area shall be one that allows the use served by off-site parking (and thus off-street parking is accessory to such use) or that allows parking as a principal use. Signage Directing Public to Parking Spaces

June 23, 2017

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance