Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - June 2017

Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions Section 11.5. Terms and Uses Defined 11.4.2. Exceptions and Variations

E XTRACTION OF E ARTH P RODUCTS A use involving on-site extraction of surface or subsurface mineral products or natural resources. Typical uses are quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operations, mining, and soil mining. Specifically excluded from this use is grading and removal of dirt associated with an approved Site Plan or subdivision or excavations associated with, and for the improvement of, a bona fide farm. E XTRATERRITORIAL J URISDICTION (ETJ) That part of the planning jurisdiction of the Town located outside the Town’s corporate boundaries, established and amended from time to time in accordance with N.C.G.S. 160A-360. F ACADE The entire exterior wall of a building facing a lot line measured from the grade to the eave or highest point of a flat or mansard roof. Facades may be on the front, side, or rear elevation of the building. F ACADE W ALL The vertical surface or surfaces within 15 degrees of vertical on the building’s exterior including parapet walls. Windows, doors, and cornices are excluded. F AMILY One or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit and living together as a single housekeeping unit, provided that the unit is made up of any number of persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster care arrangement, plus up to three additional unrelated persons. F AMILY C ARE H OME A home with support and supervisory personnel that provides room and board, personal care and habilitation services in a family environment for not more than six resident persons with disabilities. Persons with disabilities means a person with a temporary or permanent physical, emotional, or mental disability including but not limited to mental retardation, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, hearing and sight impairments, emotional disturbances and orthopedic impairments but not including mentally ill persons who are dangerous to others as defined in N.C.G.S. 122C-3(11)b. F AMILY C HILD C ARE H OME A private residence where care, protection, and supervision are provided for a fee, on a regular schedule, at least twice a week, to no more than six children (including any children of the day care provider). F ARM , B ONA F IDE A single tract of land, or identifiable portion of a tract, used for the production, and activities relating or incidental to the production, of crops, fruits, vegetables, ornamental and flowering plants, dairy, livestock, poultry, and all other forms of agriculture as defined in N.C.G.S. 106-581.1e, along with any other buildings and structures that are customarily and necessarily incidental to such activities.

F ARM , L ARGE A bona fide farm with an area greater than ten acres.

F ARM , S MALL A bona fide farm with an area of ten acres or less.

Morrisville, NC

June 23, 2017

Unified Development Ordinance

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