Morrisville UDO - June 2017 version

Article 1: General Provisions

Section 1.2. Applicability

1.2.1. Effective Date

June 23, 2017

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance

Facilitate the efficient and adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and

other community services and public infrastructure to maintain and enhance the quality of life for Town

citizens of today, the elderly who have enriched our past, and future generations;

Foster a collaborative environment internally and with relevant local, regional, state, and federal

partners to develop new opportunities for Morrisville’s residents and business community;

Secure safety from fire, panic, and dangers;

Conserve the value of buildings and land; and

Encourage the most appropriate use of land.

SECTION 1.2. APPLICABILITY

1.2.1.

Effective Date

This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2014.

1.2.2.

Territorial Jurisdiction

This Ordinance shall apply to any development that occurs within the corporate limits and extraterritorial

jurisdiction (ETJ) of the Town of Morrisville unless expressly provided otherwise by the terms of this

Ordinance.

1.2.3.

Development Subject to Ordinance

Except as otherwise provided in subsection

B below,

the following activities shall be considered

development subject to this Ordinance:

Any construction, reconstruction, erection, installation, placement, relocation, demolition, or

alteration in the size or external appearance of a building or other structure on land;

The establishment of a new use of land or a structure or any change in such use;

Any change in the intensity of the use of land or a structure, such as: an increase in the number of

businesses, establishments, offices, dwelling units, or lodging units comprising the use; an increase in

the number of products or services provided by the use; an increase in the volume or characteristics

of vehicular traffic generated by the use; an increase in noise levels, thermal conditions, or emissions

of waste materials associated with the use; or an increase in the duration of a temporary or

seasonal use;

Any land-disturbing activity that increases or changes the amount of impervious or partially

impervious cover or that otherwise decreases the infiltration of precipitation into the soil;

An alteration of the natural topography of land, such as mining, grading, ditching, extracting earth

materials, dredging, excavation, filling, or deposition of soil;

A removal of vegetative cover, such as site clearing or the removal of protected trees;

Any alteration of the channel, bank, shore, floodway, or floodplain of a watercourse, body of

water, or wetland;

The deposition of refuse or solid or liquid waste on land; and

A division of a parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose

of sale or building development (whether immediate or future), and any division of land involving

dedication of a new street or a change in existing streets.