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Article 3: Zoning Districts
Section 3.1. General Provisions
3.1.1. Establishment of Zoning Districts
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
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Article 3: Zoning Districts
SECTION 3.1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
3.1.1.
Establishment of Zoning Districts
This Ordinance establishes the base, planned
development, and overlay zoning districts listed in
Table
3.1.1,Zoning Districts Established, as well as
conditional zoning districts paralleling each of the
base zoning districts identified in Tabl
e 3.1.1.3.1.2.
Types of Zoning Districts
A.
Base Zoning Districts
Base zoning districts are established
initially by the Town Council’s adoption of
the Official Zoning Map and subsequently
by approval of a General Rezoning (see
Section
2.5.3). Such approval authorizes
the full range of development allowed by
the standards applicable to the base
zoning district.
Development in a base zoning district is
subject to predetermined standards set out
or referenced for the district i
n Section 3.2throug
h Section 3.6.For each base zoning district, regulations
set out the district’s purpose and the
intensity and dimensional standards
applicable in the district, and reference
other Ordinance standards generally
applicable to development in the district.
Each base zoning district also includes a
photo depicting a building form typical in
the district and an illustration depicting
how the district’s dimensional standards
apply to lots and typical building forms.
The illustration is intended to illustrate the
general character of the district; if a
standard shown in the illustration is
inconsistent with the table of intensity or
dimensional standards, the standards in the table shall govern.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
B.
Conditional Zoning Districts
Conditional zoning districts (e.g., C-NAC) parallel each of the base zoning districts and are
established through the Town Council’s approval of a Conditional Rezoning (see Sectio
n 2.5.3), which
incorporates district-specific plans and conditions agreed to by the owner(s) of the rezoned land.
Table
3.1.1:Zoning Districts
Established
B
ASE
D
ISTRICTS
Conservation Districts
Park/Greenway/Open Space (PGO) (Sec
. 3.2.2)Residential Districts
Very Low Density Residential (VLDR) (Sec
. 3.3.2)Low Density Residential (LDR) Sec
. 3.3.3)Medium Density Residential (MDR) (Sec
. 3.3.4)High Density Residential (HDR) (Sec
. 3.3.5)Activity Center Districts
Neighborhood Activity Center (NAC) (Sec
. 3.4.2)Business Activity Center (BAC) (Sec.
3.4.3)Community Activity Center (CAC) (Sec.
3.4.4)Regional Activity Center (RAC) (Sec
. 3.4.5)Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) (Sec.
3.4.6)Town Center Districts
Historic Crossroads Village (HCV) (Sec.
3.5.2)Main Street (MS) Sec
. 3.5.3)Town Center Commercial (TCC) (Sec
. 3.5.4)Town Center Residential (TCR) (Sec
. 3.5.5)Residential Transition (RT) (Sec
. 3.5.6)Residential Neighborhood Preservation (RNP) (Sec
. 3.5.7)Commercial and Industrial Districts
Corridor Commercial (CC) (Sec
. 3.6.2)Office/Institutional (OI) (Sec
. 3.6.3)Industrial Management (IM) (Sec
. 3.6.4)C
ONDITIONAL
D
ISTRICTS
One parallel to each Base District above (e.g., C-NAC)
P
LANNED
D
EVELOPMENT
D
ISTRICTS
Mixed-Use Planned Development (MUPD) (Sec
. 3.7.2)O
VERLAY
D
ISTRICTS
Airport Overlay-A (AO-A) (Sec
. 3.8.2)Airport Overlay-B (AO-B) (Sec
. 3.8.2)Floodplain Overlay (FO) (Se
c.3.8.3)Town Center Conservation Overlay (TCCO) (Sec
. 3.8.4)(Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014)