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Article 3: Zoning Districts
Section 3.1. General Provisions
3.1.3. Relationships Between Standards for Overlay Districts and Other Districts
June 23, 2017 Morrisville, NC
Page 3-2 Unified Development Ordinance
Except as otherwise provided in Sectio
development in a conditional zoning district is subject to the same standards applicable to the
parallel base zoning district, as modified by the approved district-specific plans and conditions.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
C. Planned Development Zoning Districts
Planned development zoning districts are established by the Town Council’s approval of a Planned
Development Rezoning (see Section , which includes district-specific plans and standards set
out in a Planned Development (PD) Plan/Agreement.
Development in a planned development zoning district is subject to the plans and standards set out
or referenced in the approved PD Plan/Agreement.
describes the base purpose of planned development
zoning districts and sets out base requirements applicable to all planned development zoning
districts. For each type of planned development zoning district, it sets out the district’s purpose, the
intensity and dimensional standards to apply in the district or be addressed in the district’s PD
Plan/Agreement, and the development and environmental standards to be addressed in the district’s
PD Plan/Agreement and the means of modifying them (e.g., through an alternative landscaping
plan).
D. Overlay Zoning Districts
Overlay 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 . They are
superimposed over one or more underlying base, conditional, or planned development zoning
districts.
Development in an overlay zoning district is subject to predetermined standards set out or
referenced for the district in Such standards supplement, modify, or
supersede standards applicable by the underlying base, conditional, or planned development
district.
Regulations for each overlay zoning district set out the district’s purpose and the supplemental,
modified, or superseding standards applicable in the district.
3.1.3. Relationships Between Standards for Overlay Districts and Other Districts
If the standards for an overlay district expressly conflict with those for an underlying base zoning district,
conditional zoning district, planned development district, or another applicable overlay district, the more
restrictive standards shall apply.
3.1.4. Development Incentives for Provision of Public Benefits
A. Purpose
The purpose of this section is to provide development incentives for the provision of public benefits in
conjunction with development. It does so by authorizing additional allowable uses and less restrictive
intensity and dimensional standards for certain conditional zoning districts that provide one or more public
benefit not otherwise required by this Ordinance. Such incentives include allowance of certain uses in
addition to those allowed in the parallel base zoning district, and an increase in the maximum net density,
maximum floor area ratio, maximum lot coverage, and maximum structure height. Such public benefits
include: dedication of land or facilities to be used for public parks or greenways; off-site or regional
stormwater management; off-site transportation improvements; and/or cultural centers, public plazas,
public art, and other community amenities. The extent of public benefits provided is intended to be that
necessary to balance and justify the extent of the proposed development incentives.