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Article 3: Zoning Districts
Section 3.4. Activity Center Districts
3.4.1. General Purposes of Activity Center Districts
June 23, 2017
Morrisville, NC
Page 3-16 Unified Development Ordinance
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SECTION 3.4. ACTIVITY CENTER DISTRICTS
3.4.1.
General Purposes of Activity Center Districts
The activity center districts established in this section are intended to foster compact, mixed-use development
patterns that provide people with the opportunity to live, work, recreate, and shop in a pedestrian-friendly
environment. More specifically, they are intended to:
A.
Provide strong connections between diverse uses to create a busier, safer, and more exciting environment
for residents, employees, and visitors throughout the day, in evenings, and during weekends;
B.
Encourage a complementary mix of residential, retail, office, employment-generating, and recreation
uses in close proximity to each other;
C.
Accommodate development intensities appropriate to the scale of the area served by the activity center
(e.g., neighborhood, community, region);
D.
Provide integrated pedestrian and bicycle access to afford safe and accessible foot and bike travel
between the land uses; and
E.
Facilitate efficient vehicular traffic flow by allowing only land uses developed with comprehensively
planned access, egress, and internal circulation systems.