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Article 4: Use Standards
Section 4.2. Principal Uses
4.2.5. Principal Use-Specific Standards
June 23, 2017
Morrisville, NC
Page 4-16 Unified Development Ordinance
(2)
Residential uses, retail sales and service uses, and office uses may be located on the
ground floor of a parking deck. No other business shall be conducted in the parking deck
or lot, including, but not limited to, repair, servicing, washing, display, or storage of
vehicles or other goods.
(3)
To provide visual interest and create pedestrian activity at the street level, parking decks
within the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) District shall contain retail sales and
service uses and office uses along a minimum of 50 percent of their ground-floor frontage
along streets other than alleys. The Planning Director may approve alternative
requirements if the site lacks sufficient depth to accommodate both a parking deck and
usable retail and office space at the ground-floor level.
c.
Solar Energy Collection System (as a principal use)
(1)
The maximum lot coverage of the system and any associated equipment shall not exceed
65 percent.
(2)
Adequate access for maintenance of the system shall be provided.
(3)
The system shall not exceed a height of 20 feet.
(4)
The property owner shall be responsible for negotiating with other property owners in the
vicinity to establish any solar easement designed to protect solar access for the solar
energy collection system, and for recording any such solar easement with the Register of
Deeds for the county in which the easement is located.
(Ord. No. 2014-051, 11/10/2014)
Telecommunication Uses
a.
Antenna Collocation or Combination on Existing Telecommunication Facilities
Collocations and combinations are subject to the following requirements:
(1)
A collocated or combined antenna or antenna array shall not increase the height of an
existing tower by more than 20 feet and shall not affect any tower lighting.
(2)
The compound area shall be subject to the setback requirements of the underlying zoning
district.
(3)
When a collocated or combined antenna is to be located on a nonconforming tower or
support structure, the existing permitted nonconforming setback(s) shall prevail.
(4)
A description of the proposed antenna collocation or combination, including the element
design, type and number, as well as changes in the number and/or size of any feed lines,
from the base of the equipment cabinet to such antenna elements.
(5)
A signed statement from a qualified individual representing the applicant, along with the
individual’s qualifications, certifying that the applicant will comply with all FCC standards
regarding:
(A)
Human exposure to RF emission; and
(B)
Interference with other radio services.
(6)
A sealed structural analysis of the existing structure prepared by a registered Professional
Engineer licensed by the State of North Carolina indicating that the existing tower as well
as all existing and proposed appurtenances meets current NC Building Code
requirements, including, but not limited to, wind loading and ANSI EIA/TIA 222 standards,
for the tower.