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Article 4: Use Standards
Section 4.2. Principal Uses
4.2.5. Principal Use-Specific Standards
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
Page 4-31
(3)
A property extracting earth products shall be located at least 1,000 feet from any
residential zoning district and other property containing any of the following uses:
(A)
Any household living or group living residential use;
(B)
College or University;
(C)
Day care center;
(D)
Dormitory;
(E)
Cultural facility;
(F)
School, elementary, middle, or high;
(G)
School, business or vocational;
(H)
Sports Academy;
(I)
Public park or recreation facility; or
(J)
Place of worship, community or neighborhood.
(4)
Access to extraction of earth product operations is prohibited through a residential
neighborhood where the streets are primarily intended to provide access to adjacent
residences.
(Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015)
c.
Hydraulic Fracturing
(1)
To screen equipment and stored goods and materials, six evergreen shade trees per 100
linear feet shall be installed adjacent to the exterior perimeter of the fence required in
Section
4.3.5.B.20, Outdoor Storage (as an accessory use),to form a continuous opaque
screen. This buffer shall be installed along the entire fence line visible from the line of
sight from all street rights-of-way.
(2)
Any outdoor storage area shall only be permitted as an accessory use if it is located at
least 100 feet from any public right-of-way and at least 70 feet from any adjoining
property.
(3)
A property containing hydraulic fracturing shall be located at least 1,000 feet from any
residential zoning district and other property containing any of the following uses:
(A)
Any household living or group living residential use;
(B)
College or University;
(C)
Day care center;
(D)
Dormitory;
(E)
Cultural facility;
(F)
School, elementary, middle, or high;
(G)
School, business or vocational;
(H)
Sports Academy;
(I)
Public park or recreation facility; or
(J)
Place of worship, community or neighborhood.
(4)
Access to hydraulic fracturing operations is prohibited through a residential neighborhood
where the streets are primarily intended to provide access to adjacent residences.