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Article 4: Use Standards
Section 4.3. Accessory Uses and Structures
4.3.5. Accessory Use-Specific Standards
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
Page 4-41
d.
A required accessible parking space for persons with physical disabilities (see Section
5.10.3.I, Accessible Parking Spaces for Physically Disabled Persons)may also serve as an EV charging
station space, provided the charging station and its controls meet ADA standards for
accessibility to persons with physical disabilities.
e.
EV charging station equipment shall be located so as not to interfere with vehicle, bicycle, or
pedestrian access and circulation, or with required landscaping.
Family Child Care Home
a.
The home shall comply with all applicable State regulations and obtain appropriate State
licensing prior to operation.
b.
The family child care home use shall be conducted in a portion of an occupied residential
dwelling.
c.
The principal person conducting the family child care home use shall be a full-time resident of
the dwelling, and there shall be no more than one employee who does not reside in the
dwelling.
d.
The business use shall use no more than 20 percent of the total floor area of the dwelling.
e.
The use shall include at least 75 square feet of outdoor play area per child and at least 25
square feet of indoor space per child.
f.
Outdoor play areas shall be located in a rear yard and enclosed by an opaque fence at least
five feet in height. Alternatively, common open space within the neighborhood may be used as
required outdoor play area with the appropriate property owners’ association’s written
agreement to set aside a fenced outdoor play area so long as the family child care home is
operational.
g.
There shall be adequate off-street parking for child drop-off and pick-up.
h.
On-site signs advertising the family child care home use are not permitted.
i.
Outdoor storage of materials associated with the family child care home use is not permitted.
Such materials do not include outdoor playground equipment.
Flagpole and Flag
a.
Flagpoles and flags in a residential development shall comply with the following standards:
(1)
No more than two flagpoles and two flags per flagpole shall be allowed on a lot.
(2)
No flag shall bear a commercial message.
b.
Flagpoles and flags in a nonresidential development shall comply with the following standards:
(1)
No more than three flagpoles and two flags per flagpole shall be allowed per approved
site plan.
(2)
Flagpoles shall be located on the same lot as the principal building.
(3)
Flagpoles shall be located on the wall of the principal building on the lot or within 75 feet
of the building’s main entrance.
(4)
Flagpoles shall not be located within a public right-of-way.
(5)
Flagpoles shall not exceed a height of 25 feet.
(6)
The area of a flag shall not exceed five feet by eight feet.
Garage
a.
A detached garage shall be located to the side or rear wall of the building the garage serves.