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Article 4: Use Standards
Section 4.4. Temporary Uses and Structures
4.4.5. Temporary Use-Specific Standards
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
Page 4-57
Temporary Construction-Related Structure or Facility
a.
A construction-related structure or facility shall be used only as office space for construction
management and security uses during authorized construction of development, and shall not be
used as a residence.
b.
A construction-related structure or facility shall be assigned a street address before issuance
of a Building Permit for the development being constructed.
c.
All permits required by applicable building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical codes shall
be obtained before placement of temporary construction-related structures and facilities on
the site.
d.
No construction-related structure or facility shall be placed within the right-of-way of a street.
e.
All temporary construction-related structures and facilities shall be removed from the
construction site within 30 days after issuance of the final Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy
for the constructed development.
f.
A temporary construction-related structure or facilities may be placed on a property adjacent
to the construction site if site constraints make it infeasible to locate the structures or facilities
on the construction site, provided the adjacent site is restored to its previous condition within 60
days after issuance of the final Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy for the constructed
development.
Temporary Family Health Care Structure
a.
A temporary family health care structure is only allowed as a temporary accessory use to a
single-family detached dwelling.
b.
The structure shall have no more than 300 square feet of gross floor area.
c.
The caregiver shall own or occupy the single-family detached dwelling as their residence and
shall be related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or be the legally appointed guardian of,
the mentally or physically impaired person occupying the temporary health care structure.
d.
The application for the structure shall include written certification by a physician licensed in
North Carolina that the mentally or physically impaired person occupying the temporary health
care structure requires assistance with two or more activities of daily living (i.e., bathing,
dressing, personal hygiene, ambulation or locomotion, transferring, toileting, and eating).
e.
Only one temporary health care structure shall be allowed on the lot.
f.
The structure shall be connected to the water, sewer, and electric utilities serving the principal
single-family dwelling on the lot and shall comply with all applicable local and State
regulations.
g.
No signage advertising or otherwise promoting the existence of the structure shall be allowed
on the exterior of the structure or elsewhere on the property.
h.
The caregiver shall provide the Planning Director evidence of compliance with these standards
on an annual basis for as long as the temporary health care structure remains on the lot, and
shall allow the Planning Director to inspect the structure for compliance with these standards at
reasonable times convenient to the caregiver.
i.
The structure shall be removed from the lot within 60 days after the time the mentally or
physically impaired person is no longer receiving, or is no longer in need of, the required
assistance.
(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015)