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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.7. Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers
5.7.3. Required Buffer Type
June 23, 2017
Morrisville, NC
Page 5-30
Unified Development Ordinance
B.
Existing Development
Change in Use
Any change in the use of an existing development shall provide additional buffer width,
landscaping, and fence or wall, to the maximum extent practicable, necessary to comply with the
standards in this section.
Upgrading of Buffer Nonconformities
Where existing development is nonconforming in terms of compliance with this section’s standards
for perimeter and streetyard buffers, such development is subject to the limitations and upgrading
requirements in
Section 9.7, Nonconforming Site Features.(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
C.
Exemptions
Residential Development
Except when abutting any of the following uses or uses located outside of the Town Center, new
residential development in the Town Center shall be exempted from the perimeter buffer standards
in this section. In cases where new residential development abuts the following forms of
development in the Town Center, the new residential development shall provide a perimeter buffer
in accordance with these standards.
a.
Cemetery;
b.
Major utility facility;
c.
Minor utility facility;
d.
Railroad;
e.
Thoroughfare;
f.
Street; or
g.
An existing residential dwelling or development.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
5.7.3.
Required Buffer Type
Table
5.7.3, Required Buffer Type,specifies the type of perimeter or streetyard buffer that a new
development shall provide between it and an adjoining property or street, based on the proposed use type
on the development site and the existing use type on the adjoining property, the zoning district in which
abutting vacant property is located, or the classification of an adjoining street. The type of buffer to be
provided is indicated by a letter corresponding to one of the buffer types depicted in Table
5.7.4, Buffer Type Standards.