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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.7. Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers
5.7.3. Required Buffer Type
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
Page 5-31
Table
5.7.3: Required Buffer TypeA, B, C, D, E = Type of Perimeter Buffer (see Sectio
n 5.7.4)F, G, H, I, J, K = Type of Streetyard Buffer (see Sectio
n 5.7.4)n/a
= Not Applicable (no buffer required)
Existing Use
Type or Category
on Adjoining
Land [2] or
Classification of
Adjoining Street
Zoning of
Adjoining
Vacant
Land [2]
Proposed Use Type or Category [1]
Single-Family
Detached,
Duplex, or
Manufactured
Home Dwelling
Single-
Family
Attached
Dwelling
Multifamily
Dwelling
Institutional
Use
Commercial
Use, or
Mixed-Use
Development
Industrial
Use
Single-family
detached, duplex,
or manufactured
home dwelling
VLDR, LDR,
HCV, RNP
D [3]
D
C
C
B
A
Single-family
attached dwelling,
bungalow court,
neighborhood
MDR, TCR, RT
D
D
C
C
B
A
Multifamily,
manufactured home
park
HDR
C
C
D
C
B
A
Institutional use
PGO, OI
C
C
C
D
C
B
Commercial use,
mixed-use
development,
agricultural use,
animal related use
NAC, BAC,
CAC, RAC,
TOD, MS,
CC, TCC,
MUPD
B
B
B
C
C
B
Industrial use
IM
A
A
A
B
B
C
Cemetery
n/a
C
C
C
C
C
C
Major utility facility
[3]
n/a
E
E
E
E
E
E
Minor utility facility
[4]
n/a
C
C
C
C
C
C
Railroad
n/a
A
A
A
B
B
B
Freeway
n/a
F
F
F
F
F
F
Major or minor
thoroughfare
n/a
G
G
G
G
G
G
Collector street
n/a
H
H
H
H
H
H
Local street
(nonresidential –
excluding TOD and
MS Districts)
n/a
K
J
I
I
I
I
Local street
(residential –
excluding TOD and
MS Districts)
n/a
K
K
J
J
J
J
Local street (TOD
and MS Districts)
n/a
L
L
L
L
L
L
Notes:
[1] Where a development includes multiple buildings, buffer requirements shall apply to the zoning lot rather than to individual lots in the
development.
[2] Where the adjoining land is vacant and located within another zoning jurisdiction, the perimeter buffer type required shall be based on the Town
zoning classification that, in the Planning Director’s opinion, most closely matches the zoning classification given the land by the adjoining jurisdiction.
[3] Where an easement for major overhead high-voltage (100kV+) electrical power transmission lines abuts or crosses a residential use, a Type C
buffer shall be provided along the outside of the power line easement.
[4] This buffer requirement is only applicable to sewage pump stations.
(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)