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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.7. Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers
5.7.4. Buffer Type Standards
Morrisville, NC June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-35
Table
MINIMUM WIDTH AND SCREENING REQUIREMENTS
Also see general requirements for all buffer types at bottom of table.
Buffer Type F (Streetyard)
This streetyard buffer provides a continuous opaque screen to a height of at least six feet. It serves as a visual and noise barrier between the
developments and an adjoining controlled access highway.
Option 1
 Shade trees: 6 per 100 linear feet, with at least
5 feet between mature canopies [2]
 Understory trees: 4 per 100 linear feet [2]
 Shrubs: 20 per 100 linear feet, at least 75%
evergreen, and at least 6 feet high at maturity
 At least 50% of all trees must be evergreen
Option 2
 Shade trees: 5 per 100 linear feet, with at least
5 feet between mature canopies [2]
 Understory trees: 3 per 100 linear feet [2]
 Evergreen shrubs: 15 per 100 linear feet, at
least 75% evergreen, and at least 3 feet high
at maturity
 A solid fence or wall at least 6 feet high [1]
 At least 50% of all trees must be evergreen
Buffer Type G (Streetyard)
This streetyard buffer provides intermittent visual obstruction and creates the impression of spatial separation without eliminating visual contact
between the street and the development.
Option 1
 Shade trees: 3 per 100 linear feet, with at least
25 feet between mature canopies [2]
 Understory trees: 6 per 100 linear feet [2]
Option 2
 Shade trees: 3 per 100 linear feet, with at least
25 feet between mature canopies [2]
 Understory trees: 6 per 100 linear feet [2]
 A solid masonry wall between 3 to 4 feet high
with 15 evergreen shrubs per 100 linear feet
between the wall and the street [1]