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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.9. Building Configuration and Design
5.9.1. Purpose and Intent
Morrisville, NC June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-63
SECTION 5.9. BUILDING CONFIGURATION AND DESIGN
5.9.1. Purpose and Intent
These design standards are intended to protect and preserve the quality and character of the Town. More
specifically, the intent of this section is to:
Encourage distinctive, well-designed, high quality developments as a strategy for investing in the
Town’s future;
Provide a range of housing options to Town residents;
Ensure variability in neighborhood streetscapes;
Provide incentives to single-family detached, attached, and duplex development that complies with
voluntary design guidelines in this Ordinance; and
Protect and enhance property values.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
5.9.2. Applicability
A. New Development
Except as otherwise provided in this section, all new development shall comply with the standards in this
section.
B. Existing Development
Change in Use
If an existing principal structure is expanded, enlarged, or modified any change shall be subject
to the standards in this section.
Expansion
If an existing principal structure is expanded or enlarged, any expansion shall be subject to the
standards in this section.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
5.9.3. Organization
The standards in establishes the building material, facade
color, composition, fenestration, primary entrance, and building configuration requirements for all forms of
development.
A. Sectio establishes the range of allowable exterior materials and color configurations applicable
to all forms of development.
B. Sectio establishes standards for facade projections, facade wall details, parapet walls, primary
entrances, and fenestration for mixed-use, commercial, institutional, or industrial development outside
the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and the Town Center (TC) districts.
C. Section an establish the mandatory design standards and voluntary design guidelines
for bungalow court, pocket neighborhood, single-family detached, single-family attached, and duplex
development located outside the Town Center (TC) districts.
D. Sectio establishes the design standards for multifamily development located outside the Transit-
Oriented Development (TOD) and the Town Center (TC) districts.