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Article 5: Development Standards

Section 5.10. Parking and Loading

5.10.4. Off-Street Loading Space Requirements

Morrisville, NC

June 23, 2017

Unified Development Ordinance

Page 5-103

H.

Driveways Used to Satisfy Off-Street Vehicle Requirements

Driveways can only be used to satisfy the minimum off-street vehicle parking requirements for bungalow

court, pocket neighborhood, single-family detached, duplex, manufactured home, and single-family

attached dwellings provided sufficient space is available outside a street right-of-way or easement to

satisfy the standards of this section and this Ordinance. The use of a garage or carport to meet this

requirement shall be prohibited.

(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

I.

Accessible Parking Spaces for Physically Disabled Persons

In each off-street parking area, a portion of the total number of off-street vehicle parking spaces shall

be spaces specifically designated, located, and reserved for use by persons with physical disabilities

(“accessible parking spaces”), in accordance with the standards of the North Carolina Accessibility Code

for Building Construction.

J.

Minimum Number of Off-Street Vehicle Spaces for Accessory Uses/Structures

Table

5.10.3.J, Minimum Number of Off-Street Vehicle and Bicycle Parking Spaces

for Accessory Uses/Structures [1]

Use Type

Minimum Number of

Vehicle Parking

Spaces [2]

Minimum Number of

Bicycle Parking Spaces

Cluster Box Unit –

Mailbox

Number

of

Mailbo

xes

0-19

0

n/a

20-39

1

40-59

2

60-79

3

80-99

4

100 or

more

5 plus 1 per each

additional 50 mailboxes

Recreation Facility,

Residential

Support

Basketball facility

2 per basket

Greater of 6 or 1 per 50

vehicle parking spaces

Health exercise

facility

1 per 200 sf

Playground

Equipment

n/a

Pocket Park

n/a

Swimming pool

1 per 140 sf of pool

surface water area

Tennis Courts

2 per court

Other

See Sectio

n 5.10.3.B

Notes:

sq ft = square feet

[1] See Section

s 5.10.5, General Standards for Off-Street Vehicle Parking and Loading Areas,

Section

5.10.6, Off-Street Parking Arrangement and Design,

and Sectio

n 5.10.8, Off-Street Bicycle Parking Arrangement and Design,

for applicable design standards.

[2] When computation of the number of required parking spaces results in a fraction, the result shall be

rounded upward to the next highest whole number.

(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015;(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

5.10.4.

Off-Street Loading Space Requirements

A.

Minimum Number of Off-Street Loading Spaces

New development involving the routine vehicular delivery or shipping of goods, supplies, or

equipment to or from the development site shall provide a sufficient number of off-street loading

spaces to accommodate the delivery and shipping operations of the development’s uses in a safe

and convenient manner.

Tabl

e 5.10.4.A, Minimum Number of Off-Street Loading Spaces,

sets forth the minimum number of

loading spaces that presumptively satisfies the loading space needs of medium-sized and large-