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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.10. Parking and Loading
5.10.6. Off-Street Parking Arrangement and Design
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
Page 5-107
Activity Center Districts
a.
For multifamily, nonresidential and mixed-use developments with off-street surface vehicle
parking located in an Activity Center district, no
more than one single-loaded bay of off-street
surface vehicle parking may be located between
the development’s principal buildings(s) and
abutting streets. (See Figure
5.10.6.B.2:Single-
loaded bay of off-street surface vehicle parking.)
b.
On determining that it is impracticable to locate
only one single-loaded bay of off-street surface
vehicle parking between the development’s
principal buildings(s) and abutting streets, the
Planning Director may allow alternative locations
and arrangements of the surface parking—
provided that in addition to vehicle use area
screening required by Sectio
n 5.12.4, Vehicle Use Area Landscaping,a Type G, Option 2
streetyard buffer shall be provided between a
street and any surface vehicle parking located
between it and the development’s principal
building(s). (Se
e Section 5.7, Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers.)
(Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2015-047, 07/28/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
Other Districts
a.
For multifamily, nonresidential and mixed-use developments located outside the Transit-
Oriented Development (TOD) District, a Town Center, or Activity Center district, no more than
50 percent of the overall required parking shall be located between the development’s
principal building(s) and abutting streets. (See Figure
5.10.6.B.3:Fifty percent of the overall
required parking shall be located between the development’s principal building(s) and
abutting streets.)
Figur
e 5.10.6.B.2:Single-loaded bay of off-
street surface vehicle parking.