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 5-109
Figur
e 5.10.6.C:Measurement of stacking lane distance for a parking lot entrance driveway.
D.
Pedestrian Walkways through Large Vehicle Parking Areas
All vehicle off-street parking facilities containing
more than 50 parking spaces shall provide a clearly
identified pedestrian route between parking areas
and the primary pedestrian entrance(s) to the
building(s) served by the parking areas, or to a
pedestrian walkway providing direct access to the
primary building entrance(s).
A vehicle parking lot containing more than 50 parking
spaces shall provide a planting island between at
least every three parking bays. The planting island
shall comply with Section
5.12.4.D.3, Planting Islands Between Parking Bays.(See Figur
e 5.10.6.D:Planting
islands through parking lots.)
Where a vehicle parking lot containing more than 50
parking spaces has parking bays running parallel to
the front of the building(s) served by the parking, a pedestrian walkway shall be provided
connecting landscaped islands along or at the ends of the parking bays as necessary to provide
walkways through the parking lot at intervals of 200 feet or less. (See Section
5.12.4.D.2.a.)
Crosswalks meeting the standards in the Engineering Design and Construction Manual shall be
provided where pedestrian walkways through large parking lots cross a drive aisle within the
parking bays or between them and the building(s) served by the parking.
Walkways providing pedestrian access between parking areas and associated buildings may be
extended to provide the connections to abutting street sidewalks or to adjoining development
required by Section
5.8.8.A.1, General Pedestrian Access,and Section
5.8.8.B,Pedestrian Connectivity.
(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015)
Figur
e 5.10.6.D:Planting islands through parking
lots.