Morrisville UDO - June 2017 version

Article 5: Development Standards

Section 5.10. Parking and Loading

5.10.9. Off-Street Vehicle Parking Alternatives

June 23, 2017

Morrisville, NC

Page 5-114

Unified Development Ordinance

Maximum Shared Spaces

Up to 50 percent of the number of parking spaces required for a use may be used to satisfy the

number of parking spaces required for other uses that generate parking demands during different

times of the day or different days of the week.

Location

Shared parking spaces shall be located within 500 feet walking distance of the primary

pedestrian entrances to the uses served by the parking.

Shared parking spaces shall not be separated from the use they serve by a major or minor

thoroughfare unless pedestrian access across the thoroughfare is provided by a grade-

separated pedestrian walkway or appropriate traffic controls (e.g., signalized crosswalk).

Pedestrian Access

Adequate and safe pedestrian access shall be provided between the shared parking areas and

the primary pedestrian entrances to the uses served by the parking.

Signage Directing Public to Parking Spaces

Signage complying with the standards of

Section 5.16, Signage,

shall be provided to direct the

public to the shared parking spaces.

Justification

The alternative parking plan shall include justification of the feasibility of shared parking among

the proposed uses. Such justification shall address, at a minimum, the size and type of the uses

proposed to share off-street parking spaces, the composition of their tenants, the types and hours

of their operations, the anticipated peak parking and traffic demands they generate, and the

anticipated rate of turnover in parking space use.

Shared Parking Agreement

An approved shared parking arrangement shall be enforced through written agreement

among all the owners or long-term lessees of lands containing the uses proposed to share off-

street parking spaces. The agreement shall provide all parties the right to joint use of the

shared parking area for as long as the shared parking spaces are needed to comply with this

Ordinance, and shall be binding on subsequent owners or long-term lessees. The agreement

shall be submitted to the Planning Director for review and approval. An attested copy of an

approved and executed agreement shall be recorded with the Register of Deeds for the county

in which the site is located before issuance of a Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy for any

use to be served by the shared parking area.

Any termination of the agreement does not negate the parties’ obligations to comply with

parking requirements and thus shall constitute a violation of this Ordinance. No use served by

the shared parking may be continued if the shared parking becomes unavailable to the use

unless substitute off-street parking spaces are provided in accordance with this section.

Off-Site Parking

An alternative parking plan may propose to meet a portion of the minimum number of off-street vehicle

parking spaces required for a use with off-site parking—i.e., off-street parking spaces located on a lot

separate from the lot containing the use—in accordance with the following standards. This alternative

and these standards may also be applied to bicycle parking.

Zoning Classification

The zoning district classification of the off-site parking area shall be one that allows the use served

by off-site parking (and thus off-street parking is accessory to such use) or that allows parking as

a principal use.