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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.10. Parking and Loading
5.10.10. Reduced Vehicle Parking Requirements for Parking Demand Reduction Strategies
Morrisville, NC June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-117
There is no negative impact to existing or planned traffic circulation patterns.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
H. Payment of Fee to Master Parking Program in Lieu of Providing Required Parking
Within the Main Street (MS) District or Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) District, the Town
Council may authorize applicable off-street parking requirements for a nonresidential use to be
satisfied, in whole or in part, by the applicant’s payment of a proportionate share in-lieu fee
established by the Town Council that is consistent with, but does not exceed, costs the Town will incur
to provide the equivalent number of public parking spaces that can serve the use.
A request to pay an in-lieu fee shall be submitted in writing to the Planning Director, who shall
forward it to the Town Council for review. The Town Council may approve such a request on
determining that:
a. Due to the availability of transit or unique characteristics of the use or area, the unavailability
of the off-street parking spaces for which the fee is made as part of the development will not
result in traffic congestion and will be compatible with the character of surrounding properties,
and
b. Sufficient public parking exists or is budgeted and scheduled within ¼ mile feet of the
development to satisfy the parking demand it generates.
If an applicant requests to pay an in-lieu fee for a number of parking spaces exceeding 25 spaces
or 50 percent of the minimum number of off-street parking spaces required by this section, the
request shall be accompanied by a transportation impact analysis prepared in accordance with
Section and showing that the unavailability of the off-
street parking spaces as part of the development will not result in traffic congestion.
The developer shall pay an in-lieu fee before Construction Plan Approval for the development.
The Town shall deposit the fee into the account designated for the provision of parking spaces
through the Town’s Master Parking Program and shall spend it within a reasonable time period
only towards provision of public parking spaces that reasonably accommodate the parking
demand generated by the development. Town costs for which in-lieu fees may be spent include,
but are not limited to, the cost of land, leases, rights, easements and franchises; financing charges;
interest paid before and during construction; cost of plans and specifications; cost of engineering
and legal services and other expenses necessary or incidental for determining the feasibility or
practicability of construction, reconstruction or use; cost of all labor and materials; and
administrative expenses and such other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the provision
of public parking spaces.
The Town Council may, by resolution, accept an interest in land instead of accepting all or a portion
of an in-lieu parking fee on determining that land would be used in connection with the provision
of public parking through the Master Parking Program and the value of the land equals or exceeds
the in-lieu parking fee that would otherwise be required. In making its determinations, the Town
Council may consider the size of the land, the feasibility of constructing a parking facility on the
land, and the land’s proximity to parking demands identified and addressed by the Master Parking
Program.
5.10.10. Reduced Vehicle Parking Requirements for Parking Demand Reduction
Strategies
The minimum number of vehicle parking spaces required in Section
may be reduced through implementation of one or more of the following
strategies for reducing vehicle parking demand. Additional review fees are assessed to cover the Town’s
additional costs in reviewing requests for reduced vehicle parking requirements and any subsequent
agreements.