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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.11. Utilities and Services
5.11.1. General
June 23, 2017
Morrisville, NC
Page 5-120
Unified Development Ordinance
surrounding neighborhoods, maintaining traffic-circulation patterns, and promoting quality urban design
as would strict compliance with the otherwise applicable off-street parking standards.
SECTION 5.11. UTILITIES AND SERVICES
5.11.1.
General
A.
Compliance with Provider Standards
All utility lines and facilities—such as, but not limited to, those providing sewage disposal, drinking water,
nonpotable reclaimed water, electric power, natural gas, telecommunication, or cable television
service—shall be located, designed, and constructed or installed in accordance with the standards of
the utility entity providing the utility service.
B.
Installation
General
All utility lines and facilities shall be installed in such a manner and at such a time as to minimize
interference with other utility lines and facilities, disruption of roadways or other infrastructure
improvements, and disruption of vehicular or pedestrian traffic, and to facilitate maintenance of
the utility lines and facilities without undue damage to infrastructure improvements.
Underground Installation Required
In all new development, electric distribution feeder lines and all other utility lines located on the
development site and/or along the public right-of-way abutting the site shall be installed
underground unless the Town Engineer waives this requirement in response to demonstration that
undergrounding the line will be detrimental to the overall safety and/or reliability of the circuit or
utility system. Development in the Historic Crossroads Village District that involves the adaptive
reuse of an existing structure is exempt from this requirement.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
5.11.2.
Public Sewer and Water
A.
Development with public sewer and potable and reclaimed water are conditioned on the availability
of sufficient sewer or water capacity in the Town of Cary sewer and/or water systems to serve the
proposed development.
If sufficient sewer and/or water capacity for the proposed development is available, then sewer
and/or water lines and facilities for the development shall be connected to the Town of Cary sewer
and/or water system. Public sewer and/or water lines and facilities shall be constructed to the
standards, sizes, and specifications of the Town of Cary, and dedicated to the Town of Cary for
operation and maintenance.
If sufficient sewer and/or water capacity for the proposed development is not available, then the
developer may request Town approval of plans for the construction of alternative public sewer
and/or water systems. Sewer and/or water lines for an alternative community sewer or water
system shall be built to the standards, sizes, and specifications of the Town of Cary.
B.
Oversized sewer and/or water improvements shall be provided where required by the Town of Cary
in accordance with its policies and regulations.
C.
The developer shall pay all water and sewer development fees to the Town of Cary before plat
recordation or issuance of a Building Permit, whichever occurs first.
D.
For any development applications located outside of the Morrisville-Durham Water and Sewer Service
Areas and Annexation Boundaries Agreement Area, upon Rezoning Approval (Section
2.5.3),
Conceptual Master Plan Approval (Section
2.5.4), Special Use Permit (Section
2.5.5), Type 1 Subdivision