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Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions
Section 11.3. Use Classifications and Interpretation
11.3.1. Principal Use Classification System
June 23, 2017
Morrisville, NC
Page 11-6
Unified Development Ordinance
community-wide service), and minor utility facilities (infrastructure services that need to be located
in or near where the service is provided). The category also includes parking decks and lots where
they are principal uses. Accessory uses may include offices, monitoring, storage areas, fueling
facilities, or data transmission equipment.
Telecommunication Facility Uses
Telecommunication Facility Uses category includes uses and facilities providing communication
services. Services may be publicly or privately provided. Example use types include DAS, antenna
collocations, concealed attached antennas, non-concealed attached antennas, non-concealed dual-
function towers, concealed towers, non-concealed towers, broadcast stations and studios. Accessory
uses may include amateur ham radio antennas or data transmission equipment.
(Ord. No. 2014-016, 06/24/2014)
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Commercial Uses Classification
Eating and Drinking Establishments
The Eating and Drinking Establishments category includes use types involving the preparation and
selling of food and beverages for immediate or direct on- or off-premise consumption. Example
use types include bars or lounges, restaurants, and specialty eating or drinking establishments.
Accessory uses may include decks and patios for outdoor seating, drive-through service facilities,
facilities for live entertainment or dancing, and valet parking services.
Office Uses
The Office Uses category includes office buildings housing activities conducted in an office setting,
usually with limited contact with the general public, and generally focusing on the provision of
business services, professional services (e.g., lawyers, accountants, engineers, architects), or financial
services (e.g., lenders, brokerage houses, tax preparers). Example use types include office buildings
and parks, and service establishments. This use category does not include offices that are a
component of or accessory to a principal use in another use category, such as administrative
government services (categorized as community and government service uses), medical/dental
offices (categorized as health care uses), or banks or financial institutions (categorized as retail
sales and service uses). Accessory uses may include cafeterias, recreational or fitness facilities,
incidental commercial uses, or other amenities primarily for the use of employees in the business,
office building, or office park.
Recreation Uses
The Recreational Uses category includes use types providing indoor or outdoor facilities for
recreation-oriented activities by patrons or members. Example use types include golf courses,
country clubs, and indoor and outdoor private recreation facilities (including tennis and swim clubs).
It also does not include recreational facilities that are accessory to community and government
service uses (categorized as other institutional uses), or are reserved for use by a particular
residential development’s residents and their guests (e.g., residential support recreation facility).
Accessory uses may include offices, concessions, snack bars, and maintenance facilities.
Entertainment Uses
The Entertainment Uses category includes use types providing indoor or outdoor facilities for
entertainment-oriented activities by patrons or members. Example use types include movie theaters
and music venues. This use category includes adult establishments (including adult bookstores, adult
motion picture theatres, adult mini motion picture theatres, adult live entertainment businesses, and
adult massage businesses). It also includes stand-alone banquet halls, but does not include banquet
halls that are accessory to a hotel/motel (categorized as a visitor accommodation use) or restaurant
(categorized as an eating and drinking establishment). This use does not include internet