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Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions
Section 11.5. Terms and Uses Defined
11.4.2. Exceptions and Variations
June 23, 2017
Morrisville, NC
Page 11-22
Unified Development Ordinance
B
ANNER
S
IGN
See Sign, Banner.
B
ANQUET
F
ACILITY
A facility or hall that is hired or rented by individuals or groups to accommodate private functions such
as banquets, weddings, receptions, anniversaries, and other similar celebrations and social events. Such
facilities may include kitchen facilities for the preparation or catering of food, and the sale of alcoholic
beverages to guests only for on premise consumption during scheduled events.
B
AR OR
L
OUNGE
An establishment having as its principal or predominant use the serving of beer, wine, or liquor for
consumption on the premises, and which sets a minimum age requirement for entrance, consistent with
state law. The primary source of revenue for such use is derived from alcohol sales, and the secondary
source from the serving of food.
B
ASE
F
LOOD
The flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year based on
current conditions hydrology.
B
ASE
F
LOOD
E
LEVATION
(BFE)
A determination of the water surface elevations of the base flood based on current conditions
hydrology as published in the Flood Insurance Study. When the BFE has not been provided in a “Special
Flood Hazard Area,” it may be obtained from engineering studies available from a federal or state or
other source using FEMA-approved engineering methodologies. This elevation, when combined with the
“Freeboard, establishes the “Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation” in Special Flood Hazard Areas.
B
ASEMENT
Any area of the building having its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.
B
AY
W
INDOW
A projection from a building facade that contains windows and rises from the ground or from some other
support, such as a porch roof.
B
ED AND
B
REAKFAST
A residence engaged in renting one or more sleeping rooms to persons for periods of less than one
week, and providing guess breakfast.
B
ERM
An elongated earthen mound typically designed or constructed on a site to separate, screen, or buffer
adjacent uses.
B
ICYCLE
P
ARKING
S
PACE
Space designed for the parking of a single bicycle. One bike rack = two bicycle parking spaces and
one bike locker = one bicycle parking space.
B
IKE
L
ANE
A designated area within a street roadway or other vehicular accessway that is reserved for bicycle
travel and separated from the rest of the roadway or vehicular accessway by painted lines or other
pavement markings.