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Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions
Section 11.5. Terms and Uses Defined
11.4.2. Exceptions and Variations
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
Page 11-27
C
OLOR
P
ALETTE
A color scheme that incorporates related colors of complementary hues and shades.
C
OMMERCIAL
U
SE OR
D
EVELOPMENT
Development whose primary use(s) is one (or more) of the principal use categories and use types listed
under the Commercial Uses classification in Article 4: Use Standards, and as described in Section
11.3.1.G, Commercial Uses Classification.C
OMMON
O
PEN
S
PACE
See Sectio
n 5.5.1.C
OMMUNITY
C
ENTER
A place, building, area, or other facility used for providing social and recreational programs. The
facility may be private or the facility may be open to the general public and designed to accommodate
and serve significant segments of the community.
C
OMMUNITY
G
ARDEN
A private or public facility for cultivation of fruits, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants by more
than one person, household, or family.
C
OMPOSITE
M
ETAL
W
ALL
P
ANELS
Factory engineered panels used mainly for exterior cladding on non-residential buildings. Panels are
manufactured on a continuous lamination basis with metal facings encapsulating a foamed polyurethane
core. Metal on these panels can be aluminum, stainless steel, copper or steel.
C
OMPOSITE
W
OOD
Engineered wood manufactured by binding the strands, particles, fibers, flakes, chips, shavings, or
veneers of wood, together with adhesives, to form composite materials. Composite woods include
structural composite lumber and composite decking.
C
OMPOSTING
F
ACILITY
A facility where organic matter derived primarily from off-site is processed by composting and/or is
processed for commercial purposes. Activities of a composting facility may include management,
collection, transportation, staging, composting, curing, storage, marketing, or use of compost.
C
OMPOSTING
F
ACILITY
, S
MALL
An enclosed area at least 100 square feet in area that contains a compost tumbler or similar apparatus
designed for the purpose of converting household kitchen and yard waste into fertilizer.
C
OMPREHENSIVE
P
LAN
Those plans and policies adopted by the Town Council to address the Morrisville’s growth and
development—including, but not limited to, the Land Use Plan, the Town Center Plan, the Wireless
Telecommunication Facilities Master Plan, and other small area plans that provide guidance on desired
development in specific geographic areas and corridors, as well as the Transportation Plan, the Parks
and Recreation Master Plan, and other functional plans related to public infrastructure and services.
C
ONCEPTUAL
M
ASTER
P
LAN
A
PPROVAL
See Sectio
n 2.5.4.