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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 11-33
D
WELLING
, M
ULTIFAMILY
A building or group of buildings containing three or more dwelling units that are typically located on
one lot. The dwelling units may be located side by side in a horizontal configuration or stacked
one above the other in a vertical configuration, sharing common vertical walls or horizontal floors
and ceilings. Each dwelling unit shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, cooking,
and sanitation, and can be owner or tenant occupied. Multifamily dwellings also include
carriage–style buildings with multifamily dwelling units over garages.
D
WELLING
, S
INGLE
-F
AMILY
A
TTACHED
A dwelling containing two or more dwelling units that are attached horizontally through common walls.
Each dwelling unit occupies space from the ground to the roof of the building, and is located on a
separate lot.
D
WELLING
, S
INGLE
-F
AMILY
D
ETACHED
A single detached dwelling on a lot, other than a manufactured home dwelling, that contains a single
dwelling unit (excluding any accessory apartment).
E
ASEMENT
An interest in land granted by the owner to another party that entitles its holder to a specific use,
including a grant by the property owner for use by the public, a utility company, or person(s) of land for
specified purposes.
E
AVE
The edge or edges of a roof usually projecting beyond the sidewall of a building.
E
LECTRIC
V
EHICLE
C
HARGING
S
TATION
An electric vehicle (EV) charging station is a vehicle parking space that is served by an electrical
component assembly or cluster of component assemblies (battery charging station) designed and
intended to transfer electric energy, by conductive or inductive means, from the electric grid or other
off-board electrical source to a battery or other energy storage device within an electric vehicle.
E
LEVATED
B
UILDING
A non-basement building that has its lowest floor elevated floor above ground level by foundation
walls, pilings, columns, posts, piers, or shear walls.
E
LEVATION
A vertical distance above or below a fixed reference level. For purposes of measuring the height of
structures, elevation is the distance above finished grade at the base of the structure. For purposes of
floodplain management, elevation is the distance above mean sea level. Elevation may also refer to a
fully dimensioned drawing of the side of a building showing features such as windows and doors, and
the relationship of grade to floor level.
E
MERGENCY
S
ERVICES
A government facility for public services such as fire and police protection, Emergency Medical Services
(EMS), emergency operation centers, and related administrative services.
E
NCROACHMENT
For purposes of floodplain management, the advance or infringement of uses, fill, excavation, buildings,
permanent structures, or development into a floodplain, that may impede or alter the flow capacity of a
floodplain.