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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 11-48 Unified Development Ordinance
L OADING AREAS
A portion of the vehicle use area where merchandise and/or supplies are delivered and unloaded.
L OADING DOCK
The area where trucks maneuver in order to back up against the loading and unloading platform.
L OCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET
Street that is used primarily for access to the abutting residential properties.
L OT
A portion of a subdivision or any other parcel of land intended as a unit of ownership.
L OT AREA
The total horizontal land area within the lot lines of the zoning lot.
L OT AREA, NET
See Sectio
L OT, CORNER
A lot abutting two or more streets at their intersection.
L OT COVERAGE
See Sectio
L OT LINE
A line forming a boundary of a lot.
L OT LINE, CORNER S IDE
A lot line, other than a front lot line, separating the lot from an abutting public street right-of-way or
private street easement. Generally, the corner side lot line is the longer of the lot lines abutting a street.
L OT LINE, FRONT
A lot line separating the lot from the public street right-of-way or private street easement towards which
the front of the principal building on the lot faces. On a corner lot, the front lot line is generally the
shorter of the lot lines abutting a street. For a vacant corner lot where the lengths of the street-fronting
lot lines are within 20 percent of each other, the front lot line shall be the lot line the lot owner elects to
identify as the front lot line.
L OT LINE, REAR
A lot line connecting the lot’s interior side lot lines, or an interior side lot line and a street side lot line,
along the edge of the lot opposite its front lot line.
L OT LINE, SIDE
A lot line not abutting a street and connecting the lot’s front and rear lot lines.
L OT WIDTH
See Sectio