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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 11-66 Unified Development Ordinance
SHOPPING CENTER, NEIGHBORHOOD
A building or a group of connected or freestanding buildings under single or multiple ownership that
contains retail goods and service uses serving the needs of local residential neighborhoods. A
neighborhood shopping center is designed, constructed, and operated on an integral and coordinated
basis, with common parking, pedestrian movement, and ingress and egress. It has no more than 150,000
square feet of total floor area, and no single tenant greater than 60,000 square feet of floor area.
SHORELINE STABILIZATION
The in-place stabilization of an eroding shoreline. Stabilization techniques which include “soft” methods
or natural materials (such as root wads, or rock vanes) may be considered as part of a restoration
design. However, stabilization techniques that consist primarily of “hard” engineering, such as concrete
lined channels, riprap, or gabions, while providing bank stabilization, shall not be considered stream
restoration.
SHRUB
A woody plant, smaller than a tree, consisting of several small stems emerging from the ground, or small
branches near the ground. Shrubs may be deciduous or evergreen.
SIDEWALK
A hard-surfaced, all-weather pedestrian walkway within a street right-of-way or easement.
SIGN
Any identification, description, animation, illustration, or device (including logos, trademarks, branding,
project initials, and the like), whether illuminated or non-illuminated, that is visible from any right-of-way
and directs attention to any realty, product, service, place, activity, person, institution, performance,
commodity, firm business or solicitation, including any permanently installed or situated merchandise or
any emblem, painting, banner, poster, bulletin board, pennant, placard, or temporary sign designed to
identify or convey information, with the exception of North Carolina state, municipal, or national flags.
SIGN AREA/SURFACE AREA
The entire area shall be measured by the square, rectangle, semicircle, or parallelogram thereof, and
comprise the entire sign inclusive of any border or trim and all the elements of the matter displayed, but
excluding the base or apron, supports and other structural members. In the case of three-dimensional
letters or painted letters directly on a building wall surface, the surface area shall be defined as that
area encompassing the area of the letters including any trim or border.
SIGN P ERMIT
A document that is issued by the Planning Director that authorizes the posting, display, repair, change,
painting, or erection of a sign or sign structure as being in compliance with signage standards in
SIGN, A DDRESS
A sign identifying the street number and/or name of the occupant of the property on which the sign is
located.
SIGN, A WNING
A sign affixed to or part of an awning supported entirely from the exterior wall of a building and
composed on nonrigid materials except for the supporting framework.
SIGN, A WNING -MOUNTED
A sign mounted above or under the outside edge of an awning.