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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 11-72 Unified Development Ordinance
STREET VENDOR
Any person or persons selling or offering for sale products on a street, sidewalk or alley.
STREETSCAPE
A varying width (depending on street type) landscaped strip parallel to the recorded or proposed
street right-of-way containing plantings of trees and shrubs in accordance with this Ordinance.
STREETYARD B UFFER
A landscaped area of varying width (depending on the use and surrounding uses) located along a
development site’s street frontage between the development and adjoining street right-of-way.
STRING LIGHTING
Low wattage lights designed for exterior installation and use with individual bulb receptacles connected
by electrical wires that are exposed to an outside surface.
STRUCTURE
Anything constructed, installed, or portable, the use of which requires a location on a parcel of land. This
includes a fixed or movable building which can be used for residential, business, commercial,
agricultural, or office purposes, either temporarily or permanently. "Structure" also includes, but is not
limited to, swimming pools, tennis courts, signs, cisterns, sewage treatment plants, sheds, docks, mooring
areas, fountains, art, and similar accessory construction. It also includes a gas, liquid, or liquefied gas
storage tank that is principally above ground.
STRUCTURE HEIGHT
See Sectio
STUMP DIAMETER
The diameter of a tree measured at six inches above the ground surface level.
SUBDIVIDER
Any person, firm or corporation who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be a subdivision as
herein defined.
SUBDIVISION
Any division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots or building sites or any other division of
land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, and any division of
land involving the dedication of a new street or a change in an existing street—provided, however, that
the following are excluded from the definition of “subdivision:”
1. The combination or recombination of portions of previously subdivided and recorded lots, where the
total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots meet or exceed the lot standards in Section
2. The division of land where all resulting parcels are greater than ten acres in area and no street right-
of-way dedication is involved;
3. The public acquisition of land for the opening or widening of streets or for public transportation
corridors; and
4. The division of a parcel of land with an area no greater than two acres into not more than three lots,
where no street right-of-way dedication is involved and the resultant lots meet or exceed the lot
standards in Section