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Article 2: Administration
Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures
2.5.4. Conceptual Master Plan Approval
Morrisville, NC June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-33
c. Deny the application;
d. Remand the application back to the Planning Director or Planning and Zoning Board for further
consideration. (This may require further public notice and additional review fees.)
Post-Decision Actions and Limitations
The post-decision actions and limitations in Section shall apply to the application except as
follows:
a. Effect of Approval
Conceptual Master Plan Approval authorizes the subsequent submittal of applications for
subsequent development approvals required to undertake and complete the development
proposed by the approved Conceptual Master Plan. Such applications shall be subject to staff
approval only, including those for a Type 2 Subdivision Preliminary Plat Approval, Minor Site
Plan Approval, and Construction Plan Approval. Conceptual Master Plan Approval does not
itself authorize specific development activity.
b. Expiration of Approval
Conceptual Master Plan Approval shall expire if no application for a development approval
required to undertake the development proposed by the approved Conceptual Master Plan,
or an approved phase thereof, is approved and vested within five years after the date of
Conceptual Master Plan Approval.
c. Minor Changes from Conceptual Master Plan Approval Allowed
(1) Subsequent development applications may incorporate minor changes from the
development defined by the Conceptual Master Plan Approval, without the need to
amend the Conceptual Master Plan Approval in accordance with Section
where the Planning Director determines that the
changes:
(A) Continue to comply with this Ordinance;
(B) Are necessary to comply with conditions of approval; or
(C) Are consistent with the Conceptual Master Plan Approval. Consistency means the
changes would not significantly alter the development’s general function, form,
intensity, character, demand on public facilities, impact on adjacent properties, or
other characteristic from that indicated by the Conceptual Master Plan Approval.
(2) In any case, the following changes from the Conceptual Master Plan Approval shall
constitute a major change requiring amendment of the Conceptual Master Plan Approval
in accordance with Section
(A) A change in a condition of approval;
(B) An increase greater than 20 percent in residential density;
(C) An increase greater than 20 percent in total nonresidential floor area;
(D) An increase greater than ten percent in the amount of land devoted to
nonresidential uses; and
(E) A decrease greater than 20 percent in the ratio of single-family dwelling units to
other residential building types.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)