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Article 2: Administration
Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures
2.5.7. Site Plan Approval
Morrisville, NC June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-47
b. Expiration of Approval
A Major Site Plan Approval shall expire if no significant work is done or development is made
within two years after the date of Major Site Plan Approval.
c. Minor Changes Allowed
(1) Subsequent development applications may incorporate minor changes from the
development defined by the Major Site Plan Approval without the need to amend the
Major Site Plan Approval in accordance with Sectio
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 Major Site 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 Major Site Plan Approval.
(2) In any case, the following changes from the Major Site Plan Approval shall constitute a
major change requiring amendment of the Minor Site 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 20 percent in the height of a structure;
(E) An increase greater than ten percent in the amount of land devoted to
nonresidential uses;
(F) A change greater than ten percent in the ratio of gross floor area devoted to
residential uses to that devoted to nonresidential floor area; and
(G) A decrease greater than 20 percent in the ratio of single-family dwelling units to
other residential building types.
(3) Applications for multifamily development determined to be complete in accordance with
Section 2.4.3.F, Determination of Application Completeness, on or before July 28, 2015
may only seek approval of a minor change from the standards in Section 5.9.4, Exterior
Facade Materials and Colors for All Development, Section 5.9.8, Building and Design
Standards for Multifamily Development, Section 5.9.9, Building and Design Standards for
the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) District, or Section 5.9.10, Building and Design
Standards for Town Center Development, after complying with the standards in Section
5.5.3.C, Payment in Lieu of Providing Required Public Recreation Area.
(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)
C. Minor Site Plan Approval Procedure
Figure and the following subsections identify those steps in the standard review procedure (see
applicable to the review of a Minor Site Approval application and note any specific
variations of, or additions to, those review steps.
Pre-Application Conference
The applicant shall hold a pre-application conference with Town staff in accordance with Section