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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................ 2
1.0 I
ntroduction
. .......................................................................................... 5
1.1 Purpose................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Land Use Plan Format.......................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Relationship to Other Town Planning Documents............................................................. 5
1.4 Land Use Plan Review and Update Process.................................................................... 5
2.0 B
ackground
. ........................................................................................... 7
2.1 Regional Context................................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Brief History of Land Use and Transportation in Morrisville........................................ 7
2.3 Demographics........................................................................................................................ 9
2.4 Development Constraints...................................................................................................11
3.0 E
xisting
C
onditions
................................................................................ 13
3.1 Land Use...............................................................................................................................13
3.2 Recent Development...........................................................................................................15
3.3 Zoning...................................................................................................................................15
4.0 P
olicy
D
irection
. ................................................................................... 16
4.1 Vision.....................................................................................................................................16
4.2 Goals and Policies..............................................................................................................16
5.0 R
ecommended
F
uture
L
and
U
ses
............................................................... 18
5.1 Development Principles......................................................................................................18
5.2 Future Land Use Map.........................................................................................................19
5.3 Future Land Use Categories.............................................................................................22
6.0 C
ommunity
A
reas
................................................................................... 37
6.1 Shiloh.....................................................................................................................................37
Superfund Site Redevelopment Illustration....................................................................38
6.2 Morrisville West..................................................................................................................38Church Street Streetscape Illustration.............................................................................39
Morrisville-Carpenter Road Streetscape Illustration....................................................39
6.3 Town Center.........................................................................................................................40 6.4 Morrisville South..................................................................................................................40 6.5 Morrisville East....................................................................................................................40 6.6 Perimeter Park.....................................................................................................................41NC 54 Streetscape Illustration.........................................................................................41
Morrisville Outlet Mall Redevelopment Illustration......................................................42
7.0 A ction I tems .......................................................................................... 44Con t en t s
A
ppendices
A. Glossary of Terms and Acronyms.....................................................................................A-1
B. References and Resources.................................................................................................. B-1
C. How These Plans Were Created......................................................................................C-1
D. Summary of Policy Framework and Policy Audit..........................................................D-1
E. The Future Land Use Mapping Process.............................................................................E-1