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TABLE 6-4
Town of Morrisville Use Districts Defined by UDO Article 3
Use District
Code
Purpose
Town Center Districts include
Historic Crossroads Village
Main Street
Town Center Commercial
Town Center Residential
Residential Transition
Residential Neighborhood
Preservation
HCV, MS,
TCC, TCR,
RT, RNP
To encourage the development of a central retail and
residential center. The location of residential areas near the
areas people shop helps to reduce travel, thus reducing air
and noise pollution.
Mixed-Use Planned Development
District
MUPD
To provide reasonable conservation of land resources
through innovative design, efficient use of land, and
development and preservation of open space.
Floodplain Overlay District
FO
To minimize obstructions in flood-prone areas.
The Town Center Districts are areas where the Town envisions a high-density mixture of
retail and residential uses. To provide development incentives for this area and reduce
sprawl in other areas, the Town provides flexibility in designs. Designs must still meet
environmental ordinances, but the flexibility expedites the permitting process. In the Town
Center Districts, the Town is also planning a train station, which will provide easy access to
RTP and other areas within the Triangle.
The key growth management and environmental protection regulations included in the
Town’s UDO are as follows:
Required open space regulations for both residential and non-residential land uses,
ranging from 5 to 20 percent, depending on the land use type and district
Requirements of 50-foot-wide undisturbed stream buffers on all intermittent and
perennial streams
Open space and recreational requirements for planned development to preserve natural
resources
Flexible design options to allow for pedestrian and vehicular connectivity between sites
Landscape buffer requirements based on adjoining land uses, with varied densities
based on width
Standards to reduce noise pollution
The dimensional requirements for development also offer environmental benefits. The
Town does not require a minimum lot size, except for with single-family residences and
duplexes.
Section 5.5.2 of the Town’s UDO requires that 1/35 acre be set aside as recreation or open
space for each dwelling unit in a development. The Town may accept a fee in lieu of that
set-aside space. The land may include recreation areas (tennis courts or ball fields), but may
not include lakes. No more than 25 percent of the area may be in the floodplain.