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Article 3: Zoning Districts
Section 3.7. Planned Development Districts
3.7.2. Mixed Use Planned Development (MUPD) District
June 2013
Morrisville, NC
Page 3-68
Unified Development Ordinance - Public Hearing Draft
3.7.2.
Mixed Use Planned Development (MUPD) District
A.
Purpose
The Mixed Use Planned Development District is intended to accommodate high-
quality development incorporating a range of complementary and mutually
supporting land uses, using innovative arrangements of uses, buildings, and open
spaces throughout the development. District regulations are intended to provide
substantial design flexibility and appropriate transitions to, and mitigation of
potential adverse impacts on, adjacent developments.
B.
Intensity and Dimensional Standards
C.
Use Standards
Min. District Gross Area (acres)
5 [1]
Uses allowed in the Mixed Use Planned Development District
shall be established in the PD Plan/Agreement. Uses shall be
consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, other Town-adopted
plans, and the purpose of the MUPD district, and shall comply
with the use-specific standards in Article 4: Use Standards.
At least 20 percent, but no more than 80 percent, of the total
gross floor area within that part of the district located outside
the Airport Overlay District shall be devoted to residential uses.
Max. Gross Density (du/ac)
To be established in
PD Plan/Agreement
(see Section
3.7.1.E.1)
Max. Floor Area Ratio (FAR)
Min. Net Lot Area (sf)
Min. Lot Width (ft)
Max. Lot Coverage (% of district area)
Max. Structure Height (ft)
Max. Individual Building Size (sf)
Min. Setbacks (ft)
Min. Setbacks from Abutting Residential
Development or Zoning (ft)
D.
Development Standards
The development standards in Article 5: Development Standards, shall apply to all development in MUPD Districts, but some
development standards may be modified as part of the PD Plan/Agreement as indicated below if consistent with the Comprehensive
Plan, other Town-adopted plans, and the purpose of the MUPD District.
Standard
Means of Modifying
Standard
Means of Modifying
General Site Layout and Design
(Sec. 5.2)
PD Plan/Agreement
Building Organization and
Design (Sec. 5.9)
PD Plan/Agreement
Subdivision Blocks, Lots, and
Reference Points (Sec. 5.3)
PD Plan/Agreement
Parking and Loading (Sec. 5.10)
Alternative Parking Plan
Utilities and Services (Sec. 5.11)
PD Plan/Agreement
Tree Protection (Sec. 5.4)
Alternative Landscaping Plan Landscaping (Sec. 5.12)
Alternative Landscaping Plan
Common Open Space and Public
Recreation Area (Sec. 5.5)
Modifications Prohibited
Screening (Sec. 5.13)
PD Plan/Agreement
Fences and Walls (Sec. 5.14)
PD Plan/Agreement
Floodplain Management (Sec. 5.6)
Modifications Prohibited
Exterior Lighting (Sec. 5.15)
PD Plan/Agreement
Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers
(Sec. 5.7)
Alternative Landscaping Plan
Signage (Sec. 5.16)
PD Plan/Agreement
Sustainable Development
Practices (Sec. 5.17)
Modifications Prohibited
Access and Circulation (Sec. 5.8)
PD Plan Agreement
E.
Riparian and Stormwater Management Standards
The procedures and standards in Article 6: Riparian Buffers, and Article 7: Stormwater Management, shall apply to all development in
MUPD Districts, and may not be modified, but the PD Plan/Agreement may designate the entire district or any part of the district,
consistent with the phasing plan, as the site(s) for application of these procedures and standards.
Notes:
sf = square feet; ft = feet; du = dwelling unit; ac = acre
[1] May be waived by the Town Council on finding that creative planning of a smaller site is necessary to address a physical
development constraint, protect natural areas, or promote as community goal when more conventional development would result in more
difficult or undesirable development.