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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.12. Landscaping
5.12.6. Street Trees in the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Main Street (MS) Districts
June 2013
Morrisville, NC
Page 5-128
Unified Development Ordinance - Public Hearing Draft
2.
This requirement shall not apply to a building
foundation constructed along or within one foot
of the street right-of-way boundary, or along
those parts of a building facade containing
building entrances, driveways into garages or
carports, or loading docks.
C.
Foundation Planting Standards
1.
Required shrubs shall be planted within five
feet of the building foundation, or of any
patio, terrace, or courtyard extending from
the foundation.
2.
Required shrubs shall maintain a maximum on-
center spacing of six feet, and be evenly-
distributed along foundation walls.
3.
Required shrubs may be planted in the ground,
within planters, or in decorative pots. (See
Figure
5.12.5:Foundation plantings.)
5.12.6.
Street Trees in the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Main Street (MS)
Districts
450
A.
Purpose
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Street trees are intended to enhance the aesthetic and environmental benefits of the Town‘s urban
streetscape environment by serving as a unifying element for urban street corridors, enhancing the
appearance and livability of the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Main Street (MS) Districts,
and providing shading of streets and sidewalks.
B.
Applicability
452
Within the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) District and the Main Street (MS) District, all new
development shall provide street trees along the development‘s frontage with any public street,
including alleys serving residential development.
C.
Location
453
Street trees shall be provided within a planting strip in the street right-of-way that is located between
the roadway and the property line and is at least six feet wide. Where such a planting strip does not
exist or is impractical to provide, the Planning Director and Town Engineer may allow street trees to be
provided within tree pits that are at least 25 square feet in area and located adjacent to the back of
the curb, or within an adjoining streetyard buffer or vehicle use area‘s perimeter landscaping strip on
the development site.
D.
Configuration
1.
Street trees shall be shade trees of species and varieties appropriate to the intended functions of
street trees and their location next to roadways and sidewalks. (See the list of appropriate street
tree species and varieties listed in the administrative manual.)
454
450
The current Zoning Ordinance requires street trees only in the Town Center Main Street district (Part E. Art. IV, Sec. 3.3.C(iii)).
This subsection caries forward those street tree standards with some modifications and additions.
451
This new subsection states the purpose served by requiring street trees.
452
This carries forward the current applicability of street tree requirements to the Main Street District and expands it to the TOD
District.
453
This carries forward the current planting strip standards and adds provisions allowing alternative locations where a planting
strip does not exists or is impractical to provide.
Figur
e 5.12.5:Foundation plantings.