Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014

SECTON 6 – MITIGATION FOR SECONDARY AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS

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 Mixed-Use Planned Development District

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.

MUPD

To provide reasonable conservation of land resources through innovative design, efficient use of land, and development and preservation of open space. To minimize obstructions in flood-prone areas.

Floodplain Overlay District

FO

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.

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