Morrisville Administrative Manual_September 2023

Part 2. Application Review Procedures 2.4 Additional Application Procedures

Road Renaming

General

• Planning Department staff must take the request to the Town Council in the event that the renaming of a public road within the Town’s limits or Extraterritorial Jurisdiction is necessary for consistency reasons or to support the public health, safety, and welfare of its citizens. Road Renaming Procedure

Road Remaning Procedure

• Planning Staff must notify property owners adjacent to, and potentially affected by, the road name change of the rationale for the renaming and the location, time, and date of the public hearing to be held before the Town Council. Planning Staff should also notify and coordinate with any jurisdictions in which the road may cross into, if applicable.

Application Submittal

Initial Staff Review and Comments

Application Revisions

• Planning Staff shall prepare a staff report for Town Council.

Follow-Up Staff Review

• Town Council shall hear the information and any testimony to be given at the public hearing and then make their decision on the road name change. • If approved, Planning Staff shall assign new addresses as needed and notify the applicable county jurisdiction, postmaster, school districts, and utility companies.

Town Council Review and Decision with standard public hearing

Site-Specific Development Plan Designation

This procedure is intended to comply with State law requiring local governments to provide a procedure involving a public hearing in cases where the applicant pursues a development permit or approval that includes a “site - specific development plan.” A site-specific development plan designation establishes a vested right to the development shown on the plan in accordance with state law. See Section 2.5.21 in the UDO for specific application procedures.

Things to Know ▪ Some types of development approvals can be designated as a site-specific development plan. ▪ Designation of an approved plan as a site-specific development plan expires at the end of the approved vested rights period. ▪ The Town may revoke the designation with the consent of the affected property owner or if the applicant fails to comply with all applicable terms and conditions of approval.

Special Event Permit

The UDO defines “special events” as temporary activities or events conducted by civic, philanthropic, educational, or religious organizations (e.g., fundraising or membership drives, road races, carnivals, fairs, circuses, tent revivals) — or activities of a business or organization that are not part of its daily activities and are open to the public (e.g., closeout sales, grand openings). Things to Know ▪

The Planning, Police, Fire, Inspections, and Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Departments review the permit for compliance with all applicable regulations. ▪ Issuance of a Special Event Permit authorizes the use of land or structures, including any approved temporary structures, for the approved special event. ▪ A special event cannot exceed a collective total of 20 days or four weekends (Saturday and Sunday) within any calendar year, except where the site is publicly-owned property and used for events sponsored by the Town for the enjoyment or enrichment of its citizens.

Section 4.4, Temporary Uses/Structures, of the UDO designates special events as an allowed temporary use subject to a set of standards specific to special events (see Section 4.4.5.B.7, Special Event, of the UDO). A special event permit request must be submitted using the request form (see 4.4.8), and all items provided on the checklist (see 4.5.28) must be provided.

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