Morrisville UDO Administrative Manual_August 2021.2

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Part 1. Introduction	5
1.1. Purpose	5
1.2. For Help in Using this Manual	5
1.3. Development Review Process Chart	5
Part 2. Application Review Procedures	7
2.1. Introduction	7
2.2. Standard Review Procedures	7
2.2.1. Pre-Application Conference	7
2.2.2. Application Submittal and Acceptance	7
2.2.3. Staff Review and Action	8
2.2.4. Public Meeting Notice	8
2.2.5. Planning and Zoning Board Review and Recommendation	8
2.2.6. Planning and Zoning Board or Town Council Review and Decision	9
2.2.7. Post-Decision Actions	9
2.3. Common Application Procedures	9
2.3.1. Site Plan Approval	9
2.3.2. Subdivision Approval	10
A. Preliminary Plat Approval	10
B. Final Plat Approval	10
C. Determination of Subdivision Exclusion	10
2.3.3. Construction Plan Approval / Stormwater Management Permit	11
2.3.4. Payment in Lieu of Public Improvements, Performance Guarantees, and Maintenance Guarantees	11
A. Payment in Lieu of Construction of Public Street Improvements	11
B. Performance Guarantees	11
C. Maintenance Guarantees	12
2.3.5. Pre-Construction Conference, Notice, and Report	12
A. Pre-Construction Conference	12
B. Pre-Construction Notice	12
C. Pre-Construction Report	12
2.3.6. Building Permit	13
2.3.7. Inspections during Development	13
2.3.8. Stormwater Final Inspection and As-Built Plans	14
2.3.9. Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy	14
2.3.10. Sign Permit	14
2.4. Additional Application Procedures	14
2.4.1. Annexation	14
A. General	14
B. Voluntary Annexation Procedure	15
2.4.2. Bulletin Drawing	15
A. General	15
B. Bulletin Drawing Approval Procedure	15
2.4.3. Comprehensive Plan Amendment	16
A. General	16
B. Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review Procedure	16
2.4.4. Conceptual Master Plan Approval	17
2.4.5. Floodplain Development Permit	18
2.4.6. Food Truck Permit	18
2.4.7. Grave Removal	18
A. General	18
B. Grave Removal Approval Procedure	18
2.4.8. Interpretation	19
2.4.9. Plot Plan	19
2.4.10. Retaining Wall	19
A. General	19
B. Retaining Wall Review Procedure	20
1. Design and Submittal Requirements	20
2. Construction Requirements	20
3. Post Construction	20
2.4.11. Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreement	20
2.4.12. Riparian Buffer Development Review	21
2.4.13. Road Closure	21
A. General	21
B. Road Closure Procedure	21
2.4.14. Road Renaming	22
A. General	22
B. Road Renaming Procedure	22
2.4.15. Site-Specific Development Plan Designation	22
2.4.16. Special Event Permit	22
2.4.17. Special Use Permit	23
2.4.18. Telecommunications Facility Approvals	23
2.4.19. Unified Development Ordinance Amendments	23
A. Rezoning (Map Amendment)	23
B. Text Amendment	24
2.4.20. Zoning Compliance Letter	24
2.4.21. TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS	25
A. General	25
B. Review Procedures	25
2.5. Procedures for Flexibility, Variances, and Appeals	25
2.5.1. Administrative Adjustment	25
2.5.2. Administrative Appeal	26
2.5.3. Alternative Equivalent Compliance	26
2.5.4. Alternative Standards	27
2.5.5. Development Agreement	27
2.5.6. Variance	27
A. General Variance Review Procedure	27
B. Riparian Buffer Variance Review Procedure	28
C. Stormwater Variance Review Procedure	28
Part 3. Outside Agency Permits and Approvals	29
3.1. Local Agency and Utility Approvals	29
3.1.1. Wake County Erosion and Sedimentation Control Regulations	29
3.1.2. Wake County Road Name Approvals	29
3.1.3. Town of Cary Water and Sewer Approvals	29
3.1.4. Other Utilities	29
A. Duke Energy	29
B. PSNC Energy	29
C. Telecommunication Services	29
3.2. State Agency Permits and Approvals	30
3.2.1. NCDOT Driveway Permits, Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreements, Street Design	30
3.2.2. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Permits and Approvals	30
3.3. Raleigh-Durham International Airport	32
3.3.1. RDU Sample Avigation Easement	32
Part 4. Appendices	33
4.1. Town Documents Related to Land Development	33
4.1.1. Comprehensive Plan	33
4.1.2. Regulations and Guidelines	34
4.1.3. Brochures, Examples, and Miscellaneous Agreements/Petitions	35
4.2. Contacts	35
4.2.1. Town of Morrisville Contacts	35
A. Planning Department	35
B. Engineering Department	35
C. Engineering Department – Stormwater	35
D. Inspections Department	35
E. Fire Department	35
F. Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Department	35
G. Public Works	35
4.2.2 Outside Agency Contacts	35
H. Duke Energy Progress	35
I. PSNC Energy [Natural Gas]	35
J. State of North Carolina	36
1. Emergency Management – Flood Maps and Determinations	36
2. Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources	36
3. Department of Transportation	36
4. Division of Water Resources – Riparian Buffers; 401 Certificates	36
K. Town of Cary	36
L. Wake County	36
M. Raleigh-Durham International Airport	36
4.3 Plant Lists	37
4.3.1 General	37
A. Plant Characteristics + Conditions Definitions	37
B. Plant Characteristics + Conditions Key	37
4.3.2 Required Species Diversity	37
4.3.3 Recommended Trees and Shrubs	38
4.3.4 Non-Woody Plant Material	60
4.3.5 Prohibited Plants	61
A. Plant List Sources	62
4.4 Applications, Permits, and forms	63
4.4.1 Development Application	63
4.4.2 Annexation Petition	63
4.4.3 Assessment Inquiry Request Form	63
4.4.4 Food Truck Permit Request Form	63
4.4.5 Home Occupation Permit Request Form	63
4.4.6 Performance Guarantee Release/Reduction Request Form	63
4.4.7 Sign Permit Application	63
4.4.8 Special Event Permit Request Form	63
4.4.9 Street Vendor Permit Request Form	64
4.4.10 Stockpiling Permit Application	64
4.4.11 Telecommunication Application	64
4.4.12 Zoning Compliance Letter Request Form	64
4.5 Checklists	65
4.5.1 Site Plan Approval	65
4.5.2 Construction Plan Approval for a Site Plan	74
4.5.3 Preliminary Subdivision Plat Approval (Type 1 or Type 2)	84
4.5.4 Construction Plan Approval for a Type 1 or 2 Preliminary Subdivision Plat	91
4.5.5 Construction Plan Approval for Infrastructure Projects	98
4.5.6 Administrative Adjustment	103
4.5.7 Administrative Appeal	103
4.5.8 Alternative Equivalent Compliance	104
4.5.9 Alternative Standards (EDCM)	105
4.5.10 Bulletin Drawing	105
4.5.11 Comprehensive Plan Amendment	106
4.5.12 Annexation	106
4.5.13 Conceptual Master Plan Approval	107
4.5.14 Development Agreement	108
4.5.15 Final Plat	108
4.5.16 Food Truck Permit	111
4.5.17 Floodplain Development Permit	111
4.5.18 Interpretation	111
4.5.19 Plot Plan	112
4.5.20 Retaining Wall	113
4.5.21 Riparian Buffer Development Review	113
4.5.22 Riparian Buffer Variance	114
4.5.23 Structures in the Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreement	115
4.5.24 Rezoning	115
4.5.25 Sign Permit	115
4.5.26 Site-Specific Development Plan Designation	118
4.5.27 Special Event Permit	118
4.5.28 Special Use Permit	119
4.5.29 Stormwater Variance	121
4.5.30 Street Vendor	122
4.5.31 Telecommunications Facility Collocation/Modification	122
4.5.32 Telecommunications Facility New Tower	123
4.5.33 Variance Submittal	130
4.6 Fee Schedules	132
4.6.1 Application and Inspections Fee Schedule	132
4.7 Certifications and Approval Blocks	132
4.7.1 Acceptance of Public Dedication	132
4.7.2 Certificate of Approval of the Design and Installation of Streets, Public Utilities, and Other Required Improvements	132
4.7.3 Certificate of Approval for Recording	132
4.7.4 Review Officer Certification	133
4.7.5 Tree Preservation Certificate	133
4.7.6 Certificates of Ownership	134
4.7.6.1 Subdivision Plat	134
4.7.6.2 Exempt Plats	135
4.7.7 Cross Access Agreement	135
4.7.8 Exempt Plat Certification	136
4.7.9 Review Officer Certification Surveyor’s Certificate and Seal Certifying the Following	136
4.7.10 Town of Cary	136
4.8 Final Plat Standard Easement Blocks	137
4.8.1 Conservation Easement	137
4.8.2 Entry Monument/Signage and Landscape Easement	137
4.8.3 Private Access Easement	137
4.8.4 Private Open Space	137
4.8.5 Private Retaining Wall Easement	137
4.8.6 Public Access Easement	137
4.8.7 Public Greenway Easement	138
4.8.8 Public Sidewalk Easement	138
4.8.9 Public Utility Easement	138
4.8.10 Sight Triangle Easement	138
4.8.11 Storm Drainage Easements	138
4.8.11.1 Private Storm Drainage Easement	138
4.8.11.2 Public Storm Drainage Easement	138
4.8.12 Stormwater Control Measure and Access Easement	139
4.9 Review Schedules	140
4.9.1 Planning and Zoning Board Quasi-Judicial Decision Review Schedule	140
4.9.2 Staff Decision Review Timeframes	141
4.9.3 Town Council Decision Review Schedules	142
A. Administrative Review Schedules	142
4.9.3.1.1 Type 1 Subdivision Preliminary Plat	142
4.9.3.1.2 Site Specific Development Plan Designation	143
4.9.3.1.3 Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreement	144
B. Legislative Review Schedules	145
4.9.3.1.4 Comprehensive Plan Amendment and General Rezoning	145
4.9.3.1.5 Conceptual Master Plan and Planned Development Rezoning	146
4.9.3.1.6 Conditional Rezoning	147
C. Quasi-Judicial Review Schedules	148
4.9.3.1.7 Special Use Permit and Alternative Equivalent Compliance Review Schedule	148
4.10 TRANSPORTATION IMPACT ANALYSIS	149
4.10.1 CONTENT OF THE ANALYSIS	149
B. Site Location, Access, and Background Information	149
C. Existing Analysis	149
D. Future No-Build Analysis	149
E. Trip Generation	150
F. Trip Distribution and Assignment	150
G. Future Build Analysis	150
H. Future Build Improved Analysis	150
I. Supplemental Analysis	150
J. Summary of Findings and Identified Improvements	150
K. Appendices	150
4.10.2 Analysis Standards	151
A. Analysis Period	151
B. Annual Growth Rate	151
B. Analysis Software	151
C. Analysis Study Area Boundary	151
D. Analysis Scenarios	153
E. Traffic Counts	153
F. Trip Generation Standards	153
1. Internal Capture	153
2. Pass-by Trips	154
G. Signal Analysis	154
H. Modifications to Analysis Standards	155

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