Morrisville UDO Administrative Manual - May 2020

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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	8
2.1. Introduction	8
2.2. Standard Review Procedures	8
2.2.1. Pre-Application Conference	8
2.2.2. Application Submittal and Acceptance	8
2.2.3. Staff Review and Action	9
2.2.4. Public Meeting Notice	9
2.2.5. Planning and Zoning Board Review and Recommendation	9
2.2.6. Board of Adjustment or Town Council Review and Decision	10
2.2.7. Post-Decision Actions	10
2.3. Common Application Procedures	10
2.3.1. Site Plan Approval	11
2.3.2. Subdivision Approval	11
A. Preliminary Plat Approval	11
B. Final Plat Approval	12
C. Determination of Subdivision Exclusion	12
2.3.3. Construction Plan Approval / Stormwater Management Permit	12
2.3.4. Payment in Lieu of Public Improvements, Performance Guarantees, and Maintenance Guarantees	12
A. Payment in Lieu of Construction of Public Street Improvements	12
B. Performance Guarantees	13
C. Maintenance Guarantees	13
2.3.5. Pre-Construction Conference, Notice, and Report	13
A. Pre-Construction Conference	13
B. Pre-Construction Notice	14
C. Pre-Construction Report	14
2.3.6. Building Permit	14
2.3.7. Inspections during Development	14
2.3.8. Stormwater Final Inspection and As-Built Plans	15
2.3.9. Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy	15
2.3.10. Sign Permit	15
2.4. Additional Application Procedures	15
2.4.1. Annexation	15
A. General	15
B. Voluntary Annexation Procedure	16
2.4.2. Bulletin Drawing	16
A. General	16
B. Bulletin Drawing Approval Procedure	16
2.4.3. Comprehensive Plan Amendment	17
A. General	17
B. Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review Procedure	17
2.4.4. Conceptual Master Plan Approval	18
2.4.5. Floodplain Development Permit	19
2.4.6. Food Truck Permit	19
2.4.7. Grave Removal	19
A. General	19
B. Grave Removal Approval Procedure	19
2.4.8. Interpretation	20
2.4.9. Plot Plan	20
2.4.10. Retaining Wall	20
A. General	20
B. Retaining Wall Review Procedure	21
1. Design and Submittal Requirements	21
2. Construction Requirements	21
3. Post Construction	21
2.4.11. Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreement	22
2.4.12. Riparian Buffer Development Review	22
2.4.13. Road Closure	22
A. General	22
B. Road Closure Procedure	22
2.4.14. Road Renaming	23
A. General	23
B. Road Renaming Procedure	23
2.4.15. Site-Specific Development Plan Designation	23
2.4.16. Special Event Permit	24
2.4.17. Special Use Permit	24
2.4.18. Telecommunications Facility Approvals	24
2.4.19. Unified Development Ordinance Amendments	25
A. Rezoning (Map Amendment)	25
B. Text Amendment	26
2.4.20. Zoning Compliance Letter	26
2.5. Procedures for Flexibility, Variances, and Appeals	26
2.5.1. Administrative Adjustment	26
2.5.2. Administrative Appeal	26
2.5.3. Alternative Equivalent Compliance	27
2.5.4. Alternative Standards	27
2.5.5. Development Agreement	27
2.5.6. Variance	28
A. General Variance Review Procedure	28
B. Riparian Buffer Variance Review Procedure	28
C. Stormwater Variance Review Procedure	28
Part 3. Outside Agency Permits and Approvals	30
3.1. Local Agency and Utility Approvals	30
3.1.1. Wake County Erosion and Sedimentation Control Regulations	30
3.1.2. Wake County Road Name Approvals	30
3.1.3. Town of Cary Water and Sewer Approvals	30
3.1.4. Other Utilities	30
A. Duke Energy	30
B. PSNC Energy	30
C. Telecommunication Services	30
3.2. State Agency Permits and Approvals	31
3.2.1. NCDOT Driveway Permits, Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreements, Street Design	31
3.2.2. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Permits and Approvals	31
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	36
C. Engineering Department – Stormwater	36
D. Inspections Department	36
E. Fire Department	36
F. Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Department	37
G. Public Works	37
4.2.2 Outside Agency Contacts	37
H. Duke Energy Progress	37
I. PSNC Energy [Natural Gas]	37
J. State of North Carolina	37
1. Emergency Management – Flood Maps and Determinations	37
2. Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources	37
3. Department of Transportation	38
4. Division of Water Resources – Riparian Buffers; 401 Certificates	38
K. Town of Cary	38
L. Wake County	38
4.3 Plant Lists	39
4.3.1 General	39
A. Plant Characteristics + Conditions Definitions	39
B. Plant Characteristics + Conditions Key	39
4.3.2 Required Species Diversity	39
4.3.3 Recommended Trees and Shrubs	39
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 (Major or Minor)	65
4.5.2 Construction Plan Approval for a Site Plan (Major or Minor)	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 Conceptual Master Plan Approval	107
4.5.13 Development Agreement	108
4.5.14 Final Plat	108
4.5.15 Food Truck Permit	111
4.5.16 Floodplain Development Permit	111
4.5.17 Interpretation	111
4.5.18 Plot Plan	112
4.5.19 Retaining Wall	113
4.5.20 Riparian Buffer Development Review	113
4.5.21 Riparian Buffer Variance	114
4.5.22 Structures in the Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreement	115
4.5.23 Rezoning	115
4.5.24 Sign Permit	116
4.5.25 Site-Specific Development Plan Designation	119
4.5.26 Special Event Permit	119
4.5.27 Special Use Permit	120
4.5.28 Stormwater Variance	121
4.5.29 Street Vendor	122
4.5.30 Telecommunications Facility Collocation/Modification	123
4.5.31 Telecommunications Facility New Tower	123
4.5.32 Variance Submittal	131
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	133
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
4.7.11 Site Plan/Construction Drawing/Minor Modification	137
4.7.12 Bulletin Drawing	137
4.8 Final Plat Standard Easement Blocks	137
4.8.1 Conservation Easement	137
4.8.2 Entry Monument/Signage and Landscape Easement	138
4.8.3 Private Access Easement	138
4.8.4 Private Open Space	138
4.8.5 Private Retaining Wall Easement	138
4.8.6 Public Access Easement	138
4.8.7 Public Greenway Easement	138
4.8.8 Public Sidewalk Easement	139
4.8.9 Public Utility Easement	139
4.8.10 Sight Triangle Easement	139
4.8.11 Storm Drainage Easements	139
4.8.11.1 Private Storm Drainage Easement	139
4.8.11.2 Public Storm Drainage Easement	139
4.8.12 Stormwater Control Measure and Access Easement	140
4.9 Review Schedules	141
4.9.1 Board of Adjustment Decision Review Schedule	141
4.9.2 Staff Decision Review Timeframes	142
4.9.3 Town Council Decision Review Schedules	143
A. Administrative Review Schedules	143
4.9.3.1.1 Major Site Plan and Type 1 Subdivision Preliminary Plat	143
4.9.3.1.2 Site Specific Development Plan Designation /	144
4.9.3.1.3 Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreement	145
B. Legislative Review Schedules	146
4.9.3.1.4 Comprehensive Plan Amendment and General Rezoning	146
4.9.3.1.5 Conceptual Master Plan and Planned Development Rezoning	147
4.9.3.1.6 Conditional Rezoning	148
C. Quasi-Judicial Review Schedules	149
4.9.3.1.7 Special Use Permit and Alternative Equivalent Compliance Review Schedule	149

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