Morrisville Unified Developmemt Ordinance_February 2024

Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions Section 11.5. Terms and Uses Defined 11.4.3. Illuminated Signs

B UILDING M ASS The three-dimensional bulk of a building.

B UILDING O FFICIAL The person authorized by the Town Manager to issue Building Permits for the construction, alteration, reconstruction, or demolition of all or part of any building in accordance with the Building Code. B UILDING P ERMIT An approval statement signed by the Building Official authorizing the construction, alteration, reconstruction, or demolition of all or part of any building as complying with the Building Code.

B UILDING S EPARATION The minimum distance between two principal structures.

B UILD - TO L INE The minimum and maximum allowable setback of a building from the abutting street.

B UILD - TO Z ONE The area within which the front of a building must be located in relation to the adjacent street.

B UILT -U PON A REA (BUA) That portion of a development project that is covered by impervious or partially impervious surface including, but not limited to, buildings; pavement and gravel areas such as roads, parking lots, and paths; and recreation facilities such as tennis courts. “Built - upon area” does not include a wooden slatted deck, the water area of a swimming pool, or pervious or partially pervious paving material to the extent that the paving material absorbs water or allows water to infiltrate through the paving material. The project site or area must exclude any land adjacent to the area disturbed by the project that has been counted as pervious by any other development regulated under a federal, State or local stormwater regulation. B UNGALOW C OURT A series of two or more single-family detached homes configured as a cohesive development that incorporates smaller lot sizes, reduced setbacks, shared accessways, and where each home complies with the Town’s residential design guidelines. B US S TATION A place where the transfer of people between buses and other vehicular modes of transportation takes place. C ALIPER Diameter measurement of a tree-trunk taken at six inches above ground level for trees up to and including four inches in caliper. For trees larger greater than four inches in caliper, measurement of caliper shall be taken at 12 inches above ground level. C ANDELA A measure of luminosity or light intensity in a certain direction. Useful in determining how much light is shining out of a fixture and in what direction.

Morrisville, NC

June 13, 2023

Unified Development Ordinance

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