Morrisville Unified Developmemt Ordinance_February 2024

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

C ANOPY , N ONRESIDENTIAL An accessory structure to a nonresidential principal use such as an automobile service station or hotel/motel that consists of a rigid horizontal roof-like structure supported by an attached building or columns or posts, is largely open along its sides, and is intended to provide shelter to people or automobiles. C AR W ASH /D ETAILING An establishment providing the exterior washing of vehicles where vehicles are manually driven or pulled by a conveyor through a system of rollers and/or brushes. Interior cleaning and/or drying may be conducted manually by vehicle operator or on-site attendants. Interior cleaning and/or drying may be conducted manually by the vehicle operator or on- site attendants. (Also see the definition of “Mobile Auto Detailing.”) C EMETERY A placed used for internment of human or animal remains or cremated remains, including a burial park for earth internments, a mausoleum for vault or crypt internments, a columbarium for cinerary internments, or a combination thereof. C ENTRAL U TILITY P LANT A facility that produces electricity, heat, cooling, steam, compressed air, natural gas, and other similar resources for a hospital, college, or university. C ERTIFICATE OF C OMPLIANCE /O CCUPANCY A certificate issued by a building official representing a determination that work done on a building or development project has been completed in compliance with all applicable State and local laws and with the terms of building permits and may be occupied safely. C HANGE I N U SE A change in the principal use of a structure or land, or a portion thereof, including a new, different, or additional principal use listed in Table 4.2.4: Principal Use Table. For multi-tenant structures a change in use does not occur unless either (a) a Site Plan Approval, a Special Use Permit Approval or a Conditional Rezoning Approval is required for a use or (b) one principal use occupies more than 50% of the total approved square footage — e.g., a place of worship is proposed to take more than 50% of a structure approved as a shopping center, or eating and drinking establishments are proposed to take more than 50% of a structure approved as major flex space. C ARPORT See Garage or Carport.

C HANGEABLE C OPY S IGN See Sign, Changeable Copy.

C HANNEL A natural water-carrying trough cut vertically into low areas of the land surface by erosive action of concentrated flowing water or a ditch or canal excavated for the flow of water. C HEMICAL C ONDITIONS H YDROLOGY The flood discharges associated with the land-use conditions existing within the drainage area of a watercourse at the time a flood study of the watercourse was conducted. Current conditions flood discharges and historical flood study information is published in the Flood Insurance Study.

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance

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