Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - August 2021.1

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.7. Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers 5.7.3. Required Buffer Type

f.

Street; or

g. An existing residential dwelling or development.

2. Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

Development internal to the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) district shall only be required to plant shade trees at a minimum of every forty (40) feet within the required sidewalk.

(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

Required Buffer Type

5.7.3.

Table 5.7.3, Required Buffer Type specifies the type of perimeter or streetyard buffer that a new development shall provide between it and an adjoining property or street, based on the proposed use type on the development site and the existing use type on the adjoining property, the zoning district in which abutting vacant property is located, or the classification of an adjoining street. The type of buffer to be provided is indicated by a letter corresponding to one of the buffer types depicted in Table 5.7.3, Required Buffer Type Table 5.7.3: Required Buffer Type A, B, C, D, E = Type of Perimeter Buffer (see Section 5.7.4) F, G, H, I, J, K = Type of Streetyard Buffer (see Section 5.7.4) n/a = Not Applicable (no buffer required)

Proposed Use Type or Category [1]

Existing Use Type or Category on Adjoining Land [2] or Classification of Adjoining Street Single-family detached, duplex, or manufactured home dwelling Single-family attached dwelling, bungalow court, pocket neighborhood Multifamily, manufactured home park Commercial use, mixed-use development, agricultural use, animal related use Institutional use

Zoning of Adjoining Vacant Land [2]

Single-Family Detached, Duplex, or Manufactured Home Dwelling

Single- Family

Commercial Use, or Mixed- Use Development

Multifamily Dwelling

Institutional Use

Industrial Use

Attached Dwelling

VLDR, LDR, HCV, RNP

D [3]

D

C

C

B

A

MDR, TCR, RT

D

D

C

C

B

A

HDR

C

C

D

C

B

A

PGO, OI

C

C

C

D

C

B

NAC, BAC, CAC, RAC, TOD, MS, CC, TCC, MUPD

B

B

B

C

C

B

Industrial use

IM

A

A

A

B

B

C

Cemetery

n/a

C

C

C

C

C

C

Major utility facility [3] Minor utility facility [4]

n/a

E

E

E

E

E

E

n/a

C

C

C

C

C

C

Railroad

n/a

A

A

A

B

B

B

Freeway

n/a

F

F

F

F

F

F

Major or minor thoroughfare

n/a

G

G

G

G

G

G

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance

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