Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance_Feb 2024.1

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.8. Access and Circulation 5.8.7. Bicycle Access and Circulation

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Design and Layout Required stacking spaces are subject to the following design and layout standards: a. Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of ten feet wide and 20 feet long. b. Stacking spaces shall be located outside of and physically separated from the right-of-way of any street and shall not cause interruption of any public sidewalk or bicycle facility. Stacking spaces shall not impede on-site or off-site bicycle or pedestrian traffic movements. c.

d. Stacking spaces shall not impede on-site or off-site vehicular traffic movements or movements into or out off-street parking spaces.

Figure 5.8.6.H.1: Stacking spaces for a drive-through restaurant.

Bicycle Access and Circulation

5.8.7.

A. Required Bicycle Access

1. All new development shall permits safe, convenient, efficient, and orderly ingress and egress of bicyclists to and from the development and street, and between the following origin and destination points within the development. a. Bicycle parking facilities or areas near the primary entrance(s) of principal buildings (or the buildable area of lots, for subdivisions);

b. Any designated or planned bus stops and shelters; and

c. Recreation facilities and other common use area and amenities.

B. Bike Lanes Required 1.

All new development except individual lot development of a single-family detached, duplex, or manufactured home dwelling on an existing lot shall provide bike lanes within the development site and along the entire frontage of the development site, on any extension of a public street, with an existing street where bikes lanes are called for by the Comprehensive Plan or other Town-adopted plans addressing transportation (unless an existing bike lane meeting Town standards is already in place). 2. Such bike lane shall be provided within the right-of-way of the street unless the Planning Director determines that location within the right-of-way is not practicable or preferable — in which case, the bike path may be provided on the development site, within a dedicated widening of the right of-way or a dedicated public easement running parallel and adjacent to the thoroughfare or collector street.

Morrisville, NC

June 13, 2023

Unified Development Ordinance

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