Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance_Feb 2024.1

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.8. Access and Circulation 5.8.8. Pedestrian Access and Circulation

(1) Require crossing a significant physical barrier or environmentally sensitive area (e.g., railroad, watercourse, floodplain, wetlands, steep slopes);

(2) Create unsafe conditions;

(3) Require connection through a cemetery or adjoining property owned by a government or public utility to which access is restricted; or (4) Require connection through an adjoining property zoned as a Park/Greenway/Open Space (PGO) District or an area that is reserved as preserved land (e.g. tree save area or conservation easement).

Figure 5.8.8.C.1: Pedestrian cut-through at end of cul-de-sac.

2. Cross Access Between Adjoining Development

To facilitate pedestrian access between adjoining developments, new multifamily, group living, nonresidential, and mixed-use development or redevelopment shall comply with the following standards: a. The internal pedestrian circulation system shall be designed to allow for pedestrian walkway cross- access between the development’s buildings and parking areas and those in an adjoining, multifamily, group living, nonresidential, and mixed-use development, or to the boundary of adjoining vacant land zoned to allow multifamily, group living, nonresidential, and mixed-use development. b. The Planning Director, in conjunction with the Town Engineer, may waive or modify the requirement for pedestrian cross-access on determining that such cross – access is impractical or undesirable because it would:

Morrisville, NC

June 13, 2023

Unified Development Ordinance

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