Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - February 2021

Article 2: Administration Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures 2.5.4. Conceptual Master Plan Approval

Approval, and Construction Plan Approval. Conceptual Master Plan Approval does not itself authorize specific development activity. b. Expiration of Approval Conceptual Master Plan Approval shall expire if no application for a development approval required to undertake the development proposed by the approved Conceptual Master Plan, or an approved phase thereof, is approved and vested within five years after the date of Conceptual Master Plan Approval. c. Minor Changes from Conceptual Master Plan Approval Allowed (1) Subsequent development applications may incorporate minor changes from the development defined by the Conceptual Master Plan Approval, without the need to amend the Conceptual Master Plan Approval in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D, Modification or Amendment of Approval, where the Planning Director determines that the changes:

(A)

Continue to comply with this Ordinance;

(B)

Are necessary to comply with conditions of approval; or

(C) Are consistent with the Conceptual Master Plan Approval. Consistency means the changes would not significantly alter the development’s general function, form, intensity, character, demand on public facilities, impact on adjacent properties, or other characteristic from that indicated by the Conceptual Master Plan Approval. (2) In any case, the following changes from the Conceptual Master Plan Approval shall constitute a major change requiring amendment of the Conceptual Master Plan Approval in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D, Modification or Amendment of Approval:

(A)

A change in a condition of approval;

(B)

An increase greater than 20 percent in residential density;

(C) An increase greater than 20 percent in total nonresidential floor area;

(D) An increase greater than ten percent in the amount of land devoted to nonresidential uses; and (E) A decrease greater than 20 percent in the ratio of single-family dwelling units to other residential building types.

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

D. Conceptual Master Plan Approval Review Standards A Conceptual Master Plan Approval application shall be approved only if the Town Council determines that the proposed development complies with the applicable standards in this Ordinance to the extent determinable for a conceptual plan — specifically that: 1. Proposed uses and development intensities are consistent with applicable district and use standards and do not preclude compliance with this Ordinance’s specific use, intensity, and dimensional standards; 2. Proposed layouts of vehicular circulation routes are consistent with the purposes and intent of the general access and circulation standards of this Ordinance, and do not preclude compliance with the Ordinance’s more detailed access and circulation standards; 3. The proposed size, layout, and timing of water, sewer, and other major infrastructure systems are consistent with the general infrastructure standards of this Ordinance, and do not preclude compliance with the Ordinance’s more detailed infrastructure standards;

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance

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