Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - July 2021.1

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

C. Exemptions

1.

Residential Development Except when abutting any of the following uses or uses located outside of the Town Center, new residential development in the Town Center shall be exempted from the perimeter buffer standards in this section. In cases where new residential development abuts the following forms of development in the Town Center, the new residential development shall provide a perimeter buffer in accordance with these standards.

a. Cemetery;

b. Major utility facility;

c.

Minor utility facility;

d. Railroad;

e.

Thoroughfare;

f.

Street; or

g. An existing residential dwelling or development.

(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

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

Institutional use

PGO, OI

C

C

C

D

C

B

Morrisville, NC

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