Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - July 2021

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.7. Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers 5.7.1. Purpose

A. No encroachments — including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, and other development — shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated that: 1. The proposed encroachment would not result in any increase in the flood levels during the occurrence of the base flood, based on hydrologic and hydraulic analyses performed in accordance with standard engineering practice and presented to the Town Engineer before issuance of a Floodplain Development Permit, or 2. A Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) has been approved by FEMA and a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) is obtained upon completion of the proposed encroachment. B. If subsection A above is satisfied, all development shall comply with all applicable flood hazard reduction standards in 5.6.3 through 5.6.6.

C. Manufactured homes may be permitted provided the following provisions are met: 1.

The anchoring and the elevation standards of Section 5.6.5.C, Manufactured Homes; and

2. The no encroachment standard of subsection 1 above.

(Ord. No. 2014-051, 11/10/2014)

SECTION 5.7. PERIMETER AND STREETYARD BUFFERS

Purpose

5.7.1.

A. Perimeter buffers are intended to provide spacing and landscaping between proposed development and adjoining property developed or zoned for significantly different uses to help mitigate potential negative impacts on or from development activities on adjoining properties. B. Streetyard buffers are intended to provide spacing and landscaping between proposed development and adjoining streets. These buffers mitigate potential adverse impacts from traffic on the adjoining street, provide a transition between public and private realms, create an attractive, unifying edge along the street for motorists and pedestrians, and provide shading of streets and sidewalks.

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

Applicability

5.7.2.

A. New Development

1. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.7.2.C, Exemptions, the standards in this section shall apply to all new development.

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

B. Existing Development

1. Change in Use Any change in the use of an existing development shall provide additional buffer width, landscaping, and fence or wall, to the maximum extent practicable, necessary to comply with the standards in this section. 2. Upgrading of Buffer Nonconformities Where existing development is nonconforming in terms of compliance with this section’s stand ards for perimeter and streetyard buffers, such development is subject to the limitations and upgrading requirements in Section 9.7, Nonconforming Site Features.

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

Morrisville, NC

February 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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