UDO Update 082024

Article 2: Administration Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures 2.5.20. Administrative Adjustment

Table 2.5.20.B: Allowable Administrative Adjustments Standard

Allowable Administrative Adjustment

Number of off-street vehicle parking spaces, minimum Number of off-street bicycle parking spaces, minimum

10 % 10 % 10 %

Stacking lane distance for parking area entrance drives, minimum Walking distance between shared, off-site, or on-street vehicle parking spaces and primary pedestrian entrance of uses served, minimum

10 %

Vegetation size at time of planting, minimum

20 % 10 %

Vehicle use area planting island area and dimensions, minimum

Fence or wall height, maximum

1 ft

Average light level to minimum light level uniformity ratio

15 % 10 % 10 % 10 % 10 % 10 % 15 %

Lighting height, maximum

Projection fascia sign, maximum projection Sign face area or dimensions, maximum

Sign height, maximum

Sign wall coverage, maximum

Encroachment into required yards, maximum

Tree Canopy Retained

5 percentage points

(Ord. No. 2015-047, 07/28/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

C. Administrative Adjustment Procedure The following subsections identify those steps in the standard review procedure (see Section 2.4) applicable to the review of an Administrative Adjustment application and note any specific variations of, or additions to, those review steps.

1.

Application Submittal and Acceptance

The application shall be submitted and accepted, and may be withdrawn, in accordance with Section 2.4.3, except that this application is not eligible for a 50 percent refund. Staff Review and Decision The Planning Director shall review the application, allow revisions of the application, and decide the application in accordance with Section 2.4.4. The decision shall be one of the following:

2.

a. Approve the application as submitted;

b. Approve the application subject to conditions; or

c.

Deny the application.

3.

Post-Decision Actions

The post-decision actions and limitations in Section 2.4.8 shall apply to the application except as follows:

a. Ef f ect of Approval Approval of an Administrative Adjustment authorizes only the particular adjustment of standards approved, as applied only to the development authorized by the approved development application with which it is associated. b. Expiration of Approval Approval of an Administrative Adjustment shall automatically expire if the associated development application is denied or if approval of the concurrently reviewed application expires, is revoked, or otherwise becomes invalid.

Administrative Adjustment

Application Submittal and Acceptance

Staff Review and Planning Director Decision

Morrisville, NC

June 13, 2023

Unified Development Ordinance

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