Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - June 2023.1

Article 4: Use Standards Section 4.2. Principal Uses 4.2.5. Principal Use-Specific Standards

Table 4.2.4: Principal Use Table P = Permitted as exempt from Site Plan Approval or with Site Plan Approval by Town staff S = Allowed as a Special Use A = Allowed subject to a PD Plan/Agreement Blank Cell = Prohibited (except Overlay Districts) X = Prohibited (Overlay Districts only)

Use-Specific Standard

Base/Conditional Districts

Overlay Districts

Distric t

PD

Use Categor y

Use Type

GO

PGO

VLDR

LDR

MDR

HDR

NAC

BAC

CAC

RAC

TOD

HCV

MS

TCC

TCR

RT

RNP

CC

OI

IM

MUPD

MSPD

AO-A

AO-B

FO

Composting Facility Extraction of Earth Products

S

4.2.5.F.3.a

S

4.2.5.F.3.b

Hydraulic Fracturing

S

4.2.5.F.3.c

Junkyard or Recycling Facility Landfill, Construction and Demolition Debris Landfill, Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, Land Clearing and Inert Debris

S

4.2.5.F.3.d

S

4.2.5.F.3.e

S

X

4.2.5.F.3.f

S

4.2.5.F.3.g

Extraction and Landfill Uses

Notes: [1] Existing and new public college and university facilities used for public school students in joint or cooperative programs such as middle or early college programs and dual enrollment programs, in accordance with G.S. 115D- 41, are not prohibited. (Ord. No. 2014-016, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2014-051, 11/10/2014; Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015, Ord. No. 2015-083, 01/26/2016; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

Principal Use-Specific Standards

4.2.5.

A. General Standards for a specific principal use shall apply to the particular individual principal use regardless of the zoning district in which it is located or the review procedure by which it is approved, unless otherwise specified in this Ordinance. This section sets forth and consolidates the standards for all principal uses for which a reference to this section is provided in the “Use - Specific Standards” column of the principal use table in Section 4.2.4.C, Principal Use Table, and in the same order as they are listed in the table. These standards may be modified by other applicable standards or requirements in this Ordinance.

B. Standards for Specific Agricultural and Animal Related Uses

1.

Agricultural Uses

a. Community Garden

(1) Overhead lighting is prohibited.

(2) Accessory buildings shall be limited to sheds for the storage of tools, greenhouses, and seasonal farm stands. The combined area of all buildings and other structures shall not exceed 15 percent of the area of the parcel. (3) Areas used for communal composting shall be limited to ten percent of the area of the parcel.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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