Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - May 2020

Article 3: ZoningDistricts Section 3.4. Activity Center Districts 3.4.1. General Purposesof Activity Center Districts

SECTION 3.4. ACTIVITY CENTER DISTRICTS

General Purposes of Activity Center Districts

3.4.1.

The activity center districts established in this section are intended to foster compact, mixed-use development patterns that provide people with the opportunity to live, work, recreate, and shop in a pedestrian-friendly environment. More specifically, they are intended to: A. Provide strongconnections between diverseuses to create abusier, safer, and more excitingenvironment for residents, employees, and visitors throughout the day, in evenings, and during weekends; B. Encourage a complementary mix of residential, retail, office, employment-generating, and recreation uses in close proximity to each other; C. Accommodate development intensities appropriate to the scale of the area served by the activity center (e.g., neighborhood, community, region); D. Provide integrated pedestrian and bicycle access to afford safe and accessible foot and bike travel between the land uses; and E. Facilitate efficient vehicular traffic flow by allowing only land uses developed with comprehensively planned access, egress, and internal circulation systems.

Morrisville, NC

May 26, 2020

Unified Development Ordinance

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