Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - May 2020

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.8. Access and Circulation 5.8.8. Pedestrian Accessand Circulation

(3) Require the connection to a cemetery or an adjoining property owned by a government or public utility to which vehicular access is restricted; or (4) Require connection through an area that is reserved as preserved land (e.g. tree save area or conservation easement). c. Easements allowingcross-access to and fromproperties servedby a bicycle cross-access, along with agreements defining maintenance responsibilities of property owners, shall be recorded with the Register of Deeds for the county in which the properties are located before issuance of a Building Permit for the development. D. Bikeway Design Standards All bike lanes and bike paths shall be designed and constructed in accordance with standards in the Engineering Design and Construction Manual.

Pedestrian Access and Circulation

5.8.8.

A. Required Pedestrian Access 1.

General Pedestrian Access a. All new development except an individual single-family detached, duplex, or manufactured home dwelling on an existing lot (i.e., including subdivisions for such dwellings) shall be served by a system of pedestrian walkways (including sidewalks, pedestrian paths, and/or trails) that permits safe, convenient, efficient, and orderly movement of pedestrians among the following origin and destination points within the development: (1) The primary entrance(s) of principal buildings (or the buildable area of lots, for subdivisions);

(2) Off-street parkingbays (includingany parking servingon-site transit stations or facilities);

(3) Any designated or planned bus stops and shelters; and

(4) Recreation facilities and other common use area and amenities.

b. The development internal pedestrian circulation system shall also provide safe, convenient, efficient, and orderly movement of pedestrians between the development’s internal pedestrian origin and destination points and adjoining parts of an existing or planned external, community-wide pedestrian circulationsystemas well as any adjoining transit stations, bus stops and shelters, public parks, greenways, schools, community centers, and shopping areas. 2. Sidewalks Required a. All new development except an individual single-family detached, duplex, or manufactured home dwelling on an existing lot shall install sidewalks along both sides of roadways proposed within the development site and along the entire frontage of the development site with an existing street (unless an existing sidewalk meeting Town standards is already in place). b. Such sidewalks shall be provided within the right-of-way of the street unless the Planning Director determines that location within the right-of-way is not practicable—in which case, the sidewalk may be provided on the development site, within a dedicated widening of the right- of-way or a dedicated public easement and running parallel and adjacent to the street. c. The Planning Director may require additional sidewalks where warranted by the safety and welfare of the general public—including, but not limited to: (1) Along one side of all driveway entrances to residential and nonresidential off-street parking facilities; (2) In group living and nonresidential off-street parking facilities to maximize pedestrian travel to and from each business; and

Morrisville, NC

May 26, 2020

Unified Development Ordinance

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