Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - May 2020

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

(3) In off-street parking facilities in accordance with Section 5.10.6.D, Pedestrian Walkways through Large Vehicle Parking Areas. d. Additional sidewalks or pedestrian walkways may be required where called for by the Comprehensive Plan.

(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015)

B. Greenway Paths Required All new development except individual lot development of a single -family detached, duplex, or manufactured home dwelling on an existing lot (i.e., including subdivisions for such dwellings) shall incorporate into its required open space any greenway or sidepath called for across the development site by the Comprehensive Plan. Such incorporation shall include installation of the path and recording of an associated pedestrian access easement, if applicable.

(Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014)

C. Pedestrian Connectivity 1.

Walkway Connections to/from Adjoining Development and Developable Land

a. Where a public street is extended to or from a development site’s boundary in accordance with Section 5.8.6.D.4, Public Street Connectivity, such extension shall include the extension of any sidewalks within the right-of-way of the street. b. The pedestrian access and circulation system for a development shall incorporate the continuation and connection of public walkways and associated rights-of-way or easements that have been extended or connected to the boundary of the development site from existing or approved adjoining developments. c. The pedestrian access and circulation system for a development also shall provide for the extension or connection of proposed internal public walkways and associated rights-of-way or easements to those boundaries of the development site that adjoin potentially developable or redevelopable land. d. The Planning Director may waive or modify the requirements or standards for extension of a public walkway from or to adjoining property on determining that such extension is impractical or undesirable because it would: (1) Require crossing a significant physical barrier or environmentally sensitive area (e.g., railroads, watercourses, floodplains, wetlands); (3) Require the connection to to a cemetery or an adjoiningproperty ownedby a government or public utility to which vehicular access is restricted; (4) Require connection through an area that is reserved as preserved land (e.g. tree save area, conservation easement); or (5) Require the extension or connection of aproposedpublic walkway to an adjoiningexisting development whose design makes it unlikely that the walkway will ever be part of a network of public walkways (e.g., the adjoining existing deve lopment has no public walkways or there are no open corridors between the proposed development site and public walkways in the adjoining development to accommodate a current or future extension or connection. 2. Pedestrian Cut-Throughs a. On determining that such connection is necessary to provide convenient pedestrian access within a development or to adjacent schools, transit facilities, recreation facilities, or commercial developments, the Planning Director may require pedestrian walkways to be provided between the ends of cul-de-sacs and the nearest existing or proposed public walkway (e.g., (2) Create unsafe conditions;

Morrisville, NC

May 26, 2020

Unified Development Ordinance

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