Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - May 2020

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

sidewalk, pedestrian path, or trail). (See Figure 5.8.8.C.2: Pedestrian cut-through at endof cul- de-sac.) b. On determining that such connection is necessary to provide convenient pedestrian access within a development or to adjacent schools, transit stations, recreation facilities, or commercial developments, the Planning Director may require a pedestrian walkway to be provided through approximately the centers of blocks more than 900 feet long. Within the Transit- Oriented Development (TOD), pedestrian cut-throughs may be required at least every 200 feet of block length. c. These pedestrian cut-through walkways shall be located within a right-of-way or a public access easement within common open space. The easement shall be at least 20 feet wide.

Figure 5.8.8.C.2: Pedestrian cut-through at end of cul-de-sac.

3. Cross Access Between Adjoining Development

To facilitate pedestrian access between adjoining developments, new single -family attached, multifamily, group living, nonresidential, and mixed-use development shall comply with the following standards: a. The internal pedestrian circulation system shall be designed to allow for pedestrian walkway cross-access between the development’s buildings and parking areas and those in an adjoining single-family attached, multifamily, group living, nonresidential, and mixed-use development, or to the boundary of adjoiningvacant land zoned to allow single-family attached, multifamily, group living, nonresidential, and mixed-use development. b. The Planning Director, in conjunction with the Town Engineer, may waive or modify the requirement for pedestrian cross-access on determining that such cross–access is impractical or undesirable due to the presence of topographic conditions, natural features, or safety factors.

Morrisville, NC

May 26, 2020

Unified Development Ordinance

Page 5-63