Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - May 2020

Article 11: Interpretation andDefinitions Section 11.4.Measurement, Exceptions, And Variations of Intensityand Dimensional Standards 11.4.2. Exceptionsand Variations

d. Measured from Future Street Right-of-Way Where the Comprehensive Plan or regional plans call for the future widening of the street right-of-way abutting a lot and identify the future right-of-way boundary (e.g., by delineating the boundary or establishing its distance from the street’s centerline), the front and corner side setbacks shall be measured—and the minimum front and corner setback requirements applied—from the future right-of-way boundary. (See Figure 11.4.1.G.2.d: Setback Abutting Future Right-of- Way.)

Figure 11.4.1.G.2.d: Setback Abutting Future Right-of-Way.

(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

11.4.2. Exceptions and Variations

A. Reduction of Minimum Net Lot Area or Width to Block Face Average

If the average net lot area or width of existing lots located on the same block face and in the same zoning district is less than the minimum net lot area or minimum lot width (as appropriate) applied to a lot by the standards in Article 3: Zoning Districts, the minimum net lot area or minimum lot width (as appropriate) applicable to a lot on the block face shall be reduced to such average. Calculation of the average shall exclude any net lot area or width (as appropriate) that exceeds the next largest net lot area or next widest lot width by more than 25 percent. (See Figure 11.4.2.A: Reduction of Minimum Lot Area, Lot Width, and Front Setback to Block Face Average.)

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

Figure 11.4.2.A: Reduction of Minimum Lot Area, Lot Width, and Front Setback to Block Face Average.

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