Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - May 2020

Article 11: Interpretation andDefinitions Section 11.5. Termsand Uses Defined 11.4.2. Exceptionsand Variations

C ORNICE The uppermost horizontal molded projection or other uppermost horizontal element located at the top of a building or a portion of a building. C ORPORATE L IMITS The boundaries of the Town, established and amended from time to time in accordance with Articles 4 and 4A of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes. C OUNTRY C LUB A chartered, nonprofit membership club catering primarily to its members, providing but not limited to one or more of the following recreational and social activities: golf, swimming, riding, outdoor recreation, club house, locker room, and pro shop.

C OUNTY Wake County or Durham County, North Carolina.

C REMATORIUM A location containing properly installed, certified apparatus intended for the use in the act of cremation.

C RITICAL R OOT Z ONE The area circling the trunk of a tree within a radius equal to 1.5 feet for each inch of trunk diameter (DBH), measured outward from the root flare at ground level.

C ROSS A CCESS Vehicular access provided between the vehicular use areas of two or more adjacent development sites or parcels that is intended to allow travel between the sites without the use of a street. C ROSSWALK A public pedestrian right-of-way, which cuts across a block to facilitate pedestrian access to adjacent streets and properties. C UL - DE -S AC A short street designed to have one end permanently closed; the closed end terminated by a vehicular turnaround. C ULTURAL F ACILITY A public or private nonprofit facility that provides services to the public—including, but not limited to, museums, performing arts facilities, and libraries.

Morrisville, NC

May 26, 2020 Page 11-29

Unified Development Ordinance