Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - October 2021

2. Development in a conditional zoning district is subject to the same standards applicable to the parallel base zoning district, as modified by the approved district-specific plans and conditions.

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

C. Planned Development Zoning Districts

1. Planned development zoning districts are established by the Town Council ’s approval of a Planned Development Rezoning (see Section 2.5.3), which includes district-specific plans and standards set out in a Planned Development (PD) Plan/Agreement. 2. Development in a planned development zoning district is subject to the plans and standards set out or referenced in the approved PD Plan/Agreement. 3. Section 3.7, Planned Development Districts, describes the base purpose of planned development zoning districts and sets out base requirements applicable to all planned development zoning districts. For each type of planned development zoning district, it sets out the district’s purpose, the inte nsity and dimensional standards to apply in the district or be addressed in the district’s PD Plan/Agreement, and the development and environmental standards to be addressed in the district’s PD Plan/Agreement and the means of modifying them (e.g., through an alternative landscaping plan). D. Overlay Zoning Districts 1. Overlay zoning districts are established initially by the Town Council ’s adoption of the Official Zoning Map and subsequently by approval of a General Rezoning (see Section 2.5.3). They are superimposed over one or more underlying base, conditional, or planned development zoning districts. 2. Development in an overlay zoning district is subject to predetermined standards set out or referenced for the district in Section 3.7.3, Main Street Planned Development (MSPD) District. 3. Regulations for each overlay zoning district set out the district’s purpose and the supplemental, modified, or superseding standards applicable in the district.

Relationships Between Standards for Overlay Districts and Other Districts

3.1.3.

If the standards for an overlay district expressly conflict with those for an underlying base zoning district, conditional zoning district, planned development district, or another applicable overlay district, the more restrictive standards shall apply.

SECTION 3.2. CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

General Purposes of Conservation Districts

3.2.1.

The Conservation Districts established in this section are intended to:

A. Provide open space and recreation area to meet the physical and natural resource needs of the Town and its residents; B. Enhance the Town’s aesthetic appeal within its neighborhoods and along transportation corridors; and C. Reduce stormwater runoff with increased pervious surfaces that allow water infiltration.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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