Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - October 2021

Article 4: Use Standards Section 4.2. Principal Uses 4.2.5. Principal Use-Specific Standards

(Ord. No. 2014-016, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2014-051, 11/10/2014; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

E. Standards for Specific Commercial Uses

1.

Eating and Drinking Establishments a. Restaurant

To assure provision of adequate parking, the maximum amount of seating and/or square footage of the public floor area for a potential restaurant use in a multi-tenant building shall be specified at the time of site plan approval.

2.

Office Uses (reserved)

3.

Recreation Uses

a. Golf Course

A golf course shall not locate any permanent structures in the Parks/Greenway/Open Space (PGO) District.

b. Private Recreation/Entertainment Facility, Outdoor

A shooting range is not a permitted use.

(Ord. No. 2015-083, 01/26/2016)

Sports Training Facility, Outdoor

c.

A shooting range is not a permitted use.

(Ord. No. 2015-083, 01/26/2016; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

4.

Entertainment Uses

a. Adult Establishment (1) A property containing an adult establishment shall located at least 1,000 feet from any residential zoning district, other property containing an establishment with an on premise North Carolina ABC license, and other property containing any of the following uses:

a.

Any household living or group living residential use;

b.

College or University;

c.

Day care center;

d.

Dormitory;

e.

Cultural facility;

f.

School, elementary, middle, or high;

g.

School, business or vocational;

h.

Sports Academy;

i.

Public park or recreation facility; or

j.

Place of worship, community or neighborhood.

(2) A property containing an adult establishment shall be located at least 2,000 feet from other property containing another adult establishment. (3) There may be no more than one such establishment on the same property, or in the same building.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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