Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance – September 2018

Article 2: Administration Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures 2.5.7. Site Plan Approval

b. Expiration of Approval A Major Site Plan Approval shall expire if no significant work is done or development is made within two years after the date of Major Site Plan Approval. c. Minor Changes Allowed (1) Subsequent development applications may incorporate minor changes from the development defined by the Major Site Plan Approval without the need to amend the Major Site Plan Approval in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D, Modification or Amendment of Approval, where the Planning Director determines that the changes: (A) Continue to comply with this Ordinance; (B) Are necessary to comply with conditions of approval; or (C) Are consistent with the Major Site Plan Approval. Consistency means the changes would not significantly alter the development’s general function, form, intensity, character, demand on public facilities, impact on adjacent properties, or other characteristic from that indicated by the Major Site Plan Approval. (2) In any case, the following changes from the Major Site Plan Approval shall constitute a major change requiring amendment of the Minor Site Plan Approval in accordance with Section 2.4.8.D, Modification or Amendment of Approval: (A) A change in a condition of approval; (B) An increase greater than 20 percent in residential density; (C) An increase greater than 20 percent in total nonresidential floor area; (D) An increase greater than 20 percent in the height of a structure; (E) An increase greater than ten percent in the amount of land devoted to nonresidential uses; (F) A change greater than ten percent in the ratio of gross floor area devoted to residential uses to that devoted to nonresidential floor area; and (G) A decrease greater than 20 percent in the ratio of single-family dwelling units to other residential building types. (3) Applications for multifamily development determined to be complete in accordance with Section 2.4.3.F, Determination of Application Completeness, on or before July 28, 2015 may only seek approval of a minor change from the standards in Section 5.9.4, Exterior Facade Materials and Colors for All Development, Section 5.9.8, Building and Design Standards for Multifamily Development, Section 5.9.9, Building and Design Standards for the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) District, or Section 5.9.10, Building and Design Standards for Town Center Development, after complying with the standards in Section 5.5.3.C, Payment in Lieu of Providing Required Public Recreation Area. Figure 2.5.7.C and the following subsections identify those steps in the standard review procedure (see Section 2.4) applicable to the review of a Minor Site Approval application and note any specific variations of, or additions to, those review steps. Pre-Application Conference The applicant shall hold a pre-application conference with Town staff in accordance with Section 2.4.2.

(Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016) C. Minor Site Plan Approval Procedure

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance

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