Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - September 2020

Article 4: Use Standards Section 4.4. Temporary Uses and Structures 4.4.5. Temporary Use-Specific Standards

c. All permits required by applicable building, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical codes shall be obtained before placement of temporary construction-related structures and facilities on the site.

d. No construction-related structure or facility shall be placed within the right-of-way of a street.

e. All temporary construction-related structures and facilities shall be removed from the construction site within 30 days after issuance of the final Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy for the constructed development. f. A temporary construction-related structure or facilities may be placed on a property adjacent to the construction site if site constraints make it infeasible to locate the structures or facilities on the construction site, provided the adjacent site is restored to its previous condition within 60 days after issuance of the final Certificate of Compliance/Occupancy for the constructed development.

11. Temporary Family Health Care Structure

a. A temporary family health care structure is only allowed as a temporary accessory use to a single-family detached dwelling.

b. The structure shall have no more than 300 square feet of gross floor area.

c. The caregiver shall own or occupy the single-family detached dwelling as their residence and shall be related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or be the legally appointed guardian of, the mentally or physically impaired person occupying the temporary health care structure. d. The application for the structure shall include written certification by a physician licensed in North Carolina that the mentally or physically impaired person occupying the temporary health care structure requires assistance with two or more activities of daily living (i.e., bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, ambulation or locomotion, transferring, toileting, and eating). f. The structure shall be connected to the water, sewer, and electric utilities serving the principal single-family dwelling on the lot and shall comply with all applicable local and State regulations. g. No signage advertising or otherwise promoting the existence of the structure shall be allowed on the exterior of the structure or elsewhere on the property. h. The caregiver shall provide the Planning Director evidence of compliance with these standards on an annual basis for as long as the temporary health care structure remains on the lot, and shall allow the Planning Director to inspect the structure for compliance with these standards at reasonable times convenient to the caregiver. i. The structure shall be removed from the lot within 60 days after the time the mentally or physically impaired person is no longer receiving, or is no longer in need of, the required assistance. 12. Temporary Office Structure a. A temporary office structure is allowed on a site where an existing office space is being renovated or up-fitted pursuant to an issued Building Permit or on property within the Town that is owned by the holder or the Building Permit. b. Except as otherwise provided in subsection c below, the temporary office structure shall comply with all applicable provision of this Ordinance except for Section 5.7, Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers, Section 5.9, Building Configuration and Design, and those parts of Section 5.12, Landscaping, other than Section 5.12.5, Foundation Plantings. e. Only one temporary health care structure shall be allowed on the lot.

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

Morrisville, NC

September 1, 2020

Unified Development Ordinance

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