Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance

Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions Section 11.5. Terms and Uses Defined 11.4.3. Illuminated Signs

E XISTING D EVELOPMENT Development not otherwise exempted by this ordinance that meets one of the following criteria: • It either is built or has established a statutory or common-law vested right as of the effective date of this ordinance; or • It occurs after the effective date of this ordinance, but does not result in a net increase in built-upon area and does not decrease the infiltration of precipitation into the soil. E XISTING M ANUFACTURED H OME P ARK OR M ANUFACTURED H OME S UBDIVISION For purposes of floodplain management, a manufactured home park or subdivision for which the construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed (including at a minimum, the installation of utilities, either final site grading or the pouring of concrete pads, and the construction of streets) was completed before the original effective date of the floodplain management regulations adopted by the community. E XISTING T REE C ANOPY Tree canopy that existed for at least two years prior to development as evidenced by the aerial photography and/or satellite imagery on file with or approved by the Town of Morrisville Planning Department. E XTERIOR I NSULATION AND F INISH S YSTEM (EIFS) Multi-layered system of Styrofoam panels typically adhered to wood or gypsum sheathing and finished with a waterproof resin. E XTRACTION OF E ARTH P RODUCTS A use involving on-site extraction of surface or subsurface mineral products or natural resources. Typical uses are quarries, borrow pits, sand and gravel operations, mining, and soil mining. Specifically excluded from this use is grading and removal of dirt associated with an approved Site Plan or subdivision or excavations associated with, and for the improvement of, a bona fide farm. E XTRATERRITORIAL J URISDICTION (ETJ) That part of the planning jurisdiction of the Town located outside the Town’s corporate boundaries, established and amended from time to time in accordance with N.C.G.S. 160A-360. F ACADE The entire exterior wall of a building facing a lot line measured from the grade to the eave or highest point of a flat or mansard roof. Facades may be on the front, side, or rear elevation of the building. F ACADE W ALL The vertical surface or surfaces within 15 degrees of vertical on the building’s exterior including parapet walls. Windows, doors, and cornices are excluded. F AMILY One or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit and living together as a single housekeeping unit, provided that the unit is made up of any number of persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster care arrangement, plus up to three additional unrelated persons. E XPANSION An increase in the floor area of an existing structure or building, or the increase of area of a use.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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