Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance

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

S HOEBOX F IXTURE A rectangular shaped fixture that has a flat glass lens on the bottom to emit light.

S HOPPING C ENTER , M AJOR A building or a group of connected or freestanding buildings under single or multiple ownership that contains retail goods and service uses serving the needs of a neighborhood, community, and regional customer base. A major shopping center is designed, constructed, and operated on an integral and coordinated basis, with common parking, pedestrian movement, and ingress and egress. It may be located on a site larger than 15 acre and has at least one tenant with more than 60,000 square feet of floor area. S HOPPING C ENTER , N EIGHBORHOOD A building or a group of connected or freestanding buildings under single or multiple ownership that contains retail goods and service uses serving the needs of local residential neighborhoods. A neighborhood shopping center is designed, constructed, and operated on an integral and coordinated basis, with common parking, pedestrian movement, and ingress and egress. It has no more than 150,000 square feet of total floor area, and no single tenant greater than 60,000 square feet of floor area. S HORELINE S TABILIZATION The in- place stabilization of an eroding shoreline. Stabilization techniques which include “soft” methods or natural materials (such as root wads, or rock vanes) may be considered as part of a restoration design. However, stabilization techniques that consist primarily of “hard” engineering, such as concrete lined channels, riprap, or gabions, while providing bank stabilization, shall not be considered stream restoration. S HRUB A woody plant, smaller than a tree, consisting of several small stems emerging from the ground, or small branches near the ground. Shrubs may be deciduous or evergreen. S IGN Any object or device containing letters, figures, and/or other means of communication or part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors or which the effect produced is to advertise, announce, communicate, identify, declare, demonstrate, direct, display, and/or instruct potential users of a use product or service. S IGN A REA /S URFACE AREA The entire area shall be measured by the square, rectangle, semicircle, or parallelogram thereof, and comprise the entire sign inclusive of any border or trim and all the elements of the matter displayed, but excluding the base or apron, supports and other structural members. In the case of three-dimensional letters or painted letters directly on a building wall surface, the surface area shall be defined as that area encompassing the area of the letters including any trim or border. S IGN P ERMIT A document that is issued by the Planning Director that authorizes the posting, display, repair, change, painting, or erection of a sign or sign structure as being in compliance with signage standards in Section 5.16, Signage. S IDEWALK A hard-surfaced, all-weather pedestrian walkway.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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