Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance

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

S PECIAL U SE P ERMIT See Section 2.5.5.

S PECIALTY E ATING E STABLISHMENT An establishment selling specialty food or beverage items that normally do not constitute a full meal — including, but not limited to, ice cream parlors, dessert cafés, snack shops, juice and coffee houses, and retail bakeries. Accessory uses may include pick-up facilities for take-out orders, windows for walk-up service, outdoor seating, and where permitted, drive-through service facilities.

S PECIMEN T REE See Tree, Specimen.

S PORTS A CADEMY A private school that provides both specialized sport services and academic education to juvenile athletes. A sports academy may include other uses that generally exist as principal uses – e.g. dormitory. S PORTS T RAINING F ACILITY , I NDOOR A facility providing indoor professional and pre-professional sports instruction. These facilities tend to be fairly large with a significant amount of off-street parking. S PORTS T RAINING F ACILITY , O UTDOOR A facility providing outdoor professional and pre-professional sports instruction. These facilities tend to be fairly large with a significant amount of off-street parking. S TABLE A building in which animals other than cats, dogs, and other small domesticated animals are sheltered and fed. S TACKING L ANE That part of an accessway that accommodates temporary queuing of motor vehicles waiting to enter an off-street parking facility. S TART OF C ONSTRUCTION For purposes of floodplain management, the date the building permit was issued provided the actual start of construction, repair, reconstruction, or improvement was within 180 days of the permit date. For purposes of vesting determination and other construction activities, the actual start means the first placement of permanent of a structure on a site, such as the pouring of slabs or footings, the installation of piles, the construction of columns, or any work beyond the stage of excavation; or the placement of a manufactured home on a foundation. Permanent construction does not include land preparation, such as clearing, grading, and filling; nor does it include the installation of streets and/or walkways; nor does it include excavation for a basement, footings, piers, or foundations or the erection of temporary forms; nor does it include the installation on the property of accessory buildings, such as garages or sheds not occupied as dwelling units or not part of the main structure. For a substantial improvement, the actual start of construction means the first alteration of any wall, ceiling, floor, or other structural part of the building, whether or not that alteration affects the external dimensions of the building. S TAND OF T REES See Trees, Stand of.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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