Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance

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

S UBDIVISION Any division of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots or building sites or any other division of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, and any division of land involving the dedication of a new street or a change in an existing street — provided, however, that the following are excluded from the defini tion of “subdivision:” 1. The combination or recombination of portions of previously subdivided and recorded lots, where the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots meet or exceed the lot standards in Section 5.3.2; 2. The division of land where all resulting parcels are greater than ten acres in area and no street right of-way dedication is involved; 3. The public acquisition of land for the opening or widening of streets or for public transportation corridors; and 4. The division of a parcel of land with an area no greater than two acres into not more than three lots, where no street right-of-way dedication is involved and the resultant lots meet or exceed the lot standards in Section 5.3.2. 5. The division of a tract into parcels in accordance with the terms of a probated will or in accordance with interstate succession under Chapter 29 of the General Statutes. S UBDIVISION A PPROVAL See “Type 1 Subdivision Preliminary Plat Approval,” “Type 2 Subdivision Preliminary Plat Approval,” or “Final Plat Approval . ” S UBDIVISION E XCLUSION A division of land excluded from the definition of “subdivision,” and thus from subdivision regulation under this Ordinance - see Section 2.5.6.D. S UBDIVISION , R ESIDENTIAL A subdivision, or part of a subdivision, that creates lots as building sites for individual single-family detached, duplex, bungalow court, pocket neighborhood, or manufactured home dwellings.

S UBDIVISION , T YPE 1 See Section 2.5.6.A.2, Subdivisions Distinguished.

S UBDIVISION , T YPE 2 See Section 2.5.6.A.2, Subdivisions Distinguished.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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