Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance

Article 2: Administration Section 2.5. Application-Specific Review Procedures 2.5.7. Subdivision Approvals

Other Subdivisions

c.

(1) The Town may require only a plat for recordation for the division of a tract of land or parcel of land in a single ownership if all of the following criteria are met: a. The tract or parcel of land to be divided is not exempted form the definition of subdivision in Article 11 of this ordinance. b. No part of the tract or parcel to be divided has been divided under this subsection in the 10 years prior to division.

c. The entire area of the tract or parcel to be divided is greater than five acres.

d. After division, no more than three lots result from the division.

e. After division, all resultant lots comply with all of the following:

1. Any lot dimension size requirements of the applicable land-use regulations, if any.

2.

The use of the lots is in conformity with the applicable zoning requirements, if any. A permanent means of ingress and egress is recorded for each lot.

Type 1 Subdivision Preliminary Plat Approval

3.

Pre-Application Conference

d. Subdivision Exclusions A Subdivision Exclusion is any division of land that is proposed as one of the activities specifically listed as excluded from the definition of “subdivision” in Section 11.5, Terms and Uses Defined, and thus from the subdivision procedures and standards in this Ordinance. Determination of Subdivision Exclusion in accordance with Section 2.5.6.D is required before recordation of any division of land claimed to be excluded from regulation as a subdivision under this Ordinance. 3. Concurrent Applications Applications for Type 1 Subdivision Preliminary Plat Approval or Type 2 Subdivision Preliminary Plat Approval may be submitted and reviewed concurrently with an application for Construction Plan Approval, Administrative Adjustment, or Alternative Equivalent Compliance. An application for Determination of Subdivision Exclusion may be submitted and reviewed concurrently with any development application.

Application Submittal and Acceptance

Staff Review and Recommendation with DRC review

Scheduling and Notice of Meetings

Planning and Zoning Board Review and Recommendation with public comment session

Town Council Review and Decision with standard public hearing

(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

B. Preliminary Plat Approvals

1.

Type 1 Preliminary Plat Approval Procedure The following subsections identify those steps in the standard review procedure (see Section 2.4) applicable to the review of a Type 1 Subdivision Preliminary Plat Approval application and note any specific variations of, or additions to, those review steps.

a. Pre-Application Conference

The applicant shall hold a pre-application conference with Town staff in accordance with Section 2.4.2.

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance

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