Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance

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

U TILITY F ACILITY , M INOR A structure or facility that by itself is a relatively minor component of an infrastructure system providing community- or region-wide utility services and that needs to be in or near the neighborhood or use type where the service is provided. Examples of minor utility facilities include water and sewage pipes and pump stations, stormwater pipes and retention/detention facilities, telephone lines and local exchanges, electric lines and transformers, gas transmission pipes and valves, utility huts, and CATV lines. This use does not include central utility plants. U TILITY H UT A structure containing fiber-optic or other similar equipment that links to a regional network. This is not a type of Telecommunication Facility Use.

U NIVERSITY See College or University.

V ALET P ARKING Parking of vehicles by an attendant provided by the establishment for which the parking is provided.

V ARIANCE A grant of hardship relief from the requirements of this Ordinance. See Section 2.5.16.

V EHICLE D ISPLAY A REA An area of a development site where motor vehicles, recreational vehicles, trailers, boats, or other vehicles are displayed for sale or lease. V EHICLE F LEET S TORAGE Storage of fleet vehicles used regularly in business operation and not available for sale, or long-term storage of operating vehicles. Typical uses include rental car fleet storage, taxi fleet storage, medium sized delivery trucks, small construction-related equipment such as skid steer loaders with the associated trailer. This does not include storage of tractor-trailer trucks associated with freight movement and storage, which is part of a motor freight terminal. V EHICLE P ARKING S PACE , O FF -S TREET A space that is designated for the parking or temporary storage of one motor vehicle located outside of a dedicated street right-of-way, vehicular travel way, or parking aisle. V EHICLE U SE A REA Any area of the site where motor vehicles (including trucks, buses, cars, and motorcycles) are driven or stored. This includes parking spaces, drive aisles, loading docks, service drives, and entrance and internal drives. V EHICULAR T OWING S ERVICE An establishment operated for the purpose of towing and temporarily storing wrecked or inoperable motor vehicles. If an establishment regularly stores inoperable vehicles for more than 90 days, stacks vehicles, or dismantles vehicles to sell parts, it is not a vehicular towing service but is considered to be a recycling facility.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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