UDO Adopted Version January 2025

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

S TREETYARD B UFFER A landscaped area of varying width (depending on the use and surrounding uses) located along a development site’s street frontage between the development and adjoining street right -of-way. S TRING L IGHTING Low wattage lights designed for exterior installation and use with individual bulb receptacles connected by electrical wires that are exposed to an outside surface. S TRUCTURE Anything constructed, installed, or portable, the use of which requires a location on a parcel of land. This includes a fixed or movable building which can be used for residential, business, commercial, agricultural, or office purposes, either temporarily or permanently. "Structure" also includes, but is not limited to, swimming pools, tennis courts, signs, cisterns, sewage treatment plants, sheds, docks, mooring areas, fountains, art, and similar accessory construction. It also includes a gas, liquid, or liquefied gas storage tank that is principally above ground. S UBDIVIDER Any person, firm or corporation who subdivides or develops any land deemed to be a subdivision as herein defined. 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 definition 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 TRUCTURE H EIGHT See Section 11.4.1.F, Structure Height. S TUMP D IAMETER The diameter of a tree measured at six inches above the ground surface level.

Morrisville, NC

June 13, 2023

Unified Development Ordinance

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