UDO Adopted Version July 2024

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.9. Building Configuration and Design 5.9.6. Single-Family Attached, Detached, and Duplex Design Standards

a. 50 percent of the length of the ground floor facade elevation for eating and drinking establishments and retail sales and service uses; b. 35 percent of the length of the ground floor facade elevation for mixed-use, group living, and all other nonresidential uses;

c. 20 percent of the length of all upper floors.

2. Required fenestration on the ground-level shall comply with the following standards:

a. Window or glass door shall cover an average of at least 60 percent of the ground floor facade height, as measured from the finished grade to the top of the first floor facade; and

b. Each individual glass window or door shall:

(1) Provide d irect views to the building’s interior;

(2) Provide direct views to lit display areas extending a minimum of three feet behind the window; or (3) Be tinted to provide the appearance of a window, except in the TOD District where mirrored, spandrel, or other faux glass is not permitted.

3. These fenestration standards shall not apply to building facades that conceal structured parking.

(Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

Single-Family Attached, Detached, and Duplex Design Standards

5.9.6.

A. Applicability Except where exempted in accordance with Section 5.9.6.B, Exemptions, the standards in Section 5.9.6.C, Standards, shall apply to all new bungalow court, pocket neighborhood, single-family detached, attached, and duplex development in the Town.

B. Exemptions

The following forms of single-family detached, attached, and duplex development are exempted from these design standards: 1. Development located within a Type 1 or Type 2 subdivision submitted and determined complete in accordance with Section 2.4.3.F, Determination of Application Completeness, prior to May 11, 2016; 2. Development located in a preliminary subdivision plat approved prior to May 11, 2016; 3. Manufactured homes; and 4. Development in a Very Low Density Residential (VLDR) district (See Section 3.3.2, Very Low Density Residential (VLDR) District). Finished Floor Elevation Except for structures located more than 30 feet from the front lot line or designed or intended for occupation by persons with physical disabilities, the finished floor elevation at the front facade shall be a minimum of 18 inches above grade for structures set back from the front lot line from 10 feet to 30 feet. (See Figure 5.9.6.C.1: Foundation Heights.) 1.

C. Standards

Morrisville, NC

July 9, 2024 Page 5-67

Unified Development Ordinance