UDO Adopted Version July 2024

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

N ET F ACADE A REA The total area of all facade walls, including parapet walls, on all elevations of the exterior of a building, minus the area of any windows, doors, and cornices.

N ET F ACADE M ATERIAL , N ON -P REDOMINANT Material used on 25 percent or less of the net facade area.

N ET F ACADE M ATERIAL , P REDOMINANT Material used on 75 percent or more of the net facade area.

N EW C ONSTRUCTION For purposes of floodplain management, structures for which the “start of construction” commenced on or after the original version of the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance and includes any subsequent improvements to such structures. N EW D EVELOPMENT Development of a site that was previously unimproved (with no existing principal structures or uses) or has been or will be cleared of structures. New development is distinguished from existing development and the expansion or alteration of existing development.

N ONCONFORMING E XTERIOR L IGHTING F IXTURE See Section 9.6, Nonconforming Exterior Lighting Fixtures.

N ONCONFORMING L OT See Section 9.2, Nonconforming Lots.

N ONCONFORMING S IGN See Section 9.5, Nonconforming Signs.

N ONCONFORMING S ITE F EATURE See Section 9.7, Nonconforming Site Features.

N ONCONFORMING S TRUCTURE See Section 9.4, Nonconforming Structures.

N ONCONFORMING U SE See Section 9.3, Nonconforming Uses.

N ONCONFORMITY A nonconforming lot, use, structure, sign, exterior lighting fixture, or site feature.

N ON -C UTOFF A fixture light distribution where there is no light intensity limitation in the zone above the maximum distribution of light intensity.

N ON -E NCROACHMENT A REA For purposes of floodplain management, the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one foot as designated in the Flood Insurance Study report.

Morrisville, NC

July 9, 2024 Page 11-55

Unified Development Ordinance