Unified Development Ordinance

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.8. Access and Circulation 5.8.1. Purpose

SECTION 5.8. ACCESS AND CIRCULATION

Purpose

5.8.1.

The purpose of this section is to ensure that development is served by a coordinated, multimodal transportation system that, to the extent practicable, permits the safe and efficient movement of motor vehicles, emergency vehicles, transit, bicyclists, and pedestrians within the development and between the development and external transportation systems, neighboring development, and local destination points such as places of employment, schools, parks, and shopping areas. Such a multimodal transportation system is intended to:

A. Provide transportation options; B. Increase the effectiveness of local service delivery; C. Reduce emergency response times;

D. Promote healthy walking and bicycling; E. Facilitate use of public transportation; F. Contribute to the attractiveness of the development and community, connect neighborhoods and increase opportunities for interaction between neighbors;

G. Reduce vehicle miles of travel and travel times and greenhouse gas emissions; H. Improve air quality, minimize congestion and traffic conflicts; and I. Preserve the safety and capacity of community transportation systems.

Applicability

5.8.2.

A.

New Development

All new development shall meet the standards in this section.

B.

Existing Development

1. Change in Use Any Change in use of an existing development shall be subject to the standards in this section. Nonconforming access and circulation features shall be required to be upgraded pursuant to the standards in this section. 2. Expansion Any expansion of an existing development shall be subject to the standards in the section. Nonconforming areas shall not be required to be upgraded, with the exception that pedestrian infrastructure along any public road frontage shall be installed in accordance with the adopted comprehensive plan. 3. Redevelopment

Any redevelopment of an existing development shall be subject to the standards in this section.

Consistency with Plans

5.8.3.

The design and construction of access and circulation systems associated with a development shall be consistent with the transportation goals, objectives, and actions in the Comprehensive Plan, and other Town- adopted plans addressing transportation.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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