Unified Development Ordinance

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.8. Access and Circulation 5.8.6. Vehicular Access and Circulation

(4) Require the extension or connection of a proposed internal public street to an adjoining property that is developed or zoned for a use whose level and type of generated traffic would be incompatible with the proposed development — provided, however, that residential, institutional, and commercial uses shall generally be deemed compatible. g. Where a roadway is extended to, but not yet onto, adjoining land, a sign shall be installed at the terminus of the roadway that informs neighboring property owners that the roadway is intended to be extended in the future (e.g., “STREET MAY BE EXTENDED BY AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF MORRISVILLE”). Notation of that intent shall also be included on the Final Plat for Type 1 or Type 2 Subdivisions (see Section 2.5.6), or Site Plan (see Section 2.5.7), and Construction Plan (see Section 2.5.8), as appropriate.

Figure 5.8.6.C.: Public Street Connections to and from Adjoining Development.

4. Cross Access Between Adjoining Development

To facilitate vehicular access between adjoining developments, encourage shared parking, and minimize access points along streets, new multifamily, group living, nonresidential, and mixed-use development or redevelopment shall comply with the following standards: a. The internal vehicular circulation system shall be designed to allow for vehicular cross-access between the development’s common vehicle use areas and common vehicle use areas in an adjoining, multifamily, group living, nonresidential, or mixed-use development, or to the boundary of adjoining vacant land classified in the Land use Plan or zoned to allow, multifamily, nonresidential or mixed-use development. (See Figure 5.8.6.C.4.: Cross-access between parking areas of adjoining developments.) b. Existing single-family detached lots, single-family attached lots, and any parcel, including common open space, serving the larger approved single-family residential subdivision would not require vehicular cross access to be provided from adjacent development. c. Private cross access shall not be required when such cross access can be provided by a new or existing public or private road classified as a Local Street.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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