Unified Development Ordinance

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.10. Parking and Loading 5.10.6. Off-Street Parking Arrangement and Design

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Activity Center Districts a. For multifamily, nonresidential and mixed-use developments with off-street surface vehicle parking located in an Activity Center district, no more than one single-loaded bay of off-street surface vehicle parking may be located between the development’s principal buildings(s) and abutting streets. (See Figure 5.10.6.B.2: Single- loaded bay of off-street surface vehicle parking.)

b. On determining that it is impracticable to locate only one single-loaded bay of off-street surface vehicle parking between the development’s principal buildings(s) and abutting streets, the Planning Director may allow alternative locations and arrangements of the surface parking — provided that in addition to vehicle use area screening required by Section 5.12.4, Vehicle Use Area Landscaping, a Type G, Option 2 streetyard buffer shall be provided between a street and any surface vehicle parking located between it and the development’s principal building(s). (See Section 5.7, Perimeter and Streetyard Buffers.) (Ord. No. 2014-022, 06/24/2014; Ord. No. 2015-047, 07/28/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016, Ord. No. 2018-302- 0, 09/11/2018) 4. Other Districts a. For multifamily, nonresidential and mixed-use developments located outside the Transit- Oriented Development (TOD) District, a Town Center, or Activity Center district, no more than 50 percent of the overall required parking shall be located between the development’s principal building(s) and abutting streets. (See Figure 5.10.6.B.4: Fifty percent of the overall required parking shall be located between the development’s principal building(s) and abutting streets.) Figure 5.10.6.B.3: Single-loaded bay of off- street surface vehicle parking.

Morrisville, NC

October 1, 2021

Unified Development Ordinance

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