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ORDINANCE NO___THIRD SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF ORONO ZONING CODE SECTION 78-1 AND SECTIONS 78-230 (A), 255 (A), 305 (A), 330 (A), 350 (A), 370 (A), 395 (A), 420 (A), 44 (A), 502,572,646 (I), 672 (A), 707 (N), 736 (1), 766 (I), 797 (7), 825 (D) REGARDING BUILDING HEIGHT The City Council of Orono ordains as follows: Section I: Municipal Zoning Code Section 78-1 regarding the definition of building height is hereby revised as follows: Sec. 78-1. Definitions. Building height means the vertical distance between the highest adjoining ground level at the building or ten feet above the lowest ground level, whichever is lower, and the top of the cornice of a fiat roof, or the deck line of a mansard roof, or the uppermost point on a round or other arch-type roof, or the average median height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof Topographic changes which elevate the adjoining ground level above the existing terrain shall not be considered in determining building height. For a pitched or hipped roof situation, rceardless whether the highest living space in a bu ilding is a half-storv or full story, if the highest living space contains windows fex '^lviding skylights ’! the unner measurine point for defining building height shall be the ■nedian height of the top of the highest window and the highest peak of the roof Section 2: Municipal Zoning Code Section 78-1 is hereby revised to include the following definition: Sec. 78-1. Definitions. Half story means the uppermost floor of a building in which fil the intersection of the exterior wall and the roof is not more than three (31 feet above the floor elevation, and (ii) not more than 60 percent of the floor area w ithin the exterior walls of the uppermost floor exceeds five tSl feet in heiaht as measured from the floor to the rafters. Floors exceeding these parameters sh.all he deemed a full storv Section 3: Municipal Zoning Code Sections 78-78-230 (A), 255 (A), 305 (.A). 330 (A). 350 (A), 370 (A), 395 (A), 420 (A), 44 (A), 502, 572, 646 (1), 672 (A), 707 (N). 736 (1), 766 (1), 797 (7), 825 (D) regarding the building height requirement are hereby revised as follows: Sec. 78-230. Area, height, lot width and yard requirements. (a) Height. No structure or building in the R-1A district shall exceed 2Vi stories Of and shall not exceed 30 feet in height except as provided in section 78-1366. k a i- M r