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Building Height <br />February 14.2001 <br />Pagc2 <br />2.Individual zoning district height limitations (10.20 Subd. 5A and others) - ”So <br />ttntetmn tr MUImg skatl exceed 2-1/2 aoriee or tkirty feet tm height except os <br />prodded In SecHom lh.7r. This limitation is applicable to all rwidcniial and <br />yftlpmgrgUI Tnnintt districts in Orono. The ladiMlrial DUlricl. however, per 10.50 <br />Subd. 5D. allows 3 stories or 49 feet ta heiglit. Note that basements do not count as <br />a story. <br />A strucnire that has 3 full stories but is no higher than 30* is considered as not <br />meeting the 2-1 /2 stories limit. This could happen with a flat roofed structure (such <br />as the recent Rainey Road guesthouse application); however, it is highly unusual to <br />end up with three stories and a pitched roof while still meeting the 30* limit <br />‘Half-story’ is not defined in the zoning code nor in the Building Code. A definition <br />appearing in The lllustrau?tl Hook of Development Definitions (Rutgers I’niversity, <br />1981) is: <br />"A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of the roof <br />and wall face not more than three feet above the floor level, and in which <br />space the possible floor area with head riK)m of five feet or less occupies at <br />least 40% of the total floor area of the stoiy directly beneath". <br />Under this definition, a space completely within a steeply pitched roof system but <br />w ith the area of 5*-plus headroom equal to more than 60% of the area of the story* <br />below, would be a hill story, regardless of window placement or visual perception <br />from the exterior. Sec Sketch G. <br />Section 10.75 "Height of Structures" provides for additional height under the <br />following provisions: <br />SEC 10,7$. HEIGHT OF STRICTURES <br />Smhd. I. Speciol ProvbUms. The height liMitotioHs imposed by other provisions of <br />thb Chopter be increased by conditional use permit by SO percent when <br />emptied to the following structures: <br />A. <br />B. <br />C. <br />D. <br />E. <br />F. <br />G. <br />H. <br />/. <br />/. <br />Church spires. <br />Belfries. <br />Cupolas and domes which do not contain usable space. <br />Monuments. <br />Water towers. <br />Fire and hose towers. <br />Observation towers. <br />Flagpoles. <br />Chimn^ <br />Smokestacks.