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Building Height <br />Fcbniao 14,2001 <br />Page3 <br />L <br />M. <br />Parapet watts extemdtag not more tkam three feet above height of <br />the baUdiag. <br />Cootiag towers. <br />Etevator peathoases. <br />Scarce: OnUaaaceSo. l6t,2mlSerks <br />Adopted: 5-27-97 <br />Sahd. 2. CoadUicaai Use Permits. Heights ta excess of those attowed aader <br />Sahdivisioa / above for the ases eaamerated thereto may be pertained oaty by <br />coadUtoaat ase permit graated parsaaat to the procedares as set forth ia Sectioa <br />tO.99. <br />Scarce: Ordiaaace So. Iff <br />Effective Date: 8-22-77 <br />Sabd. 3. Additioaal Heights oa Siopiag Lots. Om aay iotshpiag dowahUtfrom the <br />street which has aa average groaadsiope oa thatportioa of the tot to be occupied <br />by the maia baUdiag of 25% or more (measaredia thegeaerat direetkm of the side <br />tot tiaes) aa additioaat twehe feet of height may be permitted ia sach amia <br />buitdiag aad the garage or parkiag space atay be ia the reqaired froat yard <br />pro vided a yard of tea feet or raore if amiataiaed. ** <br />Subd. I has resulted in a number of recent applications. The Art Center "cooling <br />tower" at a height of just under 45' was turned do\\n by the Council last year as being <br />not in character with the residential neighborhood. Last week, the Council allowed <br />chimneys for the Rainey Road CUP application to be 2' above the peak rather than <br />6' as requestevv but denied a CUP for a railing exteiKling 30" above the 30’ high flat <br />roof for the guest house. <br />Staff notes that there have been a number of recent requests for "widows walks", i.c. <br />a flat deck at the peak of a pitched roof w ith a railing. In some cases these have been <br />merely omametual; in others they arc intended to be functional, with an inte-.ior <br />stairway access and railings meeting the minimum 36" height. Staffhas determir^'d <br />that these should be considered as creating a mansard roof situation, and in cases <br />where the top of the railing is higher than 30*, w e are calling them out as needing a <br />variance. <br />Subd. 3 has come into play only on rare occasions; a lakeshore resideiKe in the 4700 <br />block of North Shore Drive with a very steep lakeshore lot made use of this section <br />perhaps 10 years ago, allowing added height and a minimal setback from the street <br />for the attached garage.