Ord #018-3rd Ser/Amending zoning code re: Building height

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� r � � � ORDINANCE NO 18 , 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 (I), 766 (I), 797 (7), 825 (D) REGARDING BUILDING HEIGHT The City Council of Orono ordains as follows: Section 1: 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 flat roof, or the deck line of a mansard roof, or the uppermost point on a round or other arch-type roof, or the a�te�ge median height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. Topographic changes which elevate the adjoining ground level above the existing teiTain shall not be considered in determining building height. For a pitched or hipped roof situation regardless whether the hi�hest livin� space in a buildin� is a half-storv or full storv if the hi��hest livin� space contains windows (excludin� skvlightsl the upper measurin� point for definin� buildin� hei�ht shall be the median hei�ht of the top of the hi�hest window and the hi�hest 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 u�permost floor of a buildin� in which (i) 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 within the exterior walls of the uppermost floor exceeds five (5) feet in hei�ht as measured from the floor to the rafters. Floors exceedin�these parameters shall be 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 (I), 672 (A), 707 (N), 736 (I), 766 (I), 797 (7), 825 (D) regaxding 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-lA district shall exceed 2'/2 stories e�and shall not exceed 30 feet in height except as provided in section 78-1366.