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TO: Mayor and City Council VT FROM: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrato t� DATE: December 2, 1985 SUBJECT: Ulrich Property, 1535 Bohn's Point Road Jeanne Mabusth and Tom Jacobs met with the project manager and contractor for the subject property on Wednesday, November 27th. At that meeting they discussed their intended landscape plans and conditional use permit. In ad3ition to outlining the permit fees and work that needs to be done prior to the next consideration by the Planning Commission on this matter, it was indicated to these individuals that should any further landscaping work be done which has not been expressly approved by the staff in advance of they work being done will result in a citation to the parties •olved. HEIG'iT OF BUILDING - Having reviewed the applicable ordinances toc,ether with h the site it is our opinion that the height of the building as constructed is legal and under our codes had the house had a different design that conformed to the original contours they could have resulted in a structure that was 4 to 6 feet higher than the one being constructed. The facts of the situation as it relates to this house are as follows: - Basement - Constructed at 933. total 12 foot height. - Grade_ and_Original Building Envelope - Presently investigating the amount of fill that was possibly done on the site prior to issuance of the original foundation permits back in July of 1985. Based on the estimates this filling would have possibly raised the site a maximum of 2 feet. Although not possessing original contours for the site we are aware that the site originally had a ridge that ran through part of it, and in fact, the original topr,raphy in one area where the Ouse is going in was at least 6 feet above what will be _he finished grade for the house. On the other hand there was extensive moving of soils from one area to fill-in in the other area to flatten out the site. Within the purview of the code this is considered normal and usual grading of the site under the exception allowed in section 10.03 subdivision 21. This site mc�lification is within the bounds of site modifications done in several other areas including: 1145 Wyndmere Road - Jackson 1165 Wyndmere Road - ?long 1180 Wyndmere Road - Kim 3229 Casco Circle B - Swancan - tieight_Of_Building - Both our zoning code and the Uniform Building Code address determination of building height. Our ordinance in all the residential zones allows for 2 1/2 stories or 30 feet. The height of the structure is determined by measuring the mean