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. � �� �'�t�pl�ans delivered to me by Dean on Monda st 11 (see Attachment B) continued to use the 12/12 pitch roof; the exterior wall intersects the=��a a p�'�proxi�nately 6.fe�t al�ovg.t�e.floor,_and therefore does not meet the first condition for a half-story. The plans also indicate the use of some sort of a truss system atop;a knee-wall, apparently in an attempt to meet the no-more-than-60%-exceeding-five-foot-height condition. If`=�,,� does not meet that second condition for a half-story because the interior height is measured from the floor to the rafters,not from the floor to some point on a truss that might be, in this case, 5-6 feet below the rafters. A truss cannot be considered as a rafter. '�---_-------�,��Q-��.��..--�.��a�.��.� ��.�.:-��;�,-��,�,.��r_,.�:�..>��.�-�_.. - �.... �;`s ',,�- _ _ - ,-�, - Attachment C is an uncluttered and simplified depiction of the requirements for a floor to be considered as a half-story. - The point at which the exterior wall intersects the roof is labeled as Point A. That point is not defined by the underside or any other part of a roof overhang. It must be defined by the extended line of the outer surface of the exterior wall and the upper surface of the roof. - The point at which the interior height is measured, is from the floor to the rafters. It is not measured to some point along the lower edge of a scissor truss or some other internal structural member that is lower than the rafters. - The area between the bottom of the rafters and the floor that has a height of more than 5 feet, cannot exceed 60%of the floor area, in order for the condition to be met. An analysis of the house wing has also been completed (see separate attachment). I have briefly reviewed the updated survey which came in yesterday(Tuesday August 12) and it shows the house wing being lowered 2.0 feet into the ground with the main floor now being at elev. 949.2'. In order to determine whether dropping it 2 feet accomplished the goal, I used an iterative process that dropped it in 1-foot increments until it reached the 50%exposed standard. My calculations indicate that the main floor would have to be lowered to elev. 948.7' in order for the lower level to be defined as a basement. The definition of building height states that "A�tificially raising the grade adjacent to the foundation of a structure (by filling or by a combination of filling and retaining walls) above the suprounding natural terrain shall not be allowed as a method for converting a defined story to a defined basement, �egardless of any other benefits to the properry of such action. Finished grade that increases more than one foot fpom existing ground level shall be considered as artificiallv raisinF the Frade."Mark Gronberg had suggested that raising the height of finished grade around the foundation by no more than one foot above the existing grade could be used as a method to make the height work if the house needed to go more than 2 feet into the ground. I agreed, and then fully expected that the grading plan would show some filling around the foundation. However,the submitted grading plan does the opposite—it excavates along the foundation to create drainage swales, and therefore doesn't accomplish anything. The other option Dean had offered was to use 18"trusses instead of 24" trusses for the main floor. The downside of that is the need for an additional step down in the interior stairway system. The house wing revisions supplied to date have not accomplished the goal of making the house wing lower level a basement. Soren — I have not completed the staff report on this, and I'm not sure whether it makes any sense to bring it back to the PC next Monday. As it stands right now, the applicants have not submitted a plan that works. Bottom Line—All of this has been submitted too late for the applicants to react to my analysis in time for Monday's PC meeting. I am not in the office Friday and tomorrow is already totally filled up with other stuff. My staff report at this point z