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04`'��o BUILDING HEIGHT <br /> �,��1����' www.ci.orono.mn.us <br /> ����$` 952-249-4620 <br /> ALL BUILDINGS IN ORQNQ MUST HAVE A DEFINED BUILDING HE{GHT OF 3Q FEET OR <br /> LESS AND MUST HAVE NO MORE THAN TWO STORIES PLUS A HALF STORY. <br /> HOW TO DETERMINE 7HE DEFINED HEIGFfT OF A BUIL.QING: <br /> FOR A BUILDING WITH A BASEMENT OR CR,4WL SPACE: <br /> START WITH the distance between the basement floorlcrawl space floor and <br /> the highest roofi peak, the top of the cornice of a flat roof, the <br /> deck line of a mansard roof, or the uppermost point on a round <br /> or other arch-type roof <br /> SUBTRACT half the distance between the highest window and highest roof <br /> peak of a pitched roof <br /> SUBTRACT the distance between the basement floor/crawl space floor and <br /> the highest existing grade within the foundation or 10 feet, <br /> whichever is less. <br /> EQUALS Defined building height <br /> FOR A BUILDING ON A SLAB FOUNDATION: <br /> START WITH the distance between the slab and the highes# roof peak, the <br /> top of the cornice of a flat roof, the deck line of a mansard roaf, <br /> or the uppermost oint on a round or other arch-t e roof <br /> SUBTRACT half the distance between the highest window and highest roof ��v <br /> eak of a pitched roof ,� <br /> ADD the distance between the slab and the highest existing grade /�5� <br /> within the foundation `�� <br /> EQUALS Defined building height <br /> HOW TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF STORIES: <br /> For the basement or lower level to not be considered a story the elevatian of the floor above it <br /> mus# be no more than six feet above existing grade for at least 50 percent of the perimeter <br /> of the basement or lower level. <br /> A half story is defined as the uppermost floor of a building in which the intersection of the <br /> exterior wall and the roof is not more than three feet above the floor elevation and not more <br /> #han 60 percent of the floor area within the exterior walls of the uppermost floor exceeds five <br /> feet in height as measured from the floor to the rafters. <br /> FOR MORE 1NFORMATION <br /> Contact the Planning and Zoning Department a# 952-249-4620 or planninq(c�ci.orono.mn.us. <br /> Reference: City Code Section 78-1. Definitions. <br /> February,20Q8 <br /> This is an information sheet Every effort has been made to insure the accuracy of the informafion contained herein; <br /> however,if any information is not consisfent wrth provisions of the Cify Code, fhe Code provisions wil!prevarl. <br />