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UPDATED <br /> RE: Item # 6 PC EXHIBIT B <br /> FEEDBACK #1: (AMENDED) - <br /> � If still open to su'ggestions, I have added some additional comments. For ease of viewing, I have edited <br /> the additional comments in BLACK. As well, I have added comments in RED relative to the "Code <br /> References—Sec. 78-1.— Definitions" section below. <br /> Responses in RED <br /> 2 Options: <br /> 1. Remove the number of stories limitation. Ok. <br /> Keep 15% structural footprint maximum (lots under 2.0 acres). <br /> Keep height limitation as-is at 30'. <br /> a. Change how height is measured? Suggestion: make easier to use: average grade <br /> = highest to lowest grade average: max height�e is the average of primary <br /> roofs from +�ait�-primary fascia to� primary ridge, excluding dormers set <br /> on the main roof. <br /> 2. Remove the number of stories limitation. <br /> Keep height limitation as-is at 30'. I somewhat agree with this since height seems to <br /> create more"mass"than footprint. A 1-story, low pitched rambler could have twice <br /> as much footprint as a many-storied, tall as possible structure and still appear <br /> smaller. <br /> Remove 15% structural footprint maximum. Yes. <br /> Establish a Floor Area Ratio limit for principal structures. No—there are enough other <br /> controls for height & massing with structural coverage and hardcover <br /> combined. Has no effect on massing. <br /> a. What is included in FAR? If FAR does happens, consider to loosen structural <br /> footprint limitation to 20% - 25%, depending upon lot size, or, no footprint <br /> limitation. Let hardcover help control that. <br /> i. Basements? No. Does not contribute to fears of massing. <br /> ii. Attics, or area under a roof? No. Does not contribute to <br /> fears of massing. <br /> 3. Non-conforming small lots: there should be auto variances for small lots in large lot <br /> zoning, e.g., if a lot is 60% of a conforming required lot size, require 60% of required <br /> setbacks and structural coverage. OR, change zoning class in areas where most all <br /> lots are too small to meet requirements,a�that almost always require variances to <br /> be put to a reasonable use. <br /> Sec. 78-1. - Definitions. <br /> The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed <br /> to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Unless specifically <br /> defined in this section, the words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them <br /> in chapter 82. <br /> Basement means that portion of a building that is partly or completely below the existing ground level. <br /> A basement shall be considered as a story for purposes of determining the number of stories in a building, <br /> when the finished surface of the floor above the basement is more than six feet above the existing ground <br /> level for more than 50 percent of the basemenYs perimeter. Basement work around to not be a story is <br /> simply to extend the basement perimeter, e.g., do storage or sport court under the garage or porch, <br /> which makes absolutely no positive or negative effect on "massing." This manipulation is never <br /> visible,which is the primary concern about"massing." A blind person could care less about these <br /> concerns. The perimeter of the basement does not include portions of the house or garage that do not <br /> have a lower level but are merely"unexcavated". Artificially raising the grade adjacent to the foundation of <br /> 1 <br />