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, PC Exhibit 8 <br /> Updated 042516 <br /> FEEDBACK#1: (AMENDED) <br /> If still open to suggestions, i have added some additional cornments. For ease of viewing, I have ediied <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. 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% 5uggestion: make�asier to use: average grade <br /> = highest to lowest grade average: max heiraht � is the average of primary <br /> roofs from �►a+t�primary�as;;i� tc;�prlmary ric�cy�; �xcluding dormers set <br /> on the main roof. <br /> 2. Remove the number of stories Ilmltatfon. <br /> Keep height limitation as-is at 30'. I somewhat agree with tltls slnce height seems to <br /> create more"masss than footprint. A 1-story, low pitched rambler ooulc! have twloe <br /> as much footprint as a many-storied,tall as possible structure and stlll appear <br /> smaller. <br /> REmove 15�/o structural rootpnr�t r,aam�um Ye�. <br /> Lst3rl��.:-+ n ► h-,t,+ Ar�t� RatiU h�lti� �ur ! �i u�_I�.�t.l struCtUres. No—tFlere are enough ottler <br /> controls for height & massing with structural coverage and hardcover <br /> combined, Has no effect on massing. <br /> Wha! �s �ntfurJ�d in �AR? If FAR does happens, consider to loosen structurat <br /> footprint limitation to 20% - 25%, depending upon lot size, or, no footprint <br /> limitation. Let hardcover help control that. <br /> i. E3asemP��ts� No. Does not contribube to f�ears of massing. <br /> ii. Atacs, or area under a roof? No. Does not oontrlbute to <br /> fears of massing. <br /> 3, fVan-canfar�ming smalt Idts: the� shauld be auto variances far small lots in iarge lot <br /> zoning, e.g., if a lot is 60% of a conforming required lot size, require 60�/0 of required <br /> setl�acks and structural coverage. Og�change zoning class in areas where most�II <br /> lots are too small bo meet requirements,a� that almost always require variances to <br /> be put to a reasonable use. <br /> Sec. 7�-: <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#o 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 consldered as a story for purposes of determining the number of storfes in a building, <br /> when the finished surtace of the floor above the basement is more than six feet above the existing ground <br /> level for more ttten 50 peroent of the basement's perimeter. Basement work around to nat be a story is <br /> simply to extend the basement per(meter,e.g.,do storage or sport court under the garage or porch, <br /> which makes absolutely no positive or negative effect on "massing." This manlpulation Is never <br /> visible,which is the primary concern about "massing." A blind person could care fess about these <br /> concerns. The perimeter of the basemerit does nat inGude portions of the house or garage that da not <br /> have a lower level but are merely"unexcavated"_Arti�icially raising the grade adjacent to the foundation of <br /> a strvcture(by filling or by a combination of filling and retaining walls)above the surrounding natural terrain <br /> shall not be allowed as a method for converting a defined story to a defined basement, regardless of any <br /> 1 <br />