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, �TO - PC Exhibit E <br /> Christine Mattson <br /> From: Christine Mattson <br /> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:51 AM <br /> To: 'Toleno, Dan' <br /> Cc: Melanie Curtis <br /> Subject: 3205 Graham Hill <br /> Dan, <br /> Regarding your question about bringing fill from the property at 3340 Graham Hill to 3205 Graham Hill for the <br /> purpose of raising the grade to build a home with a walk-out. Please be aware, we measure building height <br /> and calculate the grade for the number of stories from today's existinq arade (a.k.a. pre-fill). A basement will <br /> have to meet the basement definition in our code using the existing grade or you will be limited to a 3`d level of <br /> a HALF story only. Definitions are pasted below for your reference. <br /> If you determine the proposed fill will not have an impact on the height or basement calculation of the intended <br /> home at 3205 Graham Hill, it is a possibility. Fill less than 500 cu. yds. requires a zoning permit; fill in excess <br /> of 500 cu. yds. requires a conditional use permit. Both permits require a survey, a grading plan and an escrow. <br /> Definitions City Code 78-1 ' ' <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,when <br /> the finished surface of the floor above the basement is more than six feet above the existing ground level for <br /> more than 50 percent of the basement's perimeter. The perimeter of the basement does not include portions of <br /> the house or garage that do not have a lower level but aze merely "unexcavated". Artificially raising the grade <br /> adjacent to the foundation of a structure (by filling or by a combination of filling and reta.ining walls) above the <br /> surrounding natural terrain shall not be allowed as a method for converting a defined story to a defined <br /> basement,regardless of any other benefits to the property of such action. Finished grade that increases more <br /> than one foot from existing ground level shall be considered as artificially raising the grade. However, <br /> artificially raising the grade when such action merely restores a previously excavated site to its original natural <br /> grade may used as a method for converting a defined story to a defined basement. <br /> Basement, walkout, means a basement having an entrance at grade level. <br /> Building height means the vertical distance between the highest adjoining ground level at the building or <br /> ten feet above the lowest ground level, whichever is lower, and the top of the cornice of a flat roof, or the deck <br /> line of a mansard roof, or the uppermost point on a round or other arch-type roof, or the median height of the <br /> highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. Topographic changes which elevate the adjoining ground level above <br /> the existing terrain shall not be considered in determining building height. For a pitchecl or hipped roof <br /> situation, regardless whether the highest living space in a building is a half-story or full story, if the highest <br /> livirig space contains windows (excluding skylights)the upper measuring point for defining building height <br /> shall be the median height of the top of the highest window and the highest peak of the roof. <br /> Existing ground level means the elevation of the grade at tlie base of an existing structure, measured at <br /> points abutting the foundation wa11, or the existing grade of a vacant lot. <br /> Half story means the uppermost floor of a building in which(i)the intersection of the exterior wall and <br /> the roof is not more than three feet above the floor elevation, and(ii)not more than 60 percent of the floor area <br /> within the exterior walls of the uppermost floor exceeds five feet in height as measured from the floor to the <br /> rafters. Floors exceeding these parameters shall be deemed a full story. <br /> i <br />