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04`'��o BUILDING HEIGHT <br /> �,t��: .��' www.ci.orono.mn.us <br /> ''���°� 952-249-4620 <br /> ALL BUILDINGS IN ORONQ MUST HAVE A DEFINED BUILDlNG HEIGHT OF 30 FEET OR <br /> LESS AND MUST HAVE NO MORE THAN TWO STORIES PLUS A HALF STORY. <br /> HOW TO DETERMINE 7FtE DEFINED HEIGFtT OF A BUILDING: <br /> FOR A BUILDlNG WITH A BASEMENT OR CRAWL SPACE: <br /> START WITH the distance between the basement floorlcrawl space floor and <br /> the highest roof peak, the top af 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 be#ween the highest window and highest roof <br /> peak of a pitched roof <br /> SUBTRACT the distance between the basement floor/crawl space filoor and <br /> the highest existing grade within the faundation or 10 feet, <br /> wftichever is less. <br /> EQUALS Defined building height <br /> FOR A BUILDING ON A SLAB FOUNDATION: <br /> START W1TH the distance between the slab and the highest roof peak, the <br /> top of the cornice of a flat roof, the deck line of a mansard roof, <br /> or the u permost oint an a round or other arch-type roof <br /> SUBTRACT half the distance between the highest window and highest roof <br /> eak of a pitched roof <br /> ADD the distance between the slab and the highest existing grade <br /> within the fo��nda#ion <br /> EQUALS Defined buildin height <br /> HOW TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF STORIES: <br /> For the basement or lower (evel to not be considered a story the elevation of the floor above it <br /> must be no more than six feet above existing grade for at least 50 percent �f th�perimeter <br /> of the basement or lower level. �I �- � �U� I -" 1 '�2�� ! (% � <br /> A half story is defined as the uppermost floor of a building in which the intersection of the <br /> exterior wafl and the raof is not more than three #eet above the floor elevation and not more <br /> than 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 /> �OR MORE INFORMATION <br /> Contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 952-249-4620 or planninqCa�ci.orono.mn.us. <br /> Reference: City Code Section 78-1. Definitions. <br /> February,2008 <br /> This is an information sheet. Every effort has been made to insure the accuracy of the information contained herein; <br /> however,if any information is not consisfent wrth provisions of fhe Cify Code, the Code provisions will prevail. <br />