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•� t <br />� Christine Mattson <br /> From: Christine Mattson <br /> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 11:35 AM <br /> To: 'bob@masonrybuilders.net'; 'Groh2r@aol.com' <br /> Cc: Melanie Curtis <br /> Subject: 835 Hunt Farm Road /#2014-00667 <br /> Attachments: Sheet A5 and partial copies of survey.pdf; plan review checklist.pdf <br /> The property addressed 835 Hunt Farm Road was part of a PRD subdivision in 1984 and has an underlying <br /> RR-1A zoninq. <br /> We have conducted a staff review of the survey and building plans from a zoning standpoint. I want to let you <br /> know that we have reviewed building height of the home and it appears the home is too tall and does not meet <br /> the 30-foot defined building height requirement. See City Code Section 78-395. Attached is a copy of our Plan <br /> Review Checklist showing our height analysis and a defined height of 36.5 feet. Also attached is a reduced <br /> copy (not to scale) of Sheet A5 and partial copies of the survey showing where our numbers came from. <br /> Please note, the plans have not been reviewed by the engineer or the Building Official. <br /> Please submit revised building plans, meeting the defined height so our review can continue. If you have any <br /> questions, don't hesitate to contact us. <br /> Christine Mattson <br /> Planning Assistant <br /> City of Orono <br /> 2750 Kelley Parkway � Orono � MN � 55356 (physical addressJ <br /> PO Box 66 � Crystal Bay � MN � 55323-0066 (mailing addressJ <br /> `�° 952.249.4620 � g 952.249.4616 <br /> � cmattson@ci.orono.mn.us � � www.ci.orono.mn.us <br /> Summer Office Hours: (Monday, May 19 through Friday,August 29,2014) <br /> Monday-Thursday: 7:30 am to 5 pm <br /> Friday: 7:30 am to 11:30 am <br /> OUR OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED: Friday,luly 4, 2014 <br /> Code Excerpts relating to building height/# of stories: <br /> LINK <br /> easement means that portion of a building that is partly or completely below the existing ground level. A basement shall <br /> be considered as a story for purposes of determining the number of stories in a building, when the finished surface of <br /> the floor above the basement is more than six feet above the existing ground level for more than 50 percent of the <br /> basement's perimeter.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 a structure <br /> (by filling or by a combination of filling and retaining walls) above the surrounding natural terrain shall not be allowed as <br /> a method for converting a defined story to a defined basement, regardless of any other benefits to the property of such <br /> action. Finished grade that increases more than one foot from existing ground level shall be considered as artificially <br /> raising the grade. However, artificially raising the grade when such action merely restores a previously excavated site to <br /> its original natural grade may used as a method for converting a defined story to a defined basement. <br /> � <br />