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Melanie Curtis <br /> From: Graham Neve [graham.neve@gmail.com] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 3:43 PM <br /> To: Melanie Curtis <br /> Cc: John van Dyck <br /> Subject: Re: plan review for 2310 Oliver Hjll <br /> kl0 i�� a1 <br /> Melanie, 60 / <br /> Orono code:Building height mean he vertical distance betwe-• -- . est ad'oinin round level at the <br /> building or ten feet above the lowest ground level, whichever s lower, ,,��,the to. e cornice of a flat roof, or the <br /> deck line of a mansard roof, or the uppermost point on a rou•t • • -r arch-7.O-Of, or the median height of the <br /> highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof.Topographic changes which elevate the adjoining ground level above the <br /> existing terrain shall not be considered in determining building height. For a pitched or hipped roof situation, regardless <br /> whether the highest living space in a building is a half-story or full story, if the highest living space contains windows <br /> (excluding skylights) the upper measuring point for defining building height shall be the median height of the top of the <br /> highest window and the highest peak of the roof. <br /> Also, In your review sheet, it doesn't say 1/2 of the highest adjacent grade. It just says to subtract the highest adjacent <br /> grade. That to me is 8'. Both these equations come out to 28'-11". I don't mean to pick a fight but there is quite a bit of <br /> work involved to change the roof pitch/height to make this work. I still don't see how I am doing this wrong according to <br /> your wording. Let me know what I need to do. Thanks, Graham <br /> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Melanie Curtis <MCurtis@ci.orono.mn.us>wrote: <br /> Graham <br /> Attached is the in-house permit review sheet that we use for each building permit. You will see in the middle of the page <br /> our height analysis. After receiving your email I went back and re-did the analysis and the height actually measures to <br /> 32.75' based on our formula. I think the previous analysis was done erroneously by measuring from the peak to the <br /> highest window. I apologize for any confusion. <br /> (2&; <br /> I have a meeting at 2:30 but should be available afterwards if you have questions. <br /> 1� <br /> Thanks. ► ` r <br /> Weor <br /> a <br /> cag,,,,(Ouisk <br /> Basement 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 the <br /> 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 have <br /> a lower level but are merely "unexcavated". Artificially raising the grade adjacent to the foundation of a structure (by <br /> filling or by a combination of filling and retaining walls) above the surrounding natural terrain shall not be allowed as a <br /> 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 /> 1 <br />