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o�"O�o BU[LDING HEIGHT <br /> � � �' www.cl.orono.mn,u� <br /> ��' 952-249-4620 <br /> ALL BUILDIIVGS IN ORQNQ MUST HAVE A DEFINED BUILDING HE{GHT OF 30 FEET QR <br /> LESS AND MUST HAVE N� MORE THAN TWO STORIES PLUS A HALF STORY. <br /> HOW TO DETERAAINE 7HE DEFINED HEIGHT OF A BUILDIMG: <br /> FOR A BUILDING WITH A BASEMENT OR CRAWL SPACE: <br /> START WITH the distance between the basement floor/craw[ space floor and , <br /> the highest roof peak, the top of the cornice of a flat roof, the /1 � <br /> deck line of a mansard roof, or the uppermost point on a round ��� <br /> or other arch- e roof <br /> SUBTRACT half the distance between the highest window and highest roaf <br /> �\ eak of a itched roof <br /> SUBTRACT the distance befiareen the basement floor/crawf space floor and � <br /> the highest existing grade within the foundation or 1 Q feet, <br /> wi�ichever is less. � <br /> EQUALS Defined buildin hei ht �j� <br /> FOR A BUILDING ON A SLAB FOUNDATION: <br /> START WITH the distance befinreen the slab and the highes# roof peak, the ' <br /> top of the cornice of a flat roof, the deck line of a mansard roof, <br /> or the u ermost oint on a round or other arch- e roof <br /> SUBTRACT half the distance between the highest window and highest roof <br /> eak of a itched roof <br /> ADD the distance between the slab and the highest existing grade <br /> wi#hin the foundation <br /> EQUALS Defined buildin hei ht ��--`�'/ <br /> HOW TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF STORIES: ��'�k7" <br /> For the basement or lower level 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 percenf of the perimeter <br /> of the basement or lower level. <br /> A half story is defined as the uppermost floor of a building in which the intersection of the <br /> exterior waEl and the roof is not more than three feet above #he floor elevation and not more <br /> than 60 percent of the floor area within the sxterior walls of the uppermost floor exoeeds five <br /> feet in height as measured from the floor to the rafters. <br /> FOR MORE INFORMATIOM <br /> Contact the Planning and Zoning Department at 952-249-4620 or planninq�Dci.orono.mn.us. <br /> Reference:City Code Section 78-1. Definitions. <br /> February,20Q8 <br /> This is aR infonnation sheet Every effo�f has been made to insure the accuracy of the infomrafion containeaf herein; <br /> however,if any informatton is not consisfent with prov)srons of the City Code,ihe Code provisions will prevail. <br />