HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandum - Building height for this permitGROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
PLANNING DIVISION
MEMORANDUM
TO: Joe Cicio, Plans Examiner
FROM: Kara Wood, TVC Planning Manager
CC: Robin Meyer, Assistant Growth Management Director
DATE: July 6, 2009
SUBJECT: Adman Investment — Building Permit #0808-0109
In response to your request for determination on the building height for this permit, the County's
Land Development Code Chapter 2 defines height as follows:
Height: The vertical distance between the minimum finished grade and the highest finished
main roof surface in the case of flat roofs or shed roofs, the deck line of a mansard roof and
the average distance between the eaves and the ridge of sloped roof with a pitch greater than
a 4:12 ratio. For the purpose of this Code, minimum finished grade shall be that elevation, for
both residential and nonresidential uses, required to meet minimum flood protection
regulations.
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This definition is in contrast to other code examples, which define height as "the highest point of the
coping of a flat roof or "the top of the parapet." Given this distinction in the Code language, we
have determined that the County code reference to the "main roof surface" indicates the roof deck
itself, excluding the height of the parapet and other features that may vertically project beyond the
roof deck. In this interpretation, we believe the applicant has conservatively defined the building
height as the roof deck of the stairwell. The roof height of this building could also be identified as
that of the main building at 42.75 NGVD, or 26.24 feet.