A. Primary Residential Building. The vertical distance from the average elevation of undisturbed soil to the highest elevation point of the roof or parapet wall measured as follows:

1. Stake out corners of building rectangle of original grade;

2. Select fixed datum point such as top of manhole cover, joint in curb, spike in road, etc.;

3. Establish height of building rectangle corners above or below datum point;

4. Average building rectangle elevations;

5. Specify building height limit above datum point;

6. Elevations of undisturbed soil at corners of building rectangle:

+ 2' Average elevation = 22 = 5.5'

+ 4' 4

+ 6' Permitted height = 25.0'

+10' Maximum height above datum 30.5'

22'

B. Building Height of Secondary Buildings. These are limited in height to the maximum height allowed for the primary residential building as measured from the lower of the average grade of the primary building or the average grade of the secondary building. See subsection A of this section for the method of measurement. However, all secondary buildings may be built to a height of fifteen feet above its own surrounding natural average grade without regard to the primary structure.

(Ord. 202 §2.04, 1987)