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Re: How many feet in one story.
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| "Rick Bass"> wrote
> Local code (Garden Grove, Ca.) calls out maximum height for an addition
> as: "One Story and seventeen feet."
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> Q: What is the total height?
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> Rick-trying-to-get-my-plans-approved-Meadows
Its an ambiguous number Rick,
You'll have to talk to the *chief plans examiner* directly, in person (don't
do it over the phone), to get the correct info.
Show him your plans and survey with legal description and he'll make a
determnation.
I happen to design homes on an assortment of islands that have differing
requirements on how to measure a homes *height*.
On one island they want the height measured from the finished grade to the
peak of the roof.
Another island they want from finished grade to *mean* roof, which is
mid-way up the roof.
Another one they want from underside of 1st floor framing to peak of roof,
etc., etc.
And then there's the whole issue of *angle of sight* to prevent large,
square, unsightly boxes.
Good luck.
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| "RicodJour"> wrote
> Don wrote:
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> I've also seen heights limitations based on the average grade along the
> front of the house, and, this one killed me, based on street elevation.
> Gee, that makes sense - if you live in Holland.
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> In any event, that one story plus 17' is weird. That's a damn tall
> roof on top of a story. Maybe there are a lot of 15/12 pitches* in the
> area...
A 48' span at an 8/12 pitch will do it.
Back in the 70's they wanted the floor height on a home to be 1' above crown
of road.
Even that has become much, much more complicated now a days.
Believe it or not, it depends on whether you're on a septic system or not,
in Cape Coral.
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