relativelyminorslopesituation <br />Oneisfora.Ameasurementistaken5feethorizontallyfromthe <br />highersideoftheproposedhouseandthelowersideoftheproposedhouse.Measurethevertical <br />distancebetweenthose2gradelevels.Ifitis10feetorless,usethepoint(gradelevel)atthelowerside <br />ofthehouseasthepointofreferencefromwhichtomeasure30feetupforyourmax.building <br />height.Saythatdifferenceis8feet.Then8plus22getsyouto30.Maxheightunderthisscenariois30 <br />Right? <br />feetallin.? <br />Steepslopesituation <br />.Again,ameasurementistakenofgradelevel5feethorizontallyfromthehigher <br />sideoftheproposedhouseandthelowersideoftheproposedhouse.Iftheverticaldistancebetween <br />these2gradelevelsisgreaterthan10feet...say15feet...thepointofreferencefromwhichtomeasure <br />theallowable30footbuildingheightisfromapoint10feethigherthanthelowestgradeatthebackofthe <br />house.Lookingata"crosssection,"you'dhave10feetverticalatthebottom,plus5feetverticaltoget <br />evenwiththegradelevelatthefrontofhouseplus25feetverticalfromthereforamaxof40feetwhen <br />Right?? <br />viewedfromthebackofthehouse. <br />Additionally,EC9.6720providesforanadditional7feetinheightforsomearchitecturalfeaturesandroof <br />structuresprovidedtheroofslopeis6:12orgreater. <br />Clearasmud??Wow.Whoeverwrotethedefinitionfor"BuildingHeight"andallofitspermutationsmust <br />havebeeninareally,reallybadmoodthatday!!CanyoupleaseconfirmthatIhavecorrectlystatedthe <br />twopossiblescenarios?? <br />Thanksasalwaysforyourassistance. <br /> <br />