#### <br />3)PotentialBuildingHeight: <br />WhendeterminingthepotentialimpactofnewresidencesontheviewfromtheRibbonTrail, <br />inadditiontotheaboveanalysisregardingtheirproximitytothetrail,onemustalsoreview <br />thepossibleheightofnewresidences. <br />The8/22/17Application,onPage35(upper)ofPage67,statesthefollowing: <br />“Theproposedbuildingswilladheretothelimitsofthelandusecodeasitregulatesthe <br />heightofsinglefamilyhomes.Noflexibilityinthestandardsisrequested.” <br />Andonthesamepageafewlinesdown: <br />“Thelimittobuildingsizeisfoundintheheightrestrictionsplacedonthezoneandthelot <br />coveragestandards.” <br />Thesubjectofbuildingheightisaddressedwithinthecodeat EC9.0500Definitions <br />“BuildingHeight”atPage9.0-9.Thereisalsoaschematic BuildingHeightCalculation <br />sheetatFigure9.0500(shownbelow)andthetableat EC9.2750ResidentialDevelopment <br />ZoneStandards.Additionally,EC9.6720HeightExceptionsforRoofStructures… <br />providesforanadditional7feetinheightforsomearchitecturalfeaturesandroofstructures <br />providedtheroofslopeis6:12orgreater. <br />TheCommitteehasthoroughlyreviewedtheCity’sheightrestrictionsforbuildingsinanR-1 <br />neighborhood,suchasthesubject.TheCommitteeemailedspecificquestionstotheCity <br />regardinghowtocalculatethepotentialheightofbuildingsonsteepR-1lots.Seequote <br />belowfromaDecember14,2017emailfromMikeMcKerrow,LandUseAnalystwiththe <br />CityofEugene.AlsoseecompleteemailasanAttachmentYtothisResponseDocument. <br />“Awaytosummarizethedefinitionwhichattemptstoprovidesomereliefforsteeplots <br />is,youalwaysmeasurebuildingheightfromthelowestpointoftheperimeterofthe <br />buildingatadistance5’fromthewall.Ifthedifferenceis10’orgreaterfromthatlowest <br />pointontheperimetertothehighestpointyouget40’insteadof30’.Ifahousedesign <br />showsonlya9’differencefromlowestpointtohighest,itismorechallengingforthe <br />designersinceyoustillmeasurefromthelowestpointbutonlyget30’. <br />Gladyouidentifiedtheextra7’allowedfor6in12roofpitchesorgreater.Council <br />viewedsteeperroofpitchesasbeingmoreaestheticandcreatelessbulkormassfora <br />house.Iwouldsaymosthouseshaveatleastthisstandardsomosthousesget37’or47’ <br />onasteepslopeforthemaximumheight. <br />(Emphasisadded.) <br />39 <br /> <br />