![]() In residential districts, it is sometimes suggested that limiting number of stories is a way to regulate population density. ![]() Why the lily-gilding, with its embroidering definitions of story, half-story, attic, basement, cellar, and so on? Enabling legislation usually authorizes regulation of number of stories, but this is not a requirement. Why number of stories? Height sets a relatively close limit on this. Starting from this definition, which runs into trouble on slopes as will be seen later, limitations usually cover height and number of stories. The vertical distance to a flat roof, or in the case of a pitched roof to the mean level between the eaves and the highest point of the roof, measured from the average graded ground level at all sides of the building. Common practice starts from a definition like this: Emphasis is on residential uses, but elements of the approach could be used elsewhere.Įvery zoning ordinance regulates height. Application of this system on hillsides, to which urban development is increasingly driven, may be particularly helpful. This report suggests a system of height regulations more closely related to public purposes than are many current limitations. ![]() Illustrations in this report appeared originally in the May and July-August (1965) issues of Florida Planning and Development. Height Regulation in Residential Districts Education, Work, and Experience Verificationġ313 EAST 60TH STREET - CHICAGO 37 ILLINOIS ![]()
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