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Explanation of building height limitations due to site constraints
1:24:44
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Council Member Kevin C. Riley expresses concern about the proposed R7D District allowing buildings up to 110 feet, while the current plan is for a 65-foot building. He asks how the community can be assured that the building won't be taller than planned.
- Ben Stark explains that the narrow site makes it practically impossible to build much higher than 65 feet
- The required setbacks from the narrow streets would eliminate the usable floor plate if they tried to build higher
- The site's constraints naturally limit the building's height, despite the zoning allowing for taller structures
Kevin C. Riley
1:24:44
The R 7 D District you're proposing allows a building up to a 10 feet.
1:24:48
Your building rises to approximately 65 while utilizing all available FARs, but that leaves a lot of space to build higher.
1:24:57
How can the community be sure that you will only build six story building?
Ben Stark
1:25:00
This is a great question and one that if we had a much bigger site, I'd be sort of nervous to respond to.
1:25:06
There's there's simply no way that we will get If if if this building does end up taller than 65 it it it it basically can't end up too much taller than 65 because we're gonna hit the max base height eventually.
1:25:19
And the the site is so narrow that if you try to to comply with the setbacks that are above the base height, you the the floor plate is basically eliminated at that point.
1:25:33
Each each The setback from each of these narrow streets has to be 15 feet.
1:25:38
The widest point of the site is I think only I have to look it up, but it's it's a very narrow site such that as you set back 15 feet from all the streets, you're left with this tiny little, basically unprogrammable little pimple that could theoretically rise to the 120 feet.
1:25:56
It's basically an impossibility.
1:25:59
Hence why
Kevin C. Riley
1:25:59
Not a pretty sight to think about.
Ben Stark
1:26:01
Yeah.