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Councilordinancenumber20270amended9ǒŭĻƓĻ͸ƭcodeasfollows. <br />9.2741SpecialUseLimitationsforTable9.2740. <br />(2)SecondaryDwellings.SecondarydwellingsareonlypermittedinR1andaresubjecttothe <br />standardsbelow. <br />(a)Secondarydwellingsthatarewithinthesamebuildingastheprimarydwelling <br />shallcomplywithallthefollowing: <br />1.Thedwellingshallnotexceed800squarefeetunlessoccupyingthefull <br />storyofamultistorystructurewithgroundfloorresidentialuse. <br />Ͷ <br />(b)Inadditiontothestandardsinsubsection(a)ofthissection,detached <br />secondarydwellingsshallcomplywiththefollowing: <br />Ͷ <br />2.Iflocatedwithin20feetofapropertyline,themaximumbuildingheight <br />shallnotexceed15feet. <br />Ͷ <br />TheordinancewasapprovedbytheCouncilandMayor November25,2002 andbecameeffective30 <br />dayslater. <br />th <br />Basedontheplansandordinancenumber20270,thestructureat1777E.30Avenueexceedsthe800 <br />squarefootlimitandthereforewouldnothavequalifiedasaSDUpriortotheR1codeamendments.As <br />furtherproof,eachofthefourhypotheticalappraisalsdescribes,inthesupplementaladdendums,the <br />existingstructureasfollows: <br />ͻŷĻsubjectalsofeaturesadetached864sfseparatelegaldwellingbuiltinЋЉЉЍ͵ͼ <br />AreviewoftheJune14,2014plansshowsthe864squarefootdwellingunit.Itisnotandneverwould <br />havebeenlegalasaSDU.However,theplansstatethesquarefootageas760.Thiswasarrivedatby <br />improperlyexcludinga13by8footmechanicalroomwherethefurnaceandwaterheaterarelocated. <br />Ifonlyinteriorlivingspaceisconsidered,thesquarefootageisstill808.Noneofthisevenconsidersthe <br />480squarefeetofunfinishedatticspaceadjacenttoandonlyaccessiblefromthedwelling. <br />Theexistingstructure,wastoolargetobeconsideredalegalSDUbeforetheR1changeswereinplace. <br />Thismeanstheclaimhasnomeritandshouldberejected. <br />Therearealsoquestionsabouttheheightoftheexistingstructureanditsdistancefromthelotlines. <br />ThismayalsodisqualifyitasaSDU.Theelevationdrawingdoesnotgivesufficientinformationabout <br />gradetoaccuratelyestablishaͻŭƩğķĻreferencedatumƌźƓĻͼfromwhichtoMeasureheight.Alsofurther <br />researchisneededtodetermineifthestructureislessthan20feetfromanadjacentlotline. <br />th <br />Noindependentonsiteinspectionof1777E.30AvenuehasbeendonebytheCitytoconfirmthe <br />squarefootageorheight. <br />βЋβ <br /> <br />