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th <br />TheJuly25statementsaremisleadingsincetheexistingstructurecouldneverhavebeenalegalSDU. <br />However,inthe‘źƌƭƚƓ͸ƭcasetheirlotislargeenoughtobuildafullsizeddwellingandremodelthe <br />existingstructureintoalegalSDU. <br />TheR1codeamendmentshavenotrestrictedtheresidentialuseofthe‘źƌƭƚƓ͸ƭproperty. <br />Putdifferently,bothbeforeandaftertheR1changestherewasnothingtopreventtheWilsonsfrom <br />th <br />havingafullsizeddwellingandaSDUontheirproperty.Thiswasreinforcedbythe/źƷǤ͸ƭApril20letter <br />anddemonstratestheclaimhasnomeritandshouldberejected. <br />CouldtheexistingstructurequalifyasaSDUwiththeheight/setbackexemption? <br />TheMeasure49claimonlyasksforanexemptionfromEC9.2751(17)(c)9forheight/setback.Atleast <br />twoothersectionsofthecodewouldpreventthebuildingfrombeingconsideredaSDU. <br />First:EC9.2751(3)(d)states: <br />Anadditional7feetofbuildingheightisallowedforroofslopesof6:12orsteeperintheR1,R <br />2,R3andR4zones,exceptthatthisadditionalbuildingheightallowanceisnotpermittedin <br />theR1zoneforsecondarydwellings,accessorybuildingsordevelopmentonalleyaccesslots. <br />Thebuildinginquestionisatleast22feetfromthegradereferencedatumlinetothepeakoftheroof.A <br />SDUmustbelessthan18feettallifitismorethan20feetfromapropertyline,15feetifcloser. <br />Second:EC9.2751(17)(a)2states: <br />BuildingSize.Thetotalbuildingsquarefootageofasecondarydwellingshallnotexceed10 <br />percentofthetotallotareaor800squarefeet,whicheverissmaller.Totalbuildingsquare <br />footageismeasuredattheexteriorperimeterwallsandisdefinedasallsquarefootageinsideof <br />thedwelling,including,butnotlimitedtohallways,entries,closets,utilityrooms,stairwaysand <br />bathrooms. <br />Thetotalsquarefootageofthebuildingis2,208,notincluding480squarefeetofunfinishedatticspace. <br />th <br />Basedontheaboveinformationthebuildingat1777E.30AvenuecouldnotqualifyasaSDUevenwith <br />theMeasure49height/setbackexemption. <br />βЍβ <br /> <br />