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to preserve trees causing such shade. ~c} Insi nificant benefit. The proposed building shades one or more of the following: I. Anon-developable area, such as designated open space or roadways, or a publ i c use which does not need solar access ~ parkl and, roadway, public f ac i 1 i ty} or simi 1 ar uses . Z, The wall of an unheated space, such as a garage, ex- c1 udi ng so1 ar greenhouses and other simi 1 ar solar structures. k Ad u ~7} Yard Setba,c. _ j ,stment. The city shall grant an adjustment to the side, front and/or rear yard setback requirements by up to 50 percent only to the extent necessary to build a propased building so it complies with the solar setback standard ~n subsection ~4} of this section or the solar balance point adjustment i n subsection ~S} of this section. The yard setback adjustment may nvt reduce the setback below that required to comply with building code standards far fire control. . S So ar balance, p_„_ ~_ ~ } oint a,d„j,,ustment. The applicant may request an add ustment to the standards in subsection ~4}~a} ar ~4}fib} of this section up to but not exceeding the solar balance paint if both the following require- ments are met . The solar balance point i s one-hal f of the minimum reduction of the solar setback that would be necessary to leave the applicant's solar feature unshaded by an existing or potential shade point located on a lot to the south see Figure 8}. ~a} 5hade on solar feature. The solar feature of the appli- cant's propased building will be shaded as determined in the foll~w- ing subsections: 1. The applicant shat 1 choose one of the fol 1 owi ng sources of shade originating frarn the adjacent lots} to the south to calculate the maximum al 1 owabl a shade on the appl i - cant's solar feature: a. Existing buildings} ar non exempt trees; or b. The maximum shade that can be cast from future bui 1 di ngs or non-exempt trees, based an Table 4. if the 1ot~s} to the south can be further divided, the north- south dimension shall be assumed to be the minimum lot width required for anew lot in that zone. 2. The height of the 1 awest point ~f any solar feature of the proposed bui 1 d i ng shat 1 be calculated with respect to either the average elevation or the elevation at the midpoint of the front 1 of 1 i ne of the 1 at to the south . 3. The applicant shall determine the height of the shadow that would be cast upon the app1 i cant's solar feature by the source of shade selected i n subsection ~ I } of this section by using the fol 1 owi ng formula yr Table 3: SFSH = SH - ~SGL/2.5~ where: SFSH = The allowed shadow height on the solar feature. SH = The height of the shade at the northern 1 vt 1 i ne of 1 at ~ s } to the south as determined i n this section, SGL = The solar gain line the distance from the solar feature to the northern lot line of the adjacent 1 vt ~ s ~ to the south, ~ see Figure 1} . fib} Neighbor,,,,,,approva1. The applicant submits a form provided by the city that : ~ W..,~..~- Ordinance - 11