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Planning commission reviews draft changes to how South Burlington measures and caps building heights
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May 13 — The South Burlington City Planning Commission reviewed proposed amendments to how the city defines and measures building height and to the maximum heights for different building types.
May 13 — The South Burlington City Planning Commission reviewed proposed amendments to how the city defines and measures building height and to the maximum heights for different building types. Planning staff presented a draft that aligns the city’s measurements with the International Building Code, shifts the primary baseline to finished grade, and replaces some story‑based limits with explicit foot measurements.
The changes matter because they affect how tall new housing and mixed‑use projects can be and how developers calculate heights during design. Planning staff said the intent is to simplify measurements for builders and to make the city’s rules consistent with industry practice: “we’ve moved the standard for…
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