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Commission continues proposed switch from feet to ‘stories’ for building-height limits
Summary
After extended discussion and developers’ objections, the Planning Commission continued consideration of a land‑use amendment that would measure maximum building height by stories instead of feet and would add a ‘half‑story’ definition and other rules.
The Timnath Planning Commission continued action on a proposal to change how building height is measured — shifting from numeric feet to counting stories and a related set of definitions for residential and nonresidential buildings.
Why it matters: Staff told the commission the stories-based approach is intended to make height limits more intuitive and to align land-use language with building-code references to “stories.” The draft establishes numeric maximums for a defined residential story (a conservative maximum of 12 ft 8 in per story) and a “half‑story”…
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