Commissioners debate how Keizer code measures accessory‑structure height; staff favors peak‑to‑peak interpretation
At the hearing commissioners and staff debated how the Keizer Development Code defines height for detached accessory structures; staff and several commissioners said a roofline‑to‑roofline (peak‑to‑peak) comparison drives the visual‑prominence determination that justified denying the height variance.
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Commissioners and staff spent significant time debating how to measure accessory‑structure height under Keizer Development Code section 2.313, with the planning director and staff saying the controlling definition compares building height from finished grade to the highest point of the structure and that an accessory structure’s roofline should not exceed the primary building’s roofline.
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