New Building Height Bulletin

Council approved amendments to update and clarify building heights regulations on July 6, 2021. To ensure a common understanding of the administrative practices related to building height regulations, the new Building Height Bulletin has been created for use by applicants and staff. Look for this topic-specific bulletin on the zoning and land use document library on the zoning and land use document library.

The bulletin provides information on how building height regulations are administered, including:

• Types of grades and when they are used
• Where height is measured to
• How height is measured for unique site circumstances
• Interpolation
• Height variances