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ORDINANCE NO. 1807 SERIES 2021 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF THE LOUISVILLE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING BUILDING HEIGHT CALCULATIONS WHEREAS, the City of Louisville is a Colorado home rule municipal corporation duly organized and existing under laws of the State of Colorado and the City Charter; and WHEREAS, the City has previously adopted building height measurement standards and desires to update such standards; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure that building height is measured from a natural grade or other approved grade so that the overall height of a structure may not be raised through the manipulation of the grade of a lot during construction; and WHEREAS, after a duly noticed public hearing held on March 11, 2021, where evidence and testimony were entered into the record, including the Louisville Planning Commission Staff Report dated March 11, 2021, the Louisville Planning Commission has recommended the City Council adopt the amendments to the LMC set forth in this ordinance; and WHEREAS, City Council has provided notice of a public hearing on said ordinance by publication as provided by law and held a public hearing as provided in said notice; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO, THAT: Section 1. Chapter 17.08 of the Louisville Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (words added are underlined; words deleted are stricken through): Sec. 17.08.045. - Building height. Building height means the vertical distance measured from natural grade or the grade of an approved over -lot grading plan to the highest point on the roof surface. Sec. 17.08.205. — Grade, natural ground level) Natural Ggrade (ground level) means the average of the finished grade surface elevation measured at the highest and lowest exterior corners of a structure. If fill is added to raise the surface elevation at the structure by more distance of ten feet from the structure wall, or from the property line if the property line is closer than ten feet to the structure wall the elevation of a lot undisturbed by development or, if the lot has already been developed, Ordinance No. 1807, Series 2021 Page 1 of 3