20.200.510

The "height" of a structure at any point is the vertical distance between its top surface and the "grade" immediately below it. For purposes of this section, "grade" shall be determined as follows: A. For any point on the top surface of a structure, "grade" is the intersection of the vertical line, through said point, with a straight line which passes through: 1. The vertical line, and 2. The nearest point of the property line nearest to the vertical line, and 3. A point on a second property line opposite to the first property line. Said property lines shall be property lines of the same lot on which the structure being measured is constructed or installed and said property lines shall be assumed to lie on the surface of the finished ground elevation. B. When the point described in subsection A.2. or in subsection A.3. of this section is more than seventy-five feet from the nearest exterior surface of the structure, such point shall be moved along the same bearing, as was established pursuant to subsection A. of this section, to a point at finished ground elevation and seventy-five feet from said exterior surface. C. When there is an on or off-site retaining wall located within six inches of the property line at the point established by subsection A.2. or by subsection A.3., said point shall be moved along the same bearing, as was established pursuant to subsection A., to a point at finished ground elevation and twelve inches off-site. (Ords. 26248, 26455.)