Unfortunately, Evan is right about the height limit.

No restrictions about dormers though.

You're not thinking out of the box.

Build it as high as you want.

Then discover you have water intrusion. Only way to fix it is to add
three feet of fill and topsoil to your yard, sloping it away.

Now your house is three feet less above grade.

If you're lucky the HOA is lazy enough you only have to do it on the
street side.

On Nov 24, 12:10*am, Chris wrote:
Unfortunately, Evan is right about the height limit.

No restrictions about dormers though.

It doesn't matter how you pencil it, the only way you will get a 2nd
floor is one for hobbits.

Harry K

"TimR" wrote in message
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You're not thinking out of the box.

Build it as high as you want.

Then discover you have water intrusion. Only way to fix it is to add
three feet of fill and topsoil to your yard, sloping it away.

Now your house is three feet less above grade.

Won't work, as Chris said earlier, the maximum height is based on how high
it is above sea level (however that is calculated), no adjustments to soil
level will change that.

On Nov 24, 12:14*pm, "EXT" wrote:
"TimR" wrote in message

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You're not thinking out of the box.

Build it as high as you want.

Then discover you have water intrusion. *Only way to fix it is to add
three feet of fill and topsoil to your yard, sloping it away.

Now your house is three feet less above grade.

Won't work, as Chris said earlier, the maximum height is based on how high
it is above sea level (however that is calculated), no adjustments to soil
level will change that.

Whoops. You're right, I misread that part to mean the height above
grade didn't apply until you reached 210 feet.

Hey, maybe you could claim you misread it too?

On Nov 24, 12:10*am, Chris wrote:
Unfortunately, Evan is right about the height limit.

No restrictions about dormers though.

There is a way you can get a 2nd story, build alongside the house and
sink the first floor 4-6' below ground level. Then stand in the
street and give the bird to the HOA.

Harry K