On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:11:06 -0800 (PST), Chris
wrote:

The first floor ceiling height is 8 ft.

However, the new addition may be put at the side of the house with the
new bottom floor being a large covered patio (floor of new addition
providing patio cover). The land that the house sits on is a datum of
192 ft. above sea leve. The HOA restructs construction of 210 ft.
above sea level.

Then dig a hole.

My nasty neighbor called the building deparatment when my deck was
falling apart (I was going to get to it.) I was going to build a
new deck but noticed part was still good, the 20 inches of the old one
that say under the overhang. All I had to do was nail; a decorative
board to the end of the 2x8's.

A railing wasn't needed because the deck was under nn inches high.
The morning that the inspector was coming, I measured again, and
somehow the deck was an inch higher and needed a railing, before 10AM.
I couldn't lower the deck so I raised the ground. (I bought some
topsil) ground.