One way to address it is that you regulate height from the finished grade of the house to the peak of the roof. The Planning Commission is recommending that height to be 35'. This would have significant impact on houses built in Sunfish Lake. Half of the houses built recently would not meet that requirement. Another type of regulation would be having a correlation between the setback from the property line and the maximum height regulation.
Most people coming here want a walkout basement.
Mayor Tiffany suggested holding this over for another month because of Councilman Bennett being uncomfortable about it and Councilman Dunning not in attendance. It was suggested again sending out individual letters to those who might be affected on the lot coverage, which would be done for this issue only. Attorney Crawford advised that you are going beyond the requirements of the statutes to do this, and if you set a precedent you will be expected to send individual notices for future agenda items. Councilman Stoddart offered to call people he knows who live on small lots. The mayor felt the Planner's office would have to identify all lots in the City below a certain size and send notices to all of them.