Chesapeake, Virginia · General provision
§ 3-400 (Building height definition)
Extracted standards
1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. measurement
The vertical distance measured from the level of the curb or the established curb grade opposite the middle of the front of the structure to the highest point of the roof if a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof; or to the highest point of any other structure.
From the ordinance
The vertical distance measured from the level of the curb or the established curb grade opposite the middle of the front of the structure to the highest point of the roof if a flat roof; to the deck line of a mansard roof; to the mean height level between the eaves and ridge of a gable, hip or gambrel roof; or to the highest point of any other structure.