Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Maximum retaining wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. outside building envelope6 ft
For retaining walls located outside of a building envelope, the maximum height of the retaining wall (including the combined height of tiered retaining walls) is six (6) feet.
- Retaining wall setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lot line
Where the exposed side of a retaining wall faces a public right-of-way or adjoining property, the retaining wall shall be set back a minimum distance from the lot line of: 4/3 x [height of retaining wall].
Tiers shall be set back from each other a horizontal distance of one (1) foot per two (2) feet of height of the higher tier.
- Tiering required for retaining walls over 6 feet
Retaining walls must be tiered if they are more than six (6) feet in height, measured from finished grade, and no individual tier shall exceed six (6) feet in height.
From the ordinance
Retaining walls are subject to the standards of this Section.