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Originally Posted by JimNasium
Were there any historical provisions or considerations for modifying the exterior of the home?
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Yeah. We can't change the front of the house or put in any skylights. Also, we can't make the house any taller because we're in a "height restriction zone" from that Colonnade that I drove you by in the park. They want the park to have a mountain view, so everything in a big cone west of it can't be over a certain height. Interestingly, our house is only about a foot short of the height, so we couldn't build a traditional dormer on the back of the house or it would violate that code. Apparently the height restriction has precedence over the historic stuff (at least on the back of the house), so they are letting us build a third-floor (roofless) deck that's not historically fitting to the home.