1303.07 LOOK-ALIKE HOMES.

   (a)    The Building Commissioner shall not approve any application for a permit to erect, construct, alter or enlarge any detached one-family dwelling in any residential area of the City which shall be like or substantially like any neighboring dwelling then in existence or for which a building permit has been issued, or which is included in the same building permit application, in more than three of the following seven respects:

      (1)    Height of the main roof ridge or the highest point of the roof beams above the elevation of the first floor;

      (2)    Height of the main roof ridge above the top of the plate;

      (3)    Length of the main roof ridge;

      (4)    Width between outside walls at the ends of the dwelling measured under the main roof at right angles to the length thereof;

      (5)    Relative location of windows in the front elevation and in each of both side elevations with respect to each other and with respect to any door, chimney, porch or attached garage in the same elevation;

      (6)    Relative location of any attached garage, porch or gable, if any, in the front elevation with respect to each other and the remainder of the dwelling;

      (7)    Building materials and color to be used in the exterior surface of the dwelling.

   (b)    Dwellings shall be deemed to be like each other in any dimension with respect to which the difference between them is not more than two feet. Dwellings between which the only difference in relative location of elements is end to end or side to side reversal of such elements shall be deemed to be like each other in relative location of such elements.

   (c)    A permit to erect, construct, alter or enlarge any dwelling in a residence district shall not be issued by the Building Commissioner if the Architectural Board of Review determines that the architectural design of said dwelling is similar to any other dwelling within three lots adjacent to the subject dwelling or one directly across the street and the dwellings on either side of it.

   (d)    All plans for a new or remodeled residential structure as required by the Building Commissioner prior to the issuance of a building permit shall also include the following information:

      (1)    A copy of the subdivision plat indicating the sublot upon which a building permit is being applied for and adjacent sublots on the same side and across the street from the subject sublot; and

      (2)    Photographs of existing dwellings within three adjacent lots and directly across the street and the dwellings on either side of it from the lot upon which an application for a building permit is being filed.

         (Ord. 1987-36. Passed 2-9-88.)