
DESCRIPTION
A raised, roofed platform that provides additional living space, with access solely from the interior of a building.
STANDARDS
- Galleries may be partially or fully enclosed.
- Galleries may be projecting or integral.
- Galleries may wrap around corners to attach to porches, decks, balconies, or other galleries on abutting building faces.
- When built on an upper floor, galleries must be supported from below by a porch, arcade, or other supporting component; or visually supported by brackets, corbels, or beams along its full depth.
- When built at the first floor, the platform must extend visually to the ground plane.
- A gallery may be built on an upper floor of a primary frontage provided that there is only one galley located on the floor directly below it.
DIMENSIONS
Setback from facade |
n/a |
Width (A) |
No more than the width of |
the building face to which it |
|
attaches |
|
Projection (B) |
6 ft min, 12 ft max |
Absolute Height |
n/a |
Fenestration |
60% min when enclosed |
Clear Height (C) |
7 ft min |
Length |
n/a |
Area |
n/a |
Eave Height |
n/a |
Gable End Setback |
n/a |
Top Plate Height |
n/a |