HomeMy WebLinkAboutPN_Narrative_230731_v1Permit No. B23000132 July 25, 2023
Address: 11902 SE 170th Pl Renton, WA. 98058
Letter-Narrative explaining why design does not meet 25 percent windows and door on
front façade facing street.
Due to the floor plan layout of rooms and stairway it’s impossible to add more window-
door square footage to meet the 25 percent per planning requirements.
The calculated front façade outline per planning is 688 square feet, I calculated 559
square feet. In my calculation of façade outline I did not include space below the main
floor line because there would not be any window or doors in that space. I also believe
the triangle space of the gable ends of the roof should not be included in the façade
square footage. If these roof ends were hip roofs, then that triangle area would not be
included.
Our total square footage for windows and door is a total of 95 square feet. If you
calculate using 688 square feet that only allows for 14 percent. If you use 559 square
feet, it gets to 17 percent.
As for meeting the guidelines, we have done the best in trying to achieve the most
window and door square footage on the front façade do to floor plan layout that allows
the most wall square footage to place window and door ope nings to full fill the best
percent of windows and door to wall square footage ratio.
Lynn Reynolds