32 feet means 32 feet again.
A loophole closed, and the limit means what it says.
Restore a real 32-foot height limit in the historic district by closing the slope-based loophole that let buildings rise far higher.
The case
Why it mattered
The 'air-lift' loophole reached 57 feet.
Developers used hillside slope calculations to add up to 25 feet over the 32-foot limit.
Height is now measured from the street.
No exceptions in the historic district — the slope trick no longer works.
It's encoded in the municipal code.
A protection in law, not a promise.
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