§ 10-61. State Capitol Area.

(a)

Adoption of map. The attached map shall be and hereby is approved and adopted and the portion thereon indicated by shading or crosshatching shall be and hereby is determined to be and is designated as an area necessary for the preservation of a certain panoramic view. The restrictive provisions of this article shall be in full force and effect as to the portion of the attached map indicated by shading or crosshatching.

(b)

Limitations on construction. No part of a structure within the area on the attached map indicated by shading or crosshatching shall exceed an elevation of five thousand two hundred eighty-six (5,286) feet above mean sea level plus one and seven-tenths feet for each one hundred (100) feet that the part of a structure is horizontally distant from the reference point. Wherever a structure lies partially outside and partially inside of the area on the attached map indicated by shading or crosshatching, the provisions of this section shall apply only to that part of the structure that lies within the area indicated on the map by shading or crosshatching.

(c)

Reference point. Reference point is a point having an elevation of five thousand two hundred eighty-six (5,286) feet above mean sea level, which point is located at the midpoint of the top step on the westerly exposure of the capitol of the state.

 

(Code 1950, § 645.4-4)