ᐅ Question about the crawl space / knee wall

Hi everyone,

I have a quick question.
We might be able to purchase a plot of land...

The development plan states the following...

This amendment was recently approved:

Honestly, I don’t understand the connection between the eaves height of 3.50 meters (11 ft 6 in) and "no knee wall."

Wouldn’t that almost mean a ceiling height of 3.50 meters (11 ft 6 in) on the ground floor? Who wants that…
If I only have 2.80 meters (9 ft 2 in) height and use up the 3.50 meters (11 ft 6 in), then I have a knee wall.

Here is my understanding...

Knee wall marked in GRAY!!

Please clarify.
Thanks!

...or maybe a half-basement or one that has a few rows of blocks visible above ground... also, it says "up to" above the terrain.

BeHaElJa schrieb:
...or maybe a basement or one that has a few rows of blocks visible above ground... also, it says "up to" above the terrain.

I don’t understand...

If your basement rises 0.3 m (12 inches) above ground level and you build a story on top with a clear room height of approximately 2.5 m (8 feet 2 inches), you reach an eave height of 3.5 m (11 feet 6 inches)
==> 0.3 m (12 inches) + 0.2 m (8 inches) precast ceiling + 0.15 m (6 inches) floor construction + 2.5 m (8 feet 2 inches) ceiling height + 0.20 m (8 inches) precast ceiling + 0.25 m (10 inches) roof structure = 3.5 m (11 feet 6 inches)

Oh, I see... My question is more about wanting the knee wall to be as high as possible. But there’s no way to do that, right?!

When in doubt, check with the building authority if there are any exceptions – I assume your property falls under (I), right?