Sponsors: Craig W. Barshinger Subject: An Act amending title 29 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, section 229 to limit the structures on St. John to no more than three stories

1. COMMITTEE ON PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
BILL NO. 28-0097
Twenty-Eighth Legislature of the Virgin Islands
July 21, 2009
An Act amending title 29 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, section 229 to limit the structures
on St. John to no more than three stories
PROPOSED BY: Senator Craig W. Barshinger
1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands:
2 SECTION 1. Title 29 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, section 229 is amended in
3 subsection (e) “maximum height limit” by inserting at the end of the sentence “except that on
4 the island of St. John, no residential structure may exceed three stories, and in no residential
5 structure may the eave height exceed fifty feet, nor may the roof top exceed sixty feet in
6 height above the original grade or the final grade”.
7 SECTION 2. Title 29 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 3, section 229 is amended in
8 subsection (f) by inserting at the end of the sentence “and in no residential structure on the
9 island of St. John may the eave height exceed fifty feet, nor may the roof top exceed sixty
10 feet in height above the original grade or the final grade.
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2 BILL SUMMARY
3 This Bill limits the height of residential buildings to no more than three stories with a
4 maximum height of sixty feet including the eave and roof top.
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7 BR09-0579T/June 8, 2009/AA
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