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Certificate of Appropriateness Application: <br />Additional Statement <br />319 W. Navarre St., South Bend, IN 46616 <br />Owners: Tom & Mary Casteel <br />December 7, 2020 <br />Our understanding of the residential code (section R308.4.3) is that windows with sill <br />heights less than 18" above the floor are required to use safety glass. However, our <br />contractor states that the maximum opening height for windows with safety glass is 80"and <br />our opening height is 97." This leaves us two options. First, we can raise the sills to meet <br />the residential code minimum of 18" above the floor, or second, we can replace the <br />windows with the current configuration and do not use safety glass, which we believe is a <br />violation of the residential code. If we are not able to raise the sill heights of the window <br />openings to 18” above the floor we believe that we will create a condition that is in violation <br />of the current building code and that is also a potential safety hazard.