Is there a minimum or maximum distance in the vertical plane?

Yes. The minimum height clearance of each floor between members is 2.25”. There also needs to be access points within each floor that measure 2.5” x 1” (rectangular in shape) in order for areas to count as rentable areas. Section 8.2.d Also see Section 8.2.a for elevation requirement. There is a 1/4″ tolerance. Table 4 also shows the floor and roof elevations for various model configurations.