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§ 154.51 HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   Residential structures.
      (1)   Principal structures in residential areas may not exceed 35 feet in height.
      (2)   Accessory structures in residential areas may not exceed 16 feet in height, or up to the same height as the principal structure, whichever is less.
   (B)   Public, semi-public, or public service buildings, hospitals, institutions, churches, or schools, when permitted in a residential district, may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet, if the building is set back from each yard line at least three feet for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise permitted in the district in which the building is to be located.
   (C)   Height limitations do not apply to spires, belfries, cupolas, water tanks, cooling towers, elevator penthouses, ventilators, chimneys, stacks, radio towers, or other appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level and not intended for human occupancy.
   (D)   For the purposes of height measurements, a basement shall not be counted unless more than three feet six inches of its height projects above grade at the front building line, in which case it shall be counted.
('69 Code, § 151.51) (Ord. C-285, passed 7-8-68; Am. Ord. C-666, passed 10-10-89; Am. Ord. C-692, passed 10-9-90; Am. Ord. C-732, passed 4-13-92; Am. Ord. 2018-13, passed 2-11-19) Penalty, see § 154.99
Cross-reference:
   Height regulations, § 154.26
§ 154.52 YARD EXCEPTIONS.
   (A)   An open unenclosed porch, deck, patio or paved terrace may project into a front yard for a distance not exceeding ten feet, or into a side yard for a distance not more than half the side yard required.
   (B)   Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky unobstructed, except for accessory buildings in a rear or side yard, and except for the customary projections of sky-lights, sills, balconies, cornices, and ornamental features.
   (C)   Open or lattice-enclosed fire escapes, fireproof outside stairways, and balconies projecting not more than five feet into a rear yard, and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues may be permitted.
   (D)   Fences, not exceeding four and one-half feet in height, may be permitted in any rear or side yard.
('69 Code, § 151.52) (Ord. C-285, passed 7-8-68; Am. Ord. C-666, passed 10-10-89; Am. Ord. C-692, passed 10-9-90) Penalty, see § 154.99
§ 154.53 AREA EXCEPTIONS.
   In a residential district, any lot having an area or width less than the standard specified for that district, shown as a lot on a subdivision plat recorded after the effective date of this Zoning Code, in the office of the County Recorder of Hamilton County, after approval by the Planning Commission in the manner provided by law, may be used as a dwelling site, subject to all other regulations of this Zoning Code. And provided further that in a residential district any lot of record which had, as of the effective date of this Zoning Code an area or width less than the standard specified herein, and no owner of which owned, at anytime after the effective date of this Zoning Code, adjacent land which could have been added to the lot to meet the standard specified herein, may be used as a dwelling site, subject to all other regulations of this Zoning Code.
('69 Code, § 151.53) (Ord. C-285, passed 7-8-68; Am. Ord. C-666, passed 10-10-89; Am. Ord. C-692, passed 10-9-90) Penalty, see § 154.99
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