(A) Height. Penthouse or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, steeples, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, water tanks, wireless or television masts, theater lofts, silos or similar structures may be erected above the height limits herein prescribed, but no space above the height limit shall be allowed for purposes of providing additional floor space.
(B) Story.
(1) In instances where sufficient grade slope allows for the main story of an accessory building to be accessed from ground level at the highest ground elevation and the lower story accessed from the opposing side of the building at the lowest ground elevation, a two-story accessory building shall be allowed.
(2) The following location and height standards and regulations apply on a sloping site to qualify for a two-story accessory building.
(a) Accessory building location shall be located within the required building setbacks as illustrated herein.
(b) Accessory building height is measured as the vertical distance from the average ground elevation along the sloping or terraced exterior building wall to the highest point of the building as illustrated herein.
(c) For the purpose of measuring the highest point of the building the average ground elevation is the mid-point between the highest and lowest ground elevations along the sloping or terraced exterior building wall as illustrated herein.
(d) Buildings on slopes greater than 15% grade are required to complete and submit structuring engineering for the building.
(The figure for accessory building locations on a sloping sites shall continue on the following page.)
Accessory Building Location on a Sloping Site
Accessory Building Height on a Sloping Site
(Prior Code, § 29.05.100) (Ord. 07-13, passed 7-19-2007; Ord. 22-05, passed 3-17-2022)