(A) Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure shall be erected, enlarged, or reconstructed to exceed the height limit established for the district wherein such building or structure is located. The “Table of Standards for Principal Buildings on Individual Lots” set forth in § 171.08 shall apply.
(B) Modification to height limitations.
(1) On through lots 150 feet or less in depth, the height of a building may be measured from the adjoining curb level on either side. In the event no curb is present the height of a building may be measured from the closest edge of the adjoining street on either side.
(2) On through lots more than 150 feet in depth, the height of a building may be measured from the street permitting the greater height and shall apply to a depth of not more than 150 feet from the closest edge of the street.
(C) Exclusions from height limits. Penthouses on roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building, fire or parapet walls, skylights, television aerials, steeples, roof signs, flagpoles, smokestacks, chimneys, wireless masts, water tanks, grain elevators, silos, gas containers, industrial installations requiring a vertical production procedure, such as flour mills, steel mills and refineries, or similar structures may be erected above the height limits herein prescribed, but no penthouse or roof structures or any space above the height limit shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional floor space for residential, business, or industrial use.
(Ord. 2017-02, passed 2-20-2018) Penalty, see § 175.99