(a) Except as specifically stated in other parts of this Zoning Code, no building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed the height limit established for the district in which the building is located, except that penthouse or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain a building, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, steeples, stage lofts and screens, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, wireless masts, water tanks or similar structures may be erected above the height limit. No such structure may be erected to exceed by more than 15 feet the height limit of the district in which it is located, or have a total area greater than 25% of the roof area of the building, or be used for any purpose other than a use incidental to the main use of the building. Radio, television and wireless aerials or masts may be erected to any height.
(b) Public or semipublic buildings, when permitted in a district, may be erected to a height not to exceed 45 feet, except that churches and temples may be erected to a height not to exceed 75 feet, if the building is set back from each yard line at least one foot for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided in the district in which the building is located.
(Ord. 74-O-128, passed 10-17-1974)