These provisions allow exceptions to the height limit of any zoning district in certain situations.
(A) Vertical projection. Chimneys, cooling towers, building mechanical equipment, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, grain elevators, non-parabolic receiving antennas, tanks, solariums, steeples, penthouses not exceeding 25% of total roof area, flag poles, stage towers or scenery lofts, city-owned towers used for emergency communications and water towers may be built to any height in accordance with existing ordinances.
(B) Radio towers.
(1) Radio towers, operated by licensed amateur radio operators, may be built to a height as set forth in division (B)(2) below provided such towers do not exceed the height limitations set by the table in § 152.040. This exception does not apply to parabolic antennas, designed to receive signals from satellites.
(2) Such radio towers shall not be located within a street yard of the primary use, and shall be located no less than 110% of the tower’s height from a property line of an adjacent property within any zoning district.
(C) Dwellings. Dwellings may exceed the height limit of their zoning districts by a maximum of ten feet, provided that each such building shall have a side yard setback of one foot in addition to required setbacks from each property line for each foot of height over the maximum height of the zoning district.
(D) Wind energy conservation systems (wecs). Wind energy conservation systems are exempt from the height restrictions of the base district in accordance with existing ordinances.
(E) Federal aviation administration rules. No structure may be built in any zoning district which exceeds the maximum height permitted under the rules of the Federal Aviation Administration. These rules describe the glide angles and operational patterns for any airport within the planning jurisdiction of the city.
(Ord. 23-09, passed 8-21-2023) Penalty, see § 151.999