The following requirements are intended to provide exceptions or qualify and supplement, as the case may be, the specific district regulations set forth.
(A) Height exceptions. The following structures or parts thereof are hereby exempt from the height limitations set forth in the zoning districts:
(1) Barns, silos, windmills, chimneys, spires, flagpoles, ventilators, skylights, derricks, conveyors and cooling towers, radio and television antennas and towers, observation towers, power transmission towers and water tanks;
(2) Churches, schools, hospitals, sanitariums and other public and semi-public buildings may exceed the height limitations of the district if the minimum depth or the front, side and rear yards required in the district is increased one foot for each two feet by which the height of such structure exceeds the prescribed height limits; and
(3) Airport hazard districts. Height restrictions in the areas adjacent to the Capital City Airport are regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration guidelines.
(B) Yard, building setback and open space exceptions. The following requirements are intended to provide exceptions or quality and supplement, as the case may be, the specific district regulations.
(1) No yard, open space or lot area required for a building or structure shall, during its life, be occupied by or counted as open space for, any other building or structure.
(2) The following structures shall be allowed to project into the required yard or beyond the building setback line, subject to condition in the following table.
Projecting Use | Projection Allowed |
Architectural features | 3 ft. |
Awnings, canopies (8-ft. clearance above streets or walks) | 5 ft. |
Bay windows, chimneys | 2 ft. |
Fire escapes | 5 ft. |
Steps or porches (non-enclosed) | 6 ft. |
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 6.04)