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15.56.100. Height and setback exceptions.
   A.   Penthouses or 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, towers, steeples, roof signs, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, wireless masts and similar structures may be erected above the height limits prescribed for the zone in which the building is located, but no penthouse or roof structure, or any other space above the height limit prescribed for the zone in which the building is located shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional floor space.
   B.   No yard or open space provided around any building for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this title shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building, and no yard or open space on any adjoining property shall be considered as providing a yard or open space on a building site whereon a building is to be erected.
   C.   When the common boundary line separating two contiguous lots is covered by a building or permitted group of buildings, such lots shall constitute a single building site and the yard or setback space as required by this title shall then not apply to such common boundary line.
   D.   A non-commercial communication facility in a residential zone shall be subject to the provisions of Section 15.55.020.C.
(Ord. 3197 § 12, 2013; Ord. 2982, 2001).