§ 152.030 MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMITS.
   (A)   Height limits set forth in §§ 152.065 through 152.080 may be exceeded in the following instances.
      (1)   The height of a public building, religious institution, office building, hospital, institution or school may be increased two feet in height for every one foot of additional setback over the maximum established in this DO up to a limit of 90 feet.
      (2)   Chimneys, church steeples, cooling towers, solar energy devices, elevator bulkheads, monuments, stacks, tanks, water towers, ornamental towers, spires, silos, grain elevators, other farm buildings or necessary mechanical appurtenances are exempt from height regulations.
      (3)   Buildings in the R3A, R3B, B1, B2, B3, M1 and M2 Districts may be increased in height one foot for each foot the building is set back from all required yard lines up to a maximum height of 100 feet.
      (4)   Television or radio towers for residential use, or individual corporate towers/antenna for commercial use may extend to a height of 60 feet.
      (5)   Maximum height for wireless communication tower shall be governed by §§ 152.090 through 152.099.
      (6)   A public library in the B2 District may be up to 75 feet.
   (B)   Those parts of existing buildings that violate height regulations may be repaired and remodeled but may not be reconstructed or structurally altered, unless they comply with all height requirements.
(Ord. 10-3277, § 1-3.1, passed 1-4-2010; Ord. 12-3343, passed 1-23-2012; Ord. 21-3632, passed 2-22-2021)