The height limitations stipulated in this chapter shall not apply to the following:
(A) Essential service structures, architectural features and the like. Church spires, belfries, cupolas and domes, monuments, water towers, fire and hose towers, observation towers, transmission towers, chimneys, smoke stacks, flag poles, radio and television towers, wind energy conversion systems, solar structures, masts and aerials and parapet walls extending not more than four feet above the limiting height of the building;
(B) Places of public assembly. Places of public assembly in churches, schools and other permitted public and semi-public buildings; provided that, they are located on the first floor of those buildings; provided that for each two feet by which the height of the building exceeds the maximum height otherwise permitted in the district, its side and rear yards shall be increased in width or depth by an additional foot over the side and rear yards required for the highest building otherwise permitted in the district; and, further provided that, the Planning Commission shall find that the additional height will not be materially detrimental to surrounding property; or
(C) Elevator penthouses and the like. Elevator penthouses (elevator machinery loft), monitors and scenery lofts; provided, no linear dimension of any structure of this type exceeds 50% of the corresponding street lot line frontage. Fire towers, hose towers, cooling towers, grain elevators, industrial process towers, gas holders or other structures, where a manufacturing process requires a greater height, shall be excepted.
(2004 Code, § 154.022) (Ord. 464, passed 1- -1996; Ord. 07-0465, passed 7-10-2007)