(A) Public, semi-public or public service buildings, hospitals, institutions, schools or churches may 104be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet in the districts in which they are permitted if the building is set back from each yard line at least one foot for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided for the district in which the building is located.
(B) Height limitations set forth in the R-3, GI and PI Districts may be increased to 6 stories or 75 feet in height where the lot is not adjacent to, or closer than 300 feet to, any lot in any Residence District, and provided a conditional or interim use permit is issued for such height increase.
(C) Height limitations as set forth in this chapter may be increased by 100% when applied to the following, provided they do not conflict with airport zoning limitations:
(1) Monuments.
(2) Flag poles, except on residential lots.
(3) Cooling towers.
(4) Elevator penthouses.
(D) Height regulations as set forth herein may be increased with no limitation when applied to the following, provided a conditional or interim use permit is issued to increase height, and provided they do not conflict with airport zoning limitations:
(1) Church domes, spires, belfries and roof ridges.
(2) Schools, colleges and university buildings.
(3) Chimneys or smokestacks.
(4) Television, communications, and radio antennae.
(5) Fire towers.
(6) Lofts, tanks, and grain storage bins with appurtenant grain handling equipment.
(7) Water towers.
(8) Ornamental towers and spires.
(E) Where the average slope of a lot is greater than one foot rise or fall in 7 feet or horizontal distance from the established street elevation at the property line to the established building line, one story in addition to the number permitted in the district in which the lot is situated shall be permitted on the downhill side of any building.
(Ord. 109, 5th Series, passed 6-3-1999; Am. Ord. 115, 5th Series, passed 6-5-2001; Am. Ord. 36, 6th Series, passed 5-5-2009)