(A) Generally. The regulations herein set forth in this section qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this title.
(B) Permissible heights of 60 and 75 feet.
(1) Public, semipublic, or public service buildings, hospitals, institutions, or schools, when permitted in a district, may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet if the building is set back from each yard line at least one foot for each two feet of additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided in the district in which the building is located.
(2) Churches and temples and hospitals with a use permit may be erected to a height not exceeding 75 feet if the building is set back from each yard line at least one foot for each two feet of additional building height above the height limit otherwise.
(C) Permissible height and area regulations; exceptions to height restrictions.
(1) Chimneys, church steeples, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, stacks, stage towers or scenery lifts, tanks, water towers, and grain elevators, and necessary mechanical appurtenances and the screening required for said appurtenances provided that both the appurtenances and the screening therefor do not cover more than 50% of the roof area, may be erected to a height not exceeding 100 feet.
(2) In nonresidential districts only, ornamental towers and spires may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet. No ornamental tower or spire shall contain occupied space that is higher than the maximum building height for the zone in which such ornamental tower or spire is located.
(Ord. 14-01, passed 6-6-2014, Ch. 5, Art. 5)