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§ 154.016 REDUCTION OF LOT AND YARD AREAS PROHIBITED.
   No yard or lot existing at the time of passage of this chapter shall be reduced in size or area below the minimum requirements set forth, except as necessary for public street widening. Yards or lots created after the effective date of this chapter shall meet at least the minimum requirements established by this chapter.
(1981 Code, § 202) (Ord. passed 6-28-2004)
§ 154.017 RELATIONSHIP OF BUILDING TO LOT.
   Not more than 1 principal building shall be constructed on any R40, R12 or R6 lot.
(1981 Code, § 203) (Ord. passed 6-28-2004)
§ 154.018 HEIGHT REGULATIONS GENERALLY.
   (A)   Measurement of building height (general). Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the height of a building shall be the vertical distance from the mean elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building, or from the established grade where the building is within 10 feet of the street line, to the highest point of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs.
   (B)   Measurement of building height on through lots.
      (1)   On through lots 150 feet or less in depth, the height of a building may be measured from the average elevation of the finished grade along the front of the building, considering the end facing either street as the front.
      (2)   On through lots more than 150 feet in depth, the regulations and basis of height measurements for the street front permitting the greater height shall apply to a depth of not more than 150 feet from that street.
   (C)   Excluded portions of structures. Except as specifically provided herein, the height limitations of this chapter shall not apply to any roof structures for housing elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans, solar energy collectors, or similar equipment required to operate and maintain a building, provided that the structures shall not cover more than 20% of roof area or extend over 10 feet in height; nor to church spires, steeples, belfries, cupolas, domes, monuments, water towers, skylights, flag poles, vents, construction or mining cranes or draglines or similar structures, which may be erected above the height limit, nor to fire or parapet walls, provided, however, that walls shall not extend more than 5 feet above the roof.
   (D)   Television and radio receiving and transmitting antenna. Television and radio receiving and transmitting antenna may be permitted to exceed the height limits established in § 154.066, subject to the issuance of a special use permit.
   (E)   Aviation hazards. No building or other structure, regardless of exclusions set forth at divisions (C) and (D) above, shall be located in a manner or built to a height which constitutes a hazard to aviation or creates hazards to persons or property by reason of unusual exposure to aviation hazards.
(1981 Code, § 204) (Ord. passed 6-28-2004)
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