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§ 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)
§ 154.019 VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS.
   (A)   On a corner lot nothing shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow that would materially block vision between a height of 3 feet and 10 feet above the center grade of the 2 intersecting roads that form the sight triangle.
   (B)   The sight triangle shall have sides of 10 feet and 70 feet. The smaller side shall be measured from the intersection of the 2 right-of-way lines back 10 feet along the right-of-way of the road with the yield or stop sign.
   (C)   The larger side shall be measured from the intersection of the 2 right-of-way lines outward 70 feet along the road that does not have a yield or stop sign.
(1981 Code, § 205) (Ord. passed 6-28-2004)
§ 154.020 AVERAGING AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL FRONT SETBACK LINE.
   (A)   In a residential district, where the average of the front setback for all adjacent lots, which are located within 200 feet of either side of a lot is greater than the required front setback specified in this chapter, a required setback line shall be provided on the lot equal to this greater average depth but not to exceed 60 feet.
   (B)   Where the average of the front setback is less than the minimum required front setback, the required setback line may be reduced to this lesser average depth, but in no case to less than 15 feet.
   (C)   For the purpose of computing the average, an adjacent vacant lot shall be considered as having the minimum required front setback specified for the zoning district.
(1981 Code, § 206) (Ord. passed 6-28-2004)
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