The following building size and architectural standards shall apply to all districts unless otherwise specified.
(A) Height exceptions.
(1) The building height limits established shall not apply to cupolas, domes, spires, monuments, radio towers, television antennas, flag poles, communication support structures, skylights, cooling towers, ventilation and heating and cooling equipment, chimneys or flues, and equipment essential for the operation and maintenance of a building; nor to elevators, water tanks, utility poles, towers and other structures for essential services; nor to similar structures for essential services; nor to similar structures extending above the roof of any building and not occupying more than 25% of the area of the roof.
(2) Structures exempt from the maximum height provisions of subsection (1) above may not exceed a height of 15 feet above the average roof line of the building to which they are affixed unless permitted by a variance.
(B) Architectural requirements. The following architectural requirements shall apply to all dwellings in the “A-0" District and all residential districts.
(1) All dwellings shall be placed on a permanent concrete or treated wood foundation or a cement slab/base.
(2) Roof lines for primary structures must have at least a 4:1pitch; flat roofs are not permitted.
(3) The minimum width of primary structures shall be 24 feet measured from the face of the exterior wall.
(4) Any metal siding on a primary structure in a residential district shall have horizontal edges and overlap in sections no wider than 12 inches. Sheet metal siding is not permitted on the primary structure.
(Ord. 333, passed 12-27-2004)