(A) Except as specifically stated in other parts of this chapter, no building shall be erected, converted, enlarged, reconstructed or altered to exceed the height limit thereafter established for the district in which the building is located, except that penthouse or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building and fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, steeples, stage lofts, and screens, flag poles, chimneys, smoke stacks, radio and television aerials, wireless masts, water tanks or similar structures may be erected about the height limits herein. No such structure may be erected to exceed by more than 15 feet the height limits of the district in which it is located; nor shall such structure have a total area greater than 25% of the roof area of the building; nor shall such structure be used for any purpose other than a use incidental to the main use of the building, except that radio, television, and wireless aerials or masts may be erected to any height.
(B) Public or quasi-public buildings, when permitted in a district, may be erected to a height not to exceed 45 feet, except that churches and temples may be erected to a height not to exceed 75 feet 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 in the district in which the building is located.
(Ord. passed 12-11-90; Am. Ord. 2018-80, passed 11-20-18)
Penalty, see § 152.999