(A) Specified. No dwelling shall be erected to a height less than one story above grade, except as may be approved by the Planning Commission upon a showing that the structure is designed for energy conservation, will be a finished building, and will comply with all county building and safety codes and this chapter.
(B) Exceptions to building height limitations. 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, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, water tanks, radio and television antennas, microwave or satellite dishes, except as provided in § 155.322 of this code, theater lofts, silos or similar structures may be erected above the height limits herein prescribed, but no space above the height limit shall be allowed for purposes of providing additional floor space, nor shall it provide for human occupancy.
(C) Special exception for additional building height. Where expressly allowed by this chapter, and upon special approval of the County Commission, after recommendation from the Planning Commission, actual building height may exceed the height limitation if required building setbacks (front, side and rear) are increased by a ratio of one and one-half feet of height to one foot of additional setback. The Planning Commission must make a finding that the height increase will not impair the view of neighboring property, nor negatively affect the property values of abutting properties.
(Prior Code, § 8-6-13)