The maximum height of a building shall be measured at the foundation with the highest point of final finished grade elevation to the highest point of the building roof or coping. (See figure 1 of this section.) Buildings constructed on hillsides may have a maximum of one basement story exposed on the lowest point of elevation of finished grade. The maximum height of the building from the lowest point of elevation at the foundation, including the basement story, shall include an additional ten feet (10') for the basement level.
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, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, water tanks, wireless, radio or television masts, theater lofts, silos, energy generation and conservation apparatus, or similar unoccupied features, may be erected above the height limits herein prescribed. Nonetheless, no space above the height limit shall be allowed for purposes of providing additional floor space, nor shall such increased height be in violation of any other ordinances or regulations of the City.
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(Ord. 2018-11, 10-2-2018)