A. No structure shall be erected, converted, expanded, reconstructed or structurally altered to exceed the height limit measured above the natural ground level, as determined by the village engineer, for the district in which the structure is located. However, this height limit for skylights, steeples, flagpoles, chimneys, radio and television aerials, wireless masts, or electric and telephone service poles anywhere in the village; and mechanical rooms, penthouses or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment, towers, water tanks, or elevators or other appurtenances anywhere in the village except residential districts, shall be thirty feet (30') above the height limits of the district in which they are located and shall be for ornamental purposes only and shall in no event be occupied. Structure height may be measured from a base elevation other than natural ground level only with the express approval of the village. However, an elevator housing enclosure for the purpose of providing a single elevator access to the penthouse level not to exceed three hundred twenty five (325) square feet in area may be erected to heights which do not exceed by more than twenty two feet (22') the height limits of the district in which it is located.
B. The height of single-family homes will be measured to the peak of the roof using one of the following methods:
1. In engineered subdivisions, as determined by the village engineer, the height will be measured using the recommended top of foundation elevation that is part of the approved grading plan;
2. In all other situations, the village engineer shall determine an elevation, from which the height will be measured, based on the existing grades and grades of adjacent properties;
3. For lots improved with an existing single-family home, the existing top of foundation elevation can be maintained and will be used as the base to measure the height of the structure.
C. The height limit, as it pertains to all other structures, shall not exceed the height limit above natural ground level established for the district in which the structure is located. (Ord. G-678, 6-26-2001; Ord. G-730, 9-23-2003; Ord. G-733, 11-11-2003; Ord. G-778, 4-26-2005)