4-2-8: HEIGHT AND AREA EXCEPTIONS:
The district regulations hereinafter set forth in this section qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the district regulations appearing elsewhere in this title.
   A.   Public Buildings: Public, semipublic or public service buildings, hospitals, schools or institutions, when permitted by a special use, may be erected to a height not exceeding eighty five feet (85'), and churches and temples may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy five feet (75') if the building is set back from each yard line at least one foot (1') for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise provided in the district in which the building is located.
   B.   Residential Dwellings: Single-family and two-family dwellings may be increased in height by not more than an additional fifteen feet (15') when the side yards (in total) and the rear yard are increased over the yard requirements of the district in which the dwelling is located by one foot (1') for each additional one foot (1'), or portion thereof, in building height beyond the thirty foot (30') maximum building height limitation of subsection 4-5A-3A or 4-5B-3A1 of this title. In no event, however, shall any such dwelling exceed two and one-half (21/2) stories in height.
   C.   Chimneys, Cooling Towers, Etc.: Chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, stacks, stage towers or scenery lofts, tanks, water towers, ornamental spires, church steeples, radio towers or necessary mechanical appurtenances, may be erected to the maximum height in accordance with the district provisions in which the structure is located and as provided in this section.
   D.   Projections Into Yards: Every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed, except for accessory buildings in a rear yard, and except for the horizontal projections of roof overhangs, sills, cornices and ornamental features projections not to exceed twenty four inches (24"), accessory buildings not to exceed twelve inches (12").
   E.   Fences: Fences may be erected on the lot lines and in the required yards, but such fences shall conform to all standards and requirements of the ordinances of the Village, from time to time, in force.
   F.   Fire Escapes: Fire escapes may project into a rear yard not more than five feet (5'), and the ordinary projections of chimneys and flues into the rear yard shall be permitted.
   G.   Yards:
      1.   Side Yards: For the purpose of this side yard regulation, a two-family row house or a multiple-family dwelling or multiple dwelling shall be considered as one building or structure.
   H.   High-Rise Buildings: Nothing herein contained shall be construed to exclude high-rise apartment buildings in Planned R-3 Districts and high-rise office buildings or structures in the O Office District, when recommended by the Zoning and Planning Commission pursuant to Title 2, Chapter 1 of this Code. Further, no such building or structure may be erected to exceed a height of eighty five feet (85').
   I.   Conflicting Regulations: Whenever any ordinance or deed restriction regulates the front yard or setback requirements along any street in any district and the requirements of such ordinance or deed restriction are greater than the front yard regulations of this Title, the provisions of such ordinance or deed restriction shall apply and shall be deemed superior to the front yard regulations of this Title.