A. Penthouse or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment required to operate and maintain a building, and fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, steeples, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, and water tanks, wireless or television masts, theater lofts, silos or similar structures may be erected above the height limits prescribed in the zone height regulations, but no space above the height limit shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional floor space, and no heights are permitted above the maximum allowed under airport area height provisions.
B. No dwelling shall be erected to a height less than ten feet (10').
C. In a residential zone, the ridge or highest point of the roof of an accessory building may be erected to a height no greater than the lesser of:
1. Twenty five feet (25');
2. Eighty percent (80%) of the highest point of the roof of the main residential building, except where the ridge or highest point of the roof of the main residential building is sixteen feet (16') or less the ridge or highest point of the roof of the accessory building may not exceed twelve and one-half feet (12'6"); or
3. For a metal-sided accessory building on a lot one-half (½) acre or over, twelve and one-half feet (12'6").
D. Design And Placement Of Tall Buildings: Any building or structure in a multiple-family, commercial, or manufacturing zone proposed to be in excess of thirty-five feet (35') tall that is next to a single-family residential or open space zone shall be set back from the property line of the single-family residential or open space zoned property a minimum of thirty-five feet (35') plus one foot (1') for every foot the building is taller than thirty-five feet (35'). A building or structure may stagger the height so long as the height of the section that is over thirty-five feet (35') meets this setback from the single-family residential or open space zoned property line.
(Ord. 2011-40, 7-5-2011; amd. Ord. 2022-42, 10-11-2022; Ord. 2023-15, 4-4-2023)