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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary, in any RH, RM, or RC District, established by the use district provisions of Article 2 of this Code, wherever a height limit of more than 40 feet in a RH District, or more than 50 feet in a RM or RC District, is prescribed by the height and bulk district in which the property is located, any building or structure exceeding 40 feet in height in a RH District, or 50 feet in height in a RM or RC District, shall be permitted only upon approval by the Planning Commission according to the procedures for conditional use approval in Section 303 of this Code; provided, however, that a building over 40 feet in height in a RM or RC District with more than 50 feet of street frontage on the front façade is subject to the conditional use requirement.
(b) Commission Review of Proposals.
(1) In reviewing any such proposal for a building or structure exceeding 40 feet in height in a RH District, 50 feet in height in a RM or RC District, or 40 feet in a RM or RC District where the street frontage of the building is more than 50 feet the Planning Commission shall consider the expressed purposes of this Code, of the RH, RM, or RC Districts, and of the height and bulk districts, set forth in Sections 101, 209.1, 209.2, 209.3, and 251 hereof, as well as the criteria stated in Section 303(c) of this Code and the objectives, policies and principles of the General Plan, and may permit a height of such building or structure up to but not exceeding the height limit prescribed by the height and bulk district in which the property is located.
(2) In reviewing a proposal for a building exceeding 50 feet in RM and RC districts, the Planning Commission may require that the permitted bulk and required setbacks of a building be arranged to maintain appropriate scale on and maximize sunlight to narrow streets (rights-of-way 40 feet in width or narrower) and alleys.
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