(a) The provisions of Section 1163.01 shall not apply to restrict the height of a church spire, belfry, clock tower, wireless tower, chimney flue, water tank, elevator bulkhead or stage tower or scenery loft.
(b) The Board of Zoning Appeals may, after public notice and hearing and subject to such conditions and safeguards as the Board of Zoning Appeals may prescribe to protect the appropriate use of neighboring property, permit the erection of a building or portion of a building covering not more than twenty-five percent of the area of the lot to a height in excess of the limits prescribed in the preceding section, which permission shall be confirmed by resolution of Council before becoming effective.
(c) Nothing in this Zoning Code shall prevent the erection above the height limit of a parapet wall or cornice solely for ornament and without windows extending above such height limit not more than three feet.
(Ord. 4. Passed 4-7-24; Ord. 2001-37. Passed 7-10-01; Ord. 2012-19. Passed 3-20-12.)