(a) The height limitations stipulated elsewhere in this Zoning Code shall not apply to the following:
(1) Farm buildings, architectural features, etc. Barns, silos or other farm buildings or structures on farms; church spires, belfries, cupolas and domes; monuments; water towers; fire and hose towers; observation towers; chimneys; smokestacks and flag poles on parapet walls extending not more than four feet above the limiting height of the building, may exceed the height limitations set forth in this Zoning Code, provided that none of the structures set forth in this paragraph is higher than 75 feet from ground level, unless on a building higher than 70 feet, in which case they cannot exceed 90 feet from ground level.
(2) Radio and television transmitters or receiving towers, masts and antennae. All such structures that exceed 300 feet in elevation above ground level shall be located in an Industrial District, shall not be closer than 300 feet to any other district, shall be in as inconspicuous a location as possible and shall be approved by the Planning Commission, provided that the tower, mast or aerial is of a safe design and meets all the criteria set forth in this paragraph. No other antennae shall exceed 35 feet above ground level in “R” Districts, and 75 feet in all other districts, except television satellite dish antennae, which shall not be higher than ten feet above ground level. All such antennae shall be subject to the accessory use regulations applicable to the district in which they occur.
(3) Places of public assembly. Places of public assembly in churches, schools and other permitted public and semipublic buildings may exceed the height limitations set forth in this Zoning Code, provided that such places of assembly are located on the first floor of such buildings, and provided, further, that for each three feet by which the height of such a building exceeds the maximum height otherwise permitted in the district, its side and rear yards shall be increased in width or depth by an additional one foot over the side and rear yards required for the highest building otherwise permitted in the district.
(4) Elevator penthouses, water tanks, etc. Elevator penthouses, water tanks, monitors and scenery lofts may exceed the height limitations set forth in this Zoning Code, provided that no linear dimension of any such structure exceeds 50 percent of the corresponding street lot line frontage. Towers, monuments, cooling towers or other structures may exceed the height limitations set forth in this Zoning Code where a greater height is required.
(b) Minimum requirements. All structures above the heights otherwise permitted in the district in which they are located shall not occupy more than 25 percent of the area of the lot and shall be not less than 50 feet in all parts from every lot line.
(Ord. 17-2013, passed 9-24-2013)