§ 28-634. Height regulations.

Except as provided below, all buildings and structures shall conform to the height regulations for the zoning district in which they are located:

(1)

Architectural projections such as spires, steeples, belfries, parapet walls, cupolas, domes, flues and chimneys are exempt from the height limitations of this division.

(2)

Special structures, such as elevator penthouses, tanks, grain elevators, soils, observation towers, manufacturing equipment and necessary mechanical appurtenances, cooling towers, fire towers, substations and smoke stacks, are exempt from the height limitations of this division.

(3)

Essential services, utilities, water towers, electric power and communication transmission lines are exempt from the height limitations of this division.

(4)

Communication structures, such as radio and television transmission and relay towers, aerials, radio and television receiving and transmitting antennas, are exempt from the height limitations of this division. This does not include earth station dish antennas.

(5)

Public or semi-public facilities, such as schools, churches, hospitals, monuments, sanatoriums, libraries, governmental offices and stations, may be erected to a height of 60 feet, provided all required yards are increased not less than one foot for each foot the structure exceeds the district's maximum height requirement.

(Code 1989, § 13-1-13; Ord. of 10-5-2004, § 13-1-13)