No building or structure shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, or altered, except as otherwise specifically exempted in this Article, to exceed the maximum height for the district in which said building or structure is located; provided, however, that the governing body may permit buildings and structures to exceed height limitations upon approval of a conditional use as specified in these regulations.

The height limitations established herein shall not apply to chimneys, smokestacks, church spires and steeples, domes, flag poles, public monuments, observation towers, water towers, non-commercial radio and television towers, electricity transmission towers, utility poles and similar structures.