The foregoing requirements shall be subject to the following exceptions:

Property taken or dedicated for public purposes.

Whenever the area of any lot or tract of land shall be reduced below the minimum width, length, or area required for the uses permitted in the district in which said lots or tract of land is located as the result of the requisition, dedication or condemnation of a portion of any such lot or tract of land, notwithstanding such reduction in width, length or area, shall be considered to be in compliance with the minimum requirements of this ordinance and shall have the same status as though the plat of subdivision of any such lot or tract of land so reduced in area had been recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds or with the registrar of titles of Cook County, Illinois, prior to the passage of this ordinance.

Height

1.

That in the 35-foot height districts, public or semipublic buildings, churches, temples, hospitals, sanitariums, or schools may be erected to a height not exceeding 60 feet.

2.

Churches and temples which have side yards on all sides and comply with the area restrictions of A district may be erected, provided [that] they shall be in accordance with the height regulations of the existing or hereafter adopted ordinance of the Village of Burnham, Cook County, Illinois.

Area

Setback. In case of lots having a depth of 250 feet, the setback shall not be less than 40 feet or if 30 percent of the buildings already established within any certain block (between two intersecting streets) have already established a uniform setback at the time of passage of this ordinance, such setback shall be considered the legal setback for any structure or building erected within that block after the passage of this ordinance. The setback requirements contained in this paragraph shall not apply to premises in any D district used or to be used in whole or in part for industrial or manufacturing purposes.