Compton City Zoning Code
§ 30-20.4
Height.
[Added by Ord. #1557, § 9160.4]
a.
Exceptions. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no building shall be erected, reconstructed, or structurally altered to exceed the height limit established by this Chapter for the zone in which such building is located. The following are exceptions:
1.
In the thirty-five-foot height zones, public or semi-public buildings, schools, hospitals, or institutions may be erected to a height not exceeding 75 feet when the required front, side, and rear yards are increased an additional one foot for each four feet in height that such buildings exceed 35 feet.
2.
Roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans, or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the buildings and fire or parapet walls, skylights, flagpoles, chimneys, domestic radio and television masts, or similar structures may be erected above the maximum height permitted in each zone. No structure shall be allowed for the purposes of providing additional floor space.
b.
Height Limits Around Airports. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code respecting height limitations, no building or structure erected or structurally altered on or after May 4, 1978, shall exceed a total height of 35 feet on land located within 1,000 feet of an airport. This provision shall apply regardless of the zone classification of the land.