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Fayette City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VI

Height Regulations

Section 405.580 General.

[R.O. 2013 § 405.580; R.O. 2005 § 23-127; Ord. No. 42.050 (A)]
A. 
Maximum height limits established for buildings and structures are as follows:
1. 
Thirty-five (35) feet in the "RU," "RC," "RS" and "RD" Districts.
2. 
Forty-five (45) feet in the "B-1," "B-2," "I" and "S" Districts.

Section 405.590 Exceptions To Height Limits.

[R.O. 2013 § 405.590; R.O. 2005 § 23-128; Ord. No. 42.050 (B)]
A. 
The above height limits may be exceeded in the following instances:
1. 
Public, semi-public or public service buildings, hospitals, institutions, agricultural buildings, or schools when permitted in a district may be erected to a height not exceeding one hundred ten (110) feet, and churches and temples may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet if the building is set back from each line at least one (1) foot for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise permitted in the district in which the building is built.
2. 
Television and radio towers, church spires, belfries, monuments, tanks, water and fire towers, stage towers or scenery lofts, cooling towers, ornamental towers and spires, chimneys, elevator bulkheads, stacks, conveyors, and flagpoles may be erected to such height as may be authorized by the Board.