Exceptions to height limits. Any portion of the roof structure above that which is used in measuring the height of a building as defined in § 188-20 as well as penthouses or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans, air-conditioning equipment or similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building and fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, spires, steeples, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, monuments, water tanks, silos or similar structures may be erected above the height limits prescribed by this article but in no case more than 25% more than the maximum height permitted in the district, except water towers and radio and television towers shall have no height restrictions and except further that all such facilities shall comply with any requirements of the Federal Aviation Agency.

Exception to area requirements. Where the owner of a lot of substandard size, irregular shape or substandard area owns vacant adjacent lots or parcels of land, the lots or parcels shall be considered as a single lot and the area and yard space provisions of this article shall hold. Also, whenever land for the widening of a public right-of-way has been dedicated and conveyed to the Township as part of a subdivision approval to meet minimum street right-of-way requirements of Article I, Subdivision of Land, of this chapter or the Master Plan, the Construction Official may issue a building permit for a lot whose depth and lot area are reduced by the same dimension and area as dedicated to the Township only if the applicant has no other adjacent lands to provide the minimum requirements.

Exception to front yard requirements. Where more than 50% of the street frontage in any block is developed, the required front yard for any building shall be a depth not less than the average depth of the front yards of all the existing buildings.

Corner lots. Where a building is situated on a corner lot, the side yard on the street side shall be one-half (1/2) the available depth of the front yards of the existing buildings on the street but in no case less than eight feet.