Except as provided elsewhere, some structures may be erected which are higher than the limits established for the district in which they are located if they do not occupy more than 25 percent of the area of the lot and are at least 25 feet in all parts from every lot line; these include church spires, belfries, cupolas and domes, monuments, water towers, observation towers, flagpoles, towers for the transmission of electromagnetic communication, outdoor theater screens, smokestacks, cooling towers, grain elevators, and other structures where the manufacturing process requires greater height; single poles or metal towers erected for the purpose of supporting aerials for radio transmission and receiving by licensed amateur radio operators if no portion of said aerial structure overhangs or extend over abutting property.

(Ord. 5735 Sec. 3, 2017; Ord. 5180 Sec. 1, 2007)

In any district on lots that slope, the maximum height of a structure shall be measured vertically from ground level from that point of the structure highest on the slope.

(Ord. 5180 Sec. 1, 2007)