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Kingwood City Zoning Code

EXCEPTIONS TO

HEIGHT LIMITATIONS

§ 152.110 HEIGHT OF MONUMENTS, SPIRES, AND THE LIKE.

   In any height and area district, the height limitation of the district may be exceeded by a monument, shaft, spire, dome or tower, if erected for ornamental purposes only.
(Ord. 21, passed 1-14-2020)

§ 152.111 HEIGHT OF SPECIAL BUILDINGS.

   In any business or industrial district, the height limitations of the district may be exceeded by buildings requiring special design on account of their particular use in industry or commerce, such as chimneys, stacks, grain elevators, detached water or wireless towers provided that they otherwise comply with the regulations herein prescribed.
(Ord. 21, passed 1-14-2020)

§ 152.112 APPURTENANCES TO BUILDINGS.

    In any height and area district, chimneys, stacks elevator bulkheads, penthouses, gas or water towers, stage towers or scenery lofts, electric signs, wireless towers, and other necessary mechanical appurtenances, where permitted by the use regulations and erected upon and as an integral part of the building, may be erected or extended above the height limit of the district; provided that any such building shall set back from the vertical plane of the permitted building line one foot horizontally for each two feet of extra height.
(Ord. 21, passed 1-14-2020)

§ 152.113 ALLOWANCES FOR TERRACES.

   On a lot where terraces exist, the height of the building located thereon may be increased above the height limitations of the district a distance equal to the height of the terrace above the curb, provided that the depth of the front yard be not less than the height of the terrace above the curb.
(Ord. 21, passed 1-14-2020)