The regulations and requirements as to height of buildings and area of lots which may be occupied by buildings, front yards, side yards, rear yards and other regulations and requirements in this chapter shall be subject to the exceptions and additional regulations set forth in this article.

(Ordinance 06-09, § 2, 3-23-06)

(a)

In all districts, public or semi-public buildings such as hospitals, hotels, churches or schools, either public or private, where permitted, may be erected to a height not to exceed 75 feet, provided that such buildings shall have yards which shall be increased one foot on all sides for each additional foot that such buildings exceed the specified height limit as established by the regulations of the district in which such buildings are situated.

(b)

Dwellings in districts R-1-10000, R-1-7200, R-1-6000 and R-2 may be increased in height not exceeding ten feet in addition to the limitations of 2½ stories or 35 feet, as prescribed in such districts, only if the lot on which the dwelling is built has two side yards, each of which shall not be less than 20 feet in width. In no case shall such dwelling exceed three stories in height.

(c)

Parapet walls and false mansards shall not extend more than six feet above the height limit. Flagpoles, chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, penthouses, finials, gas tanks, grain elevators, stacks, storage towers, radio towers, ornamental towers, monuments, cupolas, domes, spires, standpipes and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected as to height in accordance with laws affecting such subjects.

(d)

On through lots that are 125 feet or less in depth, the height of a building may be measured from the curb level of either street. On through lots of more than 125 feet in depth, the height regulations for the street permitting the greater height shall apply to a depth of not more than 125 feet from that street.

(Ordinance 06-09, § 2, 3-23-06)

(a)

In districts R-1-10000, R-1-7200, R-1-6000, and R-2 where lots comprising 40 percent or more of the frontage, on the same side of a street between two intersecting streets (excluding reverse corner lots) are developed with buildings having front yards with a variation of not more than ten feet in depth, the average of such front yards shall establish the minimum front yard depth for the remainder of the frontage.

(b)

Where an official line has been established for future widening or opening of a street or highway upon which a lot abuts, the depth or width of a yard shall be measured from such official line to the nearest line of the building.

(c)

An open fire escape may project into a required side yard not more than half the width of such yard, but not more than four feet from the building. Fire escapes, solid-floored balconies and enclosed outside stairways may project not more than four feet into a rear yard.

(d)

In any district, a detached accessory building not exceeding 24 feet or two stories in height, and in any case not higher than the main building, and shall not occupy more than 30 percent of a rear yard.

(e)

On any corner lot, there shall be no planting, structure, fences or obstruction to vision more than three feet higher than the curb level within 25 feet of the intersection of the street lines.

(f)

A through lot having one end abutting a limited-access highway, with no access permitted to that lot from the highway, shall be deemed to front upon the street which gives access to that lot.

(Ordinance 06-09, § 2, 3-23-06)