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Le Mars City Zoning Code

167.16 HEIGHT

REGULATIONS.

1.   Maximum height limits established for buildings and structures are as follows:
   A.   Thirty-five (35) feet in the R, RC, R-1, R-1A and R-2 Districts.
   B.   Forty-five (45) feet in the B-1 and I-1 Districts.
   C.   Seventy-five (75) feet in the B-2, B-3 and I-2 Districts.
2.   The above height limits may be exceeded in the following instances:
   A.   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 110 feet, and churches and temples may be erected to a height not exceeding 75 feet if the building is set back from each yard line at least one foot for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise permitted in the district in which the building is built.
   B.   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 Council.