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Pampa City Zoning Code

§ 9

Height regulations.

No building or structure shall be located, erected or altered so as to exceed the height limit hereinafter specific for the district in which the building is located:
1. 
In the following zoning districts the maximum height of buildings and structures shall be:
a. 
A, agricultural district: Three (3) stories except as noted in subsection 2 following;
b. 
SF-1, single-family dwelling district: Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in subsection 2 following;
c. 
SF-2, single-family dwelling district: Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in subsection 2 following;
d. 
2F, two-family dwelling district: Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in subsection 2 following;
e. 
MF, multiple-family dwelling district: Three (3) stories except as noted in subsection 2 following, or to any legal limit when approved by specific use permit;
f. 
P, parking district: Three (3) stories except as noted in subsection 2 following;
g. 
O, office district: To any legal limit except as noted in subsection 2 following;
h. 
NS, neighborhood service: Two (2) stories except as noted in subsection 2 following;
i. 
R, retail district: Three (3) stories except as noted in subsection 2 following;
j. 
C, commercial district: Twenty (20) stories except special setback required for all structures above three (3) stories (See section 8(4) for floor area ratio);
k. 
CB, central business district: To any legal height not prohibited by other laws or ordinances (See section 8(4) for floor area ratio);
l. 
LI, light industrial district: To any legal height not prohibited by other laws or ordinances (See section 8(4) for floor area ratio);
m. 
HI, heavy industrial district: To any legal height not prohibited by other laws or ordinances (See section 8(4) for floor area ratio);
n. 
PD, planned development: To any legal height provided that the total floor area does not exceed the total site area and coverage of site by first floor does not exceed forty (40) percent of the total site area.
2. 
Special height regulations: In the districts where the height of buildings is restricted to two (2) or three (3) stories, cooling towers, roof gables, chimneys, and vent stacks may extend for an additional height not to exceed forty (40) feet above the average grade line of the building. Water stand pipes and tanks, church steeples, domes and spires, and school buildings and institutional buildings may be erected to exceed three (3) stories in height in residential areas restricted to two (2) or three (3) stories in height, provided that one (1) additional foot shall be added to the width and depth of side and rear yards for each foot that such structures exceed three (3) stories in height.