Paris City Zoning Code
§ 11
Height Regulations.
11-100
No building or structure shall be located, erected or altered so as to exceed the height limit hereinafter specified for the district in which the building is located.
11-101
IN THE FOLLOWING ZONING DISTRICTS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SHALL BE:
A, Agricultural District | Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in section 11-102 Special Height Regulations, following |
SF-1, One-Family Dwelling District | Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in section 11-102 following |
SF-2, One-Family Dwelling District | Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in section 11-102 following |
SF-3, One-Family Dwelling District | Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in section 11-102 following |
2F, Two-Family Dwelling District | Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in section 11-102 following |
MF-1 Multiple-Family Dwelling District | Three (3) stories except as noted in section 11-102 following |
MF-2 Multiple-Family Dwelling District | Three (3) stories or to twenty (20) stories when additional density and setback requirements are observed |
P, Parking District | Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in section 11-102 following |
O, Office District | Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in section 11-102 following |
NS, Neighborhood Service District | Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in section 11-102 following |
GR, General Retail District | Two and one-half (2-1/2) stories except as noted in section 11-102 following |
CA, Central Area District | To any legal height provided floor area ratio (FAR) does not exceed ten (10) to one (1) |
C, Commercial | Ten (10) stories provided floor area ratio (FAR) does not exceed two (2) to one (1) |
LI, Light Industrial District | To any legal height provided floor area ratio (FAR) does not exceed two (2) to one (1) |
HI, Heavy Industrial District | To any legal height provided floor area ratio (FAR) does not exceed one (1) to two (2) |
PD, Planned Development District | To any legal height provided floor area ratio (FAR) does not exceed one (1) to two (2), and a building exceeding two (2) stories is set back from all property lines twenty-five (25) feet plus one (1) foot for each two (2) feet that a building exceeds three (3) stories in height |
PLI, Public Lands and Institutions District | None |
ESS, Expressway Service Station District | None |
11-102
SPECIAL HEIGHT REGULATIONS
In the districts where the height of buildings is restricted to two and one-half (2-1/2) 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 standpipes and tanks, church steeples, domes and spires and school buildings and institutional buildings may be erected to exceed three (3) stories in height, provided that one (1) additional foot shall be added to the width and depth of front, side and rear yards for each foot that such structures exceed three (3) stories. The additional height not to exceed forty (40) feet shall apply to air conditioning units and all related equipment.
(Ordinance 2075, sec. 14, adopted 3/13/72; Ordinance 2095, sec. 10, adopted 6/12/72; Ordinance 2016-006, sec. 12, adopted 3/14/16)