Port Washington City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
Height Regulations
§ 485-63 Maximum height restricted.
In any district no building or structure shall be hereafter erected or structurally altered to a height in excess of that hereinafter specified by the regulations for the district.
§ 485-64 Exceptions to height regulations.
Except as provided in § 485-66 relating to buildings or structures in the B-4 Central Business District, the following shall be excepted from the height regulations for all districts:
A.
Chimney and flues.
B.
Accessory farm buildings, not to exceed 60 feet in height on lots of 120,000 square feet or more in area.
C.
Electrical, telephone and telegraph transmission and distribution structures.
D.
Subject to approval of the Plan Commission: elevator bulkheads, stacks, scenery lofts, water towers, church spires, radio or television broadcasting towers, non-dish-type antenna extending more than 10 feet above the height limit, aerials, windmills and necessary mechanical appurtenances. The Commission in granting or denying the exception shall be guided by the standards contained in Articles XXXI and XXXII, except that dish-style earth station satellite antennas shall not be installed on the roofs of residential or their accessory buildings nor be eligible for this height regulation exception nor that of § 485-65.
§ 485-65 Increase in maximum height.
The maximum height of any structure may be increased by no more than 10 feet, provided that all required offsets and setbacks are increased by one foot for each foot in excess of the height limit of the district in which located.
§ 485-66 Maximum building heights in B-4 Central Business District.
No building or structure erected or structurally altered within the B-4 Central Business District and for which a building permit is issued shall exceed a height of 35 feet. The height of such building or structure may be increased by special exception, upon petition to and recommendation of the Plan Commission, and upon the favorable two-thirds vote of all of the members of the Common Council. A request for such special exception shall be subject to the petition, public hearing, notice and determination procedures applicable to a petition for conditional use permit under § 485-91. In considering such petition for special exception, the Plan Commission and Common Council shall be guided by the standards contained in § 485-134 relating to site plan and design review and by the criteria contained in § 485-138 relating to approval of building, site and operational plans; provided, however, that such building or structure shall not be eligible for the height regulation exceptions set forth in § 485-64 nor be eligible for the height increase permitted under § 485-65.