Height and area requirements shall be subject to the exceptions and regulations of this Chapter. Also See Reference Table 450.1, set out as Exhibit A to this Ch. 405.

In districts where the height is limited to forty (40) feet or fifty (50) feet, public buildings, hospitals, sanitariums or eleemosynary nature may be erected to a height not exceeding sixty (60) feet where front and rear yards are increased in depth and side yards are increased in width one (1) additional foot for each foot in height that the building exceeds the height regulation of the district in which it is to be erected.

Chimneys, cooling towers, elevators, bulk heads, fire towers, gas tanks, grain elevators, lighthouses, solariums, penthouses, stacks, stage towers or scenery lofts, sugar refineries, radio towers, tanks, water towers, ornamental towers and spires, wireless towers and necessary mechanical appurtenances, also stadia owned and operated by institutions of higher learning, may be erected as to their height in accordance with existing or hereafter adopted City ordinances; provided, no tower other than a church spire or tower of a public building shall exceed the height limit of the district in which it is located by more than twenty-five percent (25%). No tower shall be used as a place of habitation or for tenant purposes. No illuminated sign shall be attached to any chimney, tower, tank or other structure which extends above the height limit of the district in which it is located. Communications antennae for the purpose of receiving microwave signals will be permitted in residentially zoned areas of the City with the following conditions. The maximum height for such structure shall be limited to fifty (50) feet above grade level. No guy wires required to support such a structure shall be attached to the ground. Electrical grounding shall comply with the Electrical Code currently adopted by the City.

On through lots of one hundred forty (140) feet or less in depth, the height of a building may be measured from the curb level on either street. On through lots more than one hundred forty (140) feet in depth, the height regulation and basis of height measurement for the streets permitting the greater height shall apply to a depth of not more than one hundred forty (140) feet from the street.

For purposes of the area regulations, a two-family dwelling or multiple-family dwelling may be considered as one (1) building and occupying one (1) lot.

The side yard requirements for dwellings not more than two (2) rooms in depth shall be waived when such dwellings are erected above stores and shops. If dwelling units more than two (2) rooms in depth are erected above stores or shops, the portion of the building used for dwelling purposes shall comply with side yard requirements of the "R-5" Multiple-Family Residence District.

When the commercial and industrial district adjoin a residence district, a side yard of ten (10) feet shall be required on that side of the lot adjoining the residence district.

A building occupying a through lot may waive the requirements for a rear yard by furnishing other open space equivalent to such required rear yard.

In computing the depth of a rear yard or the width of a side yard for any building where such yard opens into an alley, one-half (½) of such alley may be assumed to be a portion of the yard.

In the case of the court development, side yard may be used as the rear yard; provided, that one (1) foot additional shall be added to the required side yard for each family unit opening onto or served by such side yard.

Every part of a required yard or court shall be open from its lowest point to the sky unobstructed, except for the projections of sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features not to exceed four (4) inches; provided, however, that open balconies or cornices may project into a front yard not more than three and one-half (3 1/2) feet.

A detached accessory building may occupy not more than thirty percent (30%) of a required rear yard and shall be located at least ten (10) feet from any building.

All theaters hereafter erected shall provide an accessible parking space in the form of a surfaced area or garage in accordance with Article VIII.

In the "C-3" Commercial District, the "C-2" Commercial District and the "IL" Light Industrial District, all buildings erected or structurally altered for commercial or industrial purposes shall provide an adequate space on the premises for the loading and unloading of goods or material used in connection with such commercial or industrial uses.