The height of public or semi-public buildings, churches, cathedrals, temples, hospitals, sanitariums or schools, shall not in any case exceed fifty-five (55) feet, and if the height of any such building exceeds the height allowed in the district concerned, then any such building shall be set back from all lot lines not less than one (1) foot in addition to the required yard dimensions for each foot such buildings exceed the height allowed in the district concerned.

In M-3 and M-4 Districts office buildings and technical laboratories may be increased in height up to ten (10) stories or one hundred fifty (150) feet when such building is set back from all lot lines not less than one (1) foot in addition to the required district yard dimensions for each foot such building exceeds the height allowed in the district concerned.

Office buildings in C-2, C-3, M-1 and M-2 Districts and technical laboratories in the M-1 and M-2 Districts may be increased in height up to eight (8) stories or one hundred (100) feet, provided that such buildings are set back:

(a)

from the front property line a distance equal to the height of said building;

(b)

from the side and rear property line a distance equal to one-half (½) the height of said building;

(c)

from a residential lot line or residential district line a distance equal to the height of said building.

Chimneys, church steeples, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, grain elevators, silos, penthouses, stacks, stage towers, or scenery lofts, sugar refineries, tanks, water towers, pumping towers, monuments, cupolas, and mechanical appurtenances pertaining to and necessary to the permitted uses of the district in which they are located, shall not be included in calculating the height of the principal structure.

(Ord. No. 30-857, § 4, 1-9-96)

The height of hotels may be increased to ten (10) stories or one hundred fifty (150) feet provided such building shall set back from all lot lines not less than one (1) foot in addition to the required yard dimensions for each foot such buildings exceed the height allowed in the district concerned.