§ 27-635. General height exceptions.

(a)

Public or semipublic buildings, hospitals, sanitariums, schools or homes for the elderly in any zoning district in which such use is permitted may be erected to a height not exceeding 75 feet when their front, side and rear yards are increased one additional foot for each foot such buildings exceed 35 feet. Telecommunication towers on the site of such a use are subject to these height restrictions.

(b)

The height limitations contained in the district regulations do not apply to chimneys, towers, penthouses, scenery lofts, monuments, cupolas, domes, belfries, spires, false mansards, parapet walls, similar structures and necessary mechanical appurtenances usually required to be placed above the roof level and not intended for human occupancy. However, permitted uses accessory to residential dwellings, such as television and radio receiving antennae shall not exceed 60 feet in height. Any such accessory use which exceeds ten feet in height shall be located a distance inside the property line at least equal to one-third its height.

(c)

Antennas and support structures may be installed on an existing structure even if they will exceed the height requirements of the district if they extend no more than 20 feet above the roofline and meet all other requirements.

(Code 1988, § 27-1301; Ord. No. 64690, § 1(27-65.2), 8-30-1984; Ord. No. 66177, § 6, 12-5-1996)