§ 22-404. Height requirements.

The regulations set forth in this section qualify or supplement, as the case may be, the specific zoning district regulations appearing in divisions 4 through 7 of this article.

(1)

In measuring height, a habitable basement or attic shall be counted as a story; provided, that a story in a sloping roof, the area of which story at a height of four feet above the floor does not exceed two-thirds of the floor area of the floor immediately below it and which does not contain an independent apartment, shall be counted as a half story.

(2)

Chimneys, elevators, poles, spires, tanks, towers, and other projects not used for human occupancy may extend above the height limit.

(3)

Churches, schools, hospitals, sanatoriums and other public and semi-public buildings may exceed the height limitations of the district if the minimum depth of the rear yards and the minimum width of the side yards required in the district are increased one foot for each two feet by which the height of such public or semi-public structure exceed the prescribed height limit.

(Code 2002, § 22-175.12; Ord. No. 2545NS, § 1(Exh. 1), 6-2-2014)