§ 106.30.060. Height Limits and Exceptions

A.

Purpose. This Section describes the required methods for measuring the height of structures in compliance with the height limits established by this Zoning Code, and provides exceptions to those height limits under specified circumstances.

B.

Maximum height of structures. The height of each structure shall not exceed the height limit established for the applicable zoning district by Article 2 (Zoning Districts and Allowable Land Uses), except as otherwise provided by this Section.

C.

Height measurement. The maximum allowable height shall be measured as the vertical distance from the lowest point on the structure at the finished grade of the site to the highest point on the structure. Artificially filling a site to achieve additional height is prohibited.

D.

Exceptions to height limits.

1.

A chimney, cupola, building entry feature, building mounted, flag pole, monument, spire, theater scenery loft, tower, vent, mechanical equipment screening, water tank, and/or similar structure, may exceed the height limit of the applicable zoning district by a maximum of eight feet, or greater height specifically authorized through Design Review.

2.

Telecommunications facilities, including antennas, poles, towers, and necessary mechanical appurtenances, may exceed the height limit established for the applicable zoning district in compliance with Chapter 106.44 (Telecommunications Facilities).

E.

Height limit at street corners. Development proposed adjacent to any public or private street, or an alley intersection, shall be designed to provide a traffic safety visibility area for pedestrian and traffic safety. See Figure 3-4.

1.

Measurement of visibility area. A traffic safety visibility area is a triangle measured as follows, and may include private property and/or public right-of-way.

The visibility area shall be defined by measuring 20 feet from the intersection of the extension of the front and street side right-of-way lines (or 10 feet for driveways) and connecting the lines across the property.

2.

Height limit. No structure, sign, or landscape element shall exceed 30 inches in height within the traffic safety visibility area, unless approved by the City Engineer, except for trees with their canopy trimmed to a minimum of eight feet above grade.

(Ord. No. 2013-011, § 3, 11-14-2013)