A.
General height exceptions. The stated maximum height
shall not apply to any of the following structures when lawfully existing,
permitted or permissible in the district:
(1)
Chimneys, flues, spires and belfries;
(2)
Flagpoles, radio or television antennas, amateur licensed
radio antennas, masts or aerials located on a building and extending
not more than 20 feet above the roof of such building;
(3)
Elevator or stair bulkheads, provided that such structures
do not occupy more than 10% of the roof area;
(4)
Solar energy systems not more than 1/2 story above
the roof of such building;
(6)
Observation towers;
(7)
Clock towers.
B.
Airport height limitation. No building, structure or use located at a distance greater than 25,000 feet from the airport location point (ALP) shall extend above an imaginary plane the height of which is 400 feet above the elevation of Rochester - Monroe County Airport Runway 10-28 (541 feet above mean sea level) without the issuance of a special permit pursuant to § 120-192, nor shall any building, structure or use exceed the height limitations established in this article.
The following may be located within any required
setbacks, subject to the specific limitations noted:
A.
Open porches within any required setback.
B.
Trees, shrubs, flowers, fences, walls, hedges, and
other landscape features may be located within any required setback.
C.
Statuary, arbors and trellises.
D.
Awnings and canopies.
E.
Bicycle parking posts and racks.
F.
Bay windows and balconies projecting not more than
36 inches from an exterior wall for a distance not more than 1/3 of
the length of such wall, provided that such projections shall come
entirely within planes drawn from the main corners of the building
at an interior angle of 22 1/2º with the wall in question.
G.
Chimneys, flues, belt courses, leaders, sills, pilasters,
lintels, ornamental features, cornices, eaves, gutters and the like
projecting not more than 18 inches from an exterior wall.
H.
Fire escapes or outside stairways projecting from
an exterior wall not more than three feet.
I.
Flagpoles.
J.
Recreational equipment, except in front yards.
K.
Solar collectors.
L.
Rear yard patios and terraces, provided the base area
or perimeter of the terrace is finished, landscaped or screened.
[Added 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-394]
