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Building Height Staff Recommendation Limit height to a two-story max in M-2; three-story max in M-1. City-Code § 156.006 DEFINITIONS HEIGHT OF BUILDING. The vertical distance from the average elevation of the finished grade at the front of the building to the highest point of the roof for flat roofs; to the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the mean height between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs. § 156.121 HEIGHT (A)Structures. No structures or building may be erected to a height exceeding 35 feet without the issuance of a conditional use permit. (B) Excess height on a building. Upon the securing of a conditional use permit any building may be erected to a height exceeding that specified for the respective district, provided the front, rear and side yards shall be increased one foot for each one foot by which the building exceeds the height limit established for that district. (C) Additional yard setback shall not be required for a structure that is any of the following: television and radio towers, church spires, belfries, monuments, tanks, water and fire towers, stage towers and scenery lofts, cooling towers, ornamental towers and spires, chimneys, elevator bulkheads, smokestacks, conveyors, flagpoles, silos, and air conditioning and heating units; and that no tower, gable, spire or similar structure shall be used for sleeping or eating quarters, or for any commercial purpose except one incidental to the permitted uses of the main building. (D) The words story and floor are used interchangeably in various planning documents and shall have the same common meaning: a portion of a building consisting of a floor, ceiling and the space in between. A story shall be either living space, commercial space or parking space. Where a maximum number of stories is dictated by city code or other planning documents referred to by the code, the number of stories shall not be exceeded, even if the maximum height is not. The number of stories shall be measured in the same way the building height is measured as defined in 156.006. Where a portion of a story is exposed at the front of the building, it shall be counted as a story if more than 4 feet of it is exposed (as averaged across the front of the building). The maximum number of stories exposed on any side of a building shall not exceed the maximum number of stories, plus 1.