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;
(5) 
Water towers and tanks;[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Fomer Subsection A(5), Windmills, was repealed and former Subsection A(6) through (8) were renumbered as (5) through (7) 6-17-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-183.
(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]