Burbank Municipal Code Div. 1 Heights for Buildings, Walls and Fences

This Section applies to all zones except the R-1 and R-1-H zones. Height limits for the R-1 and R-1-H zones are specified in Section 10-1-603. Except as otherwise provided, skylights, fire and parapet walls, chimneys, ventilating fans, antennas (except personal wireless telecommunication facilities), tanks, flagpoles, penthouses or roof structures for housing elevators, lofts, stairways, air conditioning or similar equipment, and other appurtenances usually required to be placed above a building to operate and maintain it may be erected up to 15 feet above the height limits prescribed in this chapter, but no penthouse or roof structure shall be allowed for the purpose of providing additional floor area. A Conditional Use Permit is required if the appurtenance exceeds the height limit by more than 15 feet. Rooftop mechanical, storage and building circulation facilities are excluded from height limits, provided that these facilities do not occupy more than one-third (1/3) the area of the roof, are located in the interior of the roof area, and are screened so as to minimize pedestrian level view from public streets or from any neighboring residential uses. A Conditional Use Permit is required if the appurtenance is more than one-third (1/3) the area of the roof. Appurtenances do not include roof forms and architectural features which are not required to operate or maintain a building, such as ornamental towers, spires, steeples, belfries and cupolas. [Formerly numbered Section 31-150; Renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3669, eff. 7/5/05; 3491, 2193.]

10-1-1302:

[Formerly numbered Section 31-151; Renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Deleted by Ord. No. 3690, eff. 4/11/06; Amended by Ord. 3676, eff. 8/16/05; 3669, 3548, 2930, 2370, 2193.]

No structure, object, or feature, including but not limited to fences, walls, and hedges, may be erected or maintained in any zone below a height of ten (10) feet and above a height of three (3) feet above the finished ground surface within a corner cutoff area. The corner cutoff area is defined by a horizontal plane making an angle of 45 degrees with the front, side, or rear property lines as the case may be, and passing through points as follows:

A. STREETS.

At intersecting streets, ten (10) feet from the intersection at the corner of a front or side property line.

B. ALLEYS.

At the intersection of an alley with a street or another alley, ten (10) feet from the edges of the alley where it intersects the street or alley right-of-way.

C. DRIVEWAYS.

At the intersection of a driveway with a street or alley, five (5) feet from the edges of the driveway where it intersects the street or alley right-of-way. [Formerly numbered Section 31-152; Renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3750, eff. 10/17/08; 3690; 2301.]

10-1-1304:

[Formerly numbered Section 31-153; Renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Deleted by Ord. No. 3690, eff. 4/11/06.]

Whenever notice is required in accordance with this Chapter such that the height of a building is identified, the actual height shall be indicated by adding and identifying the following: 1) building height; 2) any additional height for roof and architectural features (if any); and 3) any additional height exception pursuant to Section 10-1-1301 (if any). [Added by Ord. No. 3491, eff. 9/12/98.]