Hesperia Municipal Code Art. II Height Regulations

A. Single household dwellings in land use districts or zone districts that impose a height limitation of thirty-five (35) feet or less may exceed the height limit by up to twenty-five (25) feet, when two side yards of at least twenty (20) feet are provided.

B. Public buildings in land use districts or zone districts that impose a height limitation of thirty-five (35) feet or less may exceed the thirty-five (35) foot height limit by up to twenty-five (25) feet when the required front, side and rear yards are increased an additional one foot in excess of minimum requirements for each four feet in height above thirty-five (35) feet.

(Ord. 250 (part), 1997; SBCC § 87.0401)

A. Special height limits up to fifty (50) percent greater than that specified in the land use districts or zones may be granted for the following structures, by the building official, subject to department review:

1. Cupolas, domes, skylights and gables;

2. Ornamental towers and spheres;

3. Church steeples and towers;

4. Flag poles;

5. Birdhouses;

6. Residential chimneys, flues, smokestacks and enclosures;

7. Mechanical equipment and its screening;

8. Elevator housings;

9. Bulkheads and skylights;

10. Monuments;

11. Barns, silos, grain elevators, windmills and other farm buildings or structures in rural conservation or agricultural districts;

12. Noncommercial antennae up to sixty-five (65) feet in residential districts;

13. Fire or parapet walls;

14. Fire and hose towers;

15. Stairway housing;

16. Water tanks;

17. Cooling towers, gas holders, smokestacks or other structures in industrial districts which are required by permitted industrial processes;

18. Windmills and solar energy collectors in residential or commercial districts;

19. Water towers;

20. Observation and carillon towers;

21. Radio and television station towers;

22. Distribution and transmission cables and towers;

23. Outdoor theater screens;

24. Sign spires;

25. Penthouses;

26. Other roof structures and mechanical appurtenances similar to those listed above.

(Ord. 250 (part), 1997; SBCC § 87.0405)