Ione Municipal Code Ch. 17.30 Building Height Measurement and Projections

The purpose of this chapter is to provide the rules for determining and calculating height of structures within the city. Additionally, it includes exceptions to the height requirements of the underlying zoning district based on use type and features. The intent of these regulations is to provide for compatibility of building height when adjacent lots have different maximum height limits or there are different grade levels between a development site and its adjacent roadway.

(Ord. No. 528, 2-15-2022)

Terms unique to this chapter are listed in Chapter 17.300 (Glossary of terms).

(Ord. No. 528, 2-15-2022)

Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or any other provisions of this title, all structures shall be limited to the maximum height identified in the underlying (or applicable overlay) zoning district as identified in Article II (Zoning districts, allowed uses, and development standards), to the maximum height allowed for accessory structures as identified in Chapter 17.38 (Accessory structures), or to the maximum height allowed for wireless communication facilities as identified in Chapter 17.210 (Wireless communication facilities). The height provisions for buildings or structures shall be interpreted so that both the limitation as to the number of stories and the limitation of the height in feet shall both apply when both standards are listed.

(Ord. No. 528, 2-15-2022)

The height of a structure shall be measured as the vertical distance from the finish grade of the site to an imaginary plane located the allowed number of feet above and parallel to the grade. See Figure 17.30.040-1 (Measurement of Height).

Figure 17.30.040-1: Measurement of Height

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(Ord. No. 528, 2-15-2022)

Exceptions to the height regulations are as follows:

A. General height exception. No penthouses or roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans or similar equipment; towers, steeples, roof signs, or other structures shall exceed the height limit provided in this title, except wireless communication facilities as provided for in Chapter 17.210 (Wireless communication facilities). Radio and television masts, flagpoles, chimneys, and smoke stacks may exceed not more than 30 feet above the height limit provided in this title, provided that the same may be safely erected and maintained at such height in view of the surrounding conditions and circumstances.

(Ord. No. 528, 2-15-2022)