HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 08 of 1995 Increasing Max Height Limits TOWN OF ITHACA
LOCAL LAW NO. 8 OF THE YEAR 1995
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING THE TOWN OF ITHACA ZONING ORDINANCE INCREASING THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMITATIONS
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as follows:
Section 1. The Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Ithaca as adopted, amended and revised
effective February 26, 1968, and subsequently amended is further amended as follows:
1. ARTICLE II-A, SECTION 3E is amended by adding a new paragraph to be paragraph
12 reading as follows:
"12. Maximum height. No building shall be erected, altered, or extended to exceed
thirty-eight (38) feet in height from the lowest interior grade or thirty-six (36) feet in height
from the lowest exterior grade, whichever is lower. No structure other than a building shall
be erected, altered, or extended to exceed thirty (30) feet in height."
2. ARTICLE III, SECTION 4, Paragraph 11 is amended to read as follows:
"11. In Residence Districts R9, no building shall be erected, altered, or extended to exceed
thirty-eight (38) feet in height from the lowest interior grade or thirty-six (36) feet in height
from the lowest exterior grade, whichever is lower. No structure other than a building shall
be erected, altered, or extended to exceed thirty (30) feet in height."
3. ARTICLE IV, SECTION 11, Paragraph 6, is amended to read as follows:
"6. In Residence Districts R15, no building shall be erected, altered, or extended to
exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height from the lowest interior grade or thirty-six (36) feet in
height from the lowest exterior grade, whichever is lower. No structure other than a building
shall be erected, altered, or extended to exceed thirty (30) feet in height."
4. ARTICLE V, SECTION 18, Paragraph 10, is amended to read as follows:
"10. In Residence Districts R30, no building shall be erected, altered, or extended to
exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height from the lowest interior grade or thirty-six (36) feet in
height from the lowest exterior grade, whichever is lower. No structure other than a building
shall be erected, altered, or extended to exceed thirty (30) feet in height."
5. ARTICLE VI, SECTION 28, Paragraph 5, is amended to read as follows:
"5. Height: All structures shall conform in height with other structures in the vicinity,
provided, however, that no building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height from the
lowest interior grade nor thirty-six (36) feet in height from the lowest exterior grade and
further provided that no structure other than a building shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height."
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6. ARTICLE VII, SECTION 37, Paragraph 5, is amended to read as follows:
"5. Height: All structures shall conform in height with other structures in the vicinity,
provided, however, that no building shall exceed thirty-eight (38) feet in height from the
lowest interior grade nor thirty-six (36) feet in height from the lowest exterior grade and
further provided that no structure other than a building shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height."
7. ARTICLE XI, SECTION 51, Paragraph 3, is amended to read as follows:
"3. In Agricultural Districts, no non-agricultural building shall exceed thirty-eight (38)
feet in height from the lowest interior grade nor thirty-six (36) feet in height from the lowest
exterior grade, and no other non-agricultural structure shall be erected or extended to exceed
thirty (30) feet in height."
Section 2. In the event that any portion of this law is declared invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining portions shall not be affected by such declaration of
invalidity.
Section 3. This law shall take effect 20 days after its adoption or the date it is filed in the
Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, whichever is later.