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ORDINANCE NO. 2000- 0 2 6 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING LAND <br />DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS): CHAPTER 901, DEFINITIONS; <br />CHAPTER 911, ZONING; CHAPTER 912, SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT; <br />AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS, <br />CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY LAND DEVELOPMENT <br />REGULATIONS (LDRS) BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: <br />L BUILDING HEIGHT DEFINITION <br />LDR definitions Chapter Section 901.03 is hereby amended as follows: <br />Building, height of the vertical distance to the intersection of the highest inside finished face <br />of the exterior vertical wall and the highest ceiling, hight fei flatroofs <br />to the mean height between the eaves and ridge f6r sloped roofs; measured from the average <br />natural grade or the minimum flood elevation, whichever is higher. Theme FDEP <br />Design Breakaway Wave Crest Elevation (DBWCE) shall constitute minimum flood <br />elevation where applicable. However, architectural embellishments, including but not limited <br />to mansard, gable, hip, gambrel roofs; parapets and parapet walls, except as limited in LDR <br />section 911.15(1)(b); mechanical equipment and enclosures for such equipment; elevator <br />shafts and stairway enclosures; and similar structures, shall be allowed to exceed the <br />maximum building height limitation by not more than 15 feet where the 35 foot height <br />limitation applies, and by not more than 20 feet where the 45 foot height limitation applies, <br />subject to the regulations of LDR section 911.15(l). <br />2. BUILDING HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS AND REGULATIONS <br />A. LDR zoning Chapter Section 911.15(1)(a) and (b), are hereby amended as follows: <br />(a) Height exceptions. The height limitations stipulated in the applicable districts <br />shall not apply to the following, provided that no such structure exceeds the height <br />limits for airport approach areas, as established in paragraph (b), below: <br />Lnurcn SLeepies ana spires; <br />Chimneys; <br />Flag poles; <br />Silos; <br />Elevator towers's <br />Windmills; <br />Aircraft control towers and navigational aids; <br />Utility transmission towers; <br />Coding: Words in strikenthrotigh type are deletions from existing law. Words underlined are additions, <br />u\d\ord\building height ord Page 1 of 11 <br />