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1 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 85-44 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING APPENDIX A OF THE CODE OF <br />LAWS AND ORDINANCES, KNOWN AS THE ZONING CODE, BY AMENDING <br />SECTION 25, "GENERAL PROVISIONS", AND PROVIDING FOR THE <br />REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, AS WELL AS CODIFICATION, <br />SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED B1 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that: <br />SECTION 25: GENERAL PROVISIONS <br />SECTION 1 <br />Section 25 entitled "General Provisions" is hereby amended to read as follows: <br />25 A. HEIGHT EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS <br />I. Height Exceptions <br />The height limitations stipulated in the applicable districts shall <br />not apply to the following, provided that no such structure exceeds <br />the height limits for airport approach areas, as established in <br />para. 2, below: <br />-- church and monument sites; <br />-- chimneys; <br />-- flag poles; <br />-- silos; <br />-- elevator towers; <br />air conditioning and condensing units; <br />-- windmills; <br />-- aircraft control towers and navigational aids; <br />-- Utility transmission towers; <br />-- solar energy collectors; and <br />-- similar structures. <br />Notwithstanding, any radio, television or microwave transmission or <br />receiving tower which is greater than one hundred forty (140) feet <br />in height shall only be allowed subject to the criteria established <br />for such towers in Section 25.1 (I). <br />2. Height Limitations <br />No structure shall be erected which would encroach into or through <br />any established public or private airport approach plan, prepared in <br />accordance with the criteria established by the Federal Aviation <br />Administration, including the Approach and Zoning Plan for the Vero <br />Beach Municipal Airport and any other airport or airstrip which may <br />currently exist or be created in the future. <br />25 B. YARD ENCROACHMENTS <br />Every part of a required yard shall be open and unobstructed from the <br />ground to the sky, except as hereinafter provided or as otherwise permit- <br />ted in this ordinance. No structure shall be erected within any ease- <br />ment, except as specifically authorized by this ordinance. <br />1. Structural Overhangs <br />Cornices, awnings, eaves, gutters or other similar structural over- <br />hangs at least seven (7) feet above grade, may extend up to four (4) <br />feet into any required yard, provided that no such overhang shall <br />extend to within six (6) feet of any property line. <br />2. Sills and Belt Courses <br />Sills, belt courses and similar ornamental features may extend six <br />(6) inches into any required yard. <br />3. Air Conditioners and Similar Mechanical Equipment <br />-1- <br />