Subject: 9999 Clarify height for towers
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 1990 11:55:00 -0500


                              ORDINANCE NO.   9999 
        
        
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 6958, AS
                   AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SO AS
                   TO CLARIFY THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR TOWERS.
                  
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              	   WHEREAS, it has been determined that there is a need
         to amend the Chattanooga Zoning Ordinance, so as to clarify the 

         height requirements for towers as opposed to other types of
         structures;
                                 NOW, THEREFORE,
              	   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
         CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Ordinance No. 6958, as amended, 
the
         Zoning Ordinance, be and the same is hereby amended as follows:
              	   SECTION 1.	 
         By deleting Artivle V, Section 709 and substituting the
         following:
         709. In no case shall the height of any building or structure,
              except radio, television, telephone and microwave towers
              (see Article VIII, Section 100), exceed the shortest
              distance from such structure to the nearest boundary of 
any
              Residential or R-4 Zone.
        
         By deleting the following from Article V, Sections 509, 609,
         811, and 928:
              Maximum, Height of Structure
              No building or structure shall exceed two and one-half
              stories or 35 feet in height, except that a building or
              structure may exceed these height requirements provided
              that for every one (1) foot of additional height over 35
              feet the building or structures shall be set back one (1)
              additional foot from all property lines.
        
         And substituting in lieu thereof the following:
              Maximum, Height of Structure
              No building or structure except radio, television,
              telephone and microwave towers (See Article VIII, Section
              107), shall exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet in
              height, except that a building or structure may exceed
              these height requirements provided that for every one (1)
              foot of additional height over 35 feet the building or
              structures shall be set back one (1) additional foot from
              all property lines.
        
         	   SECTION 3.	  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this
         Ordinance shall take effect two weeks from and after its 
passage
         as required by law.
        
         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading January 25, 1994.     
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         	   	     	       APPROVED: __X__ DISAPPROVED: _____
        
         	   	     	       DATE:  January 27, 1994.
        
        
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