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Limitation Area is exempt from height limitation requirements. In no case shall the maximum height of any building or structure exceed the maximum allowed in the zone. 9,6720 Height Exceptions for Roof Structures and Architectural Features. Except as provided in EC 9.6715, certain roof structures, architectural features and other devices may be erected above the height limits established in this land use code. Some roof structures, architectural features, and other devices may be erected no more than 18 feet above the highest point of the roof of the main building, whether such structure is attached to it or freestanding. Roof structures, architectural features, and other devices that may exceed the highest point of the main building by 18 feet as established above include: (1) Roof structures for the housing of elevators, stairways, tanks, ventilating fans, and similar equipment required to operate and maintain the building; (2) Architectural features, including fire or parapet walls, skylights, towers, flagpoles, chimneys, smokestacks, steeples and similar structures; and (3) Other devices, including television antennas and similar structures, but excluding amateur radio antennas, telecommunication facilities, and radio towers and transmitters. Amateur radio antennas, telecommunication facilities, and radio towers and transmitters may exceed the maximum building height within a zone, provided there is compliance with all other applicable requirements of this land use code. 9.6725 outdoor Liehtine Standards. (1) Purpose of Outdoor Lighting Standards. The outdoor lighting standards are intended to produce efficient, effective, and attractive outdoor lighting that is appropriate to the need and prevents glare. The standards are designed to: (a) Provide for nighttime safety, utility, security and productivity while conserving energy and other resources. (b) Minimize glare, light trespass and light pollution. (c) Curtail the degradation of the nighttime environment to enhance citizens' enjoyment and protect the natural cycles of plants and animals that require darkness at night in order to thrive. (2) Applicability of Outdoor Lighting Standards. Except as exempted by provisions of this land use code in EC 9.6725(5) below, the installation of outdoor lighting fixtures shall be subject to these lighting standards. (3) Shielding. All lighting fixtures subject to a lighting permit shall be cutoff and additional shielding shall be required, as necessary, to direct the light within the boundaries of the development site. Fixtures for exterior illumination of signs, including signs attached to a building, shall be top - mounted as well as shielded to aim the light downward onto the sign only. (See also EC 9.6640 General Provisions, section (6) Illumination Standards for Signs.) (4) Prohibited Types of Lights. Decorative lasers, continuously flashing lights Ordinance - 262