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Section 15. "F" Height and Area District In the "F" Height and Area District the height of buildings and the minimum dimensions of yards shall be as follows: Height: No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed eighty -five (85) feet or seven (7) stories. Side Yard: A side yard, if provided, shall be not less than five (5) feet. ee Section 17, (h). Section 16. "G" Height and Area District In the "G" Height and Area District the height of buildings and the minimum dimensions of yards shall be as follows: Height: No building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall exceed one hundred and fifty (150) feet or twelve (12) stories. See Section 17, (d). Side Yard: A side yard, if provided, shall be not less than five (5) feet wide. See Section 17, (h). Section 17. Height and Area District Exceptions The foregoing requirements in the height and area districts shall be subject to the following exceptions and regulations: Height: (a) That in the "A ", "B ", "D" and "E" Height and Area Districts, public or semi - public buildings, hospitals, sanitariums or schools may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy -five (75) feet, when set back an additional foot on all sides for each foot such buildings exceed thirty -five (35) and forty (40) feet, respectively, in height. (b) One - family dwellings in the "A" Height and Area District may be increased in height by not more than five (5) feet When two (2) side yards of not less than fifteen (15) feet each are provided. Such dwellings, however, shall not exceed three (3) stories in height. (c) Parapet walls not exceeding four (4) feet in height, chim- neys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, gas tanks, grain elevators, pent houses, stacks, stage towers, or scenery lofts, sugar refineries, tanks, water towers, radio towers, ornamental towers, monu- ments, cupolas, domes and spires and necessary mechanical appurtenances may be erected as to their height in accordance with existing or here- after adopted ordinances of the City of South Bend. (d) In the "G" Height and Area District towers for occupancy may be erected above the height limit herein established, provided the largest horizontal dimension of any side of the tower shall not exceed sixty (60) feet, provided the total area shall not exceed twenty -five (25) per cent of the area of the lot, and provided that each tower shall be removed at least twenty -five (25) feet from every lot line other than a street line, and at least fifty (50) feet from any other tower. -15-