5.3 BUILDING AREA AND HEIGHT LIMITS

A. Except for municipal buildings, the combined square footage of all buildings located on a legally platted lot shall not exceed 7,000 square feet. B. The combined square footage of all municipal buildings located on a legally platted lot shall not exceed 9500 square feet. C. No building or addition to an existing building, including municipal buildings, shall exceed twentyfive (25) feet in building height except as provided for in Subsection H of this section. D. Except for municipal buildings, no more than 5,000 square feet of combined square footage on a legally platted lot shall exceed a building height of nineteen (19) feet tall. E. Except for new additions to existing buildings, the highest point of the structure determines building height for all of the combined square footage of that building. The highest point of a new addition to an existing building determines the building height for all of the combined square footage of that addition. F. All buildings, including agricultural buildings, on a legally platted lot are included in the maximum combined square footage except one or two Accessory Structures as provided in section G. G. No more than two Accessory Structures on a legally platted lot may be excluded from the calculation of the maximum combined square footage if the excluded building or buildings are each no more than 120 square feet in area and no more than twelve (12) feet in building height, when measured from finished grade. H. Buildings on a legally platted lot that were erected, or for which a complete building permit application was submitted, before May 13, 2008 and which do not comply with the provisions of Section 5.3 may continue in use as noncomplying buildings. I. The owner of property upon which is erected a building which is noncomplying under Subsection H because of the building height, may make one addition that exceeds 25 feet in height to that building, provided that the one addition: does not exceed the building’s existing maximum height; does not exceed a maximum height of thirty (30) feet; and does not exceed 500 square feet. No addition shall be allowed under this Subsection I which would increase the combined square footage of the building affected by the addition to more than 5,000 square feet.