Any structure or device affixed to a building or other structure, except a water tank , for the purpose of supporting broadcast equipment of any frequency or electromagnetic wave, or any similar system of wires, poles, rods,
Read it in the chapter →How this ordinance defines it
The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Virginia Beach’s own text settles what this covers.
except residential chimneys, communication towers, broadcasting towers, radio or television antennas, spires, flagpoles, water tanks , roof-mounted wind energy conversion systems or monuments otherwise approved for erection; provided, however, that smokestacks may also extend beyond such limits,
Read it in the chapter →*Architectural features.* Chimneys, spires, cupolas, flagpoles, antennas, mechanical penthouses, stair towers, elevator penthouses, water tanks and similar architectural or mechanical features may exceed the height limits of this section by not more than fifteen (15) feet,
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