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e e -15- 8. EXCEPTICJlJS. ..--...... (a) For the purpose of this section" the following appurtenances . shall not be deemed parts of' buildings: Church spires" tanks and their supports, roof structures, chimneys, signs, attached to the building, radio masts, water cooling towers for air conditioning or other apparatus, and parapets that do not extend more thah 4 feet above the roof' surface at their point of contact. (b) outside the fire limits, public buildings" business buildings" or storage buildings may, in the discretion ot the governing body of the nnmicipality" be erected to greater heights than fixed by this section. SECTION 16. AREA RES'IRICTIONS. 1. NEN BUILmNGS. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of this section, the building area permitted without suitable subdivisions .-.... by fire walls shall be limited as follows: (a) For fireproof construction and semifireproof construction, unlimited. (b) For h eav:,r timber construction, the area of buildings shall not exceed 6,~OO square feet if fronting on one street, nor 8,000 square feet if frontin~ on two streets" nor 10,000 square feet if' fronting on three or more streets. "I (c) For ordinary construction, m d for noncombustible construction, the area of one-story buildings shall not exceed 6,000 square feet if' fronting on one street, 7,500 square feet if fronting on 2 streets, 9,000 square feet if fronting on .3 streets and 10,,500 square feet if fronting on 4 streets; provided that outside the fire limits the area of one-story buildings of non- combustible constroction shall not be restricted. The permitted areas for buildings exceeding. one story shall not exceed 5,000, 6,000, 7,500 and 9,000 square .feet, men .fronting on one, 2, .3, and 4 streets, respectively. (d) For wood frame construction the area of buildings shal1 not ex- ceed 5,000 square .feet. (e) For unprotected metal construction the area of one-story build- ings is not restricted; buildings exceeding one story shall not exceed the area t limits speci.fied .for nonconibustible construction. 2.. S'lREET. under this section a street shall be deemed to include any avenue, boulevard, street, alley or lane, 20 feet or greater in width, or any court, parking spa~e or yard" with direct connection to a street, and not less than 20 feet wide. Such court, parldng space or yard shall be property of the owner of the building and shall not be enclosed or roofed over.