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-~5_ (b) On a corner lot facing two (2) or more frontages the height shall be taken from a level midway in elevation between the highest curb level and the lowest curb level; and this height limitation shall apply upon such lot not farther than to the center of the lot beyond which ate portion of the same lot shall have a hei~,ht limitation similar to that applying upon the property next adjacent thereto. (c) On a through lot the height limit including all exceptions thereto, b~ginninb at either frontage, shall apply to a depth :Wv _~, not exceeding one-half the depth of the lot, (d) On an interior lot the height limit, including all exceptions thereto, shall apply to a depth equal to one-half the depth of the block as measured from frontage to frontage on a line projected through the center of the lot in question. A~ rear portion of such lot, beyond the center line of the lots shall have a height limit similar to that applying upon the lot immediately abutting in the rear thereof, Section !t. HEIGHT OF PUBLIC OR SEMI::PQffi~IC BUILDINQ. In ~ residence or retail business district, the height limitation for public or semi-public buildings, churches, hospitals, sanitariums or schools may be increased to forty(!t0) feet, but not to exceed three (3) stories, pro- vided that the width of each side ;yard required 1,y the Schedule of Height and Area Regulations for the District in which the building is located, be increased so as to provide that no point in ~ wall of the building above the height limitation of the District shall be nearer to the vertical plane through a side lot line than a distance equal to one-third the height of such point above the curb level. Section 5. HEIGHT OF SPECIAL STRUCTURES. In a reta33. business, the height limitation of the District may be exceeded by struct- ures requiring special design on account of their particular use in commerce, (such as chimneys, stacks, detached water or wireless towers, etc.) pro- vided they otherwise comply with the regulations herein prescribed. Section 6. APPURTENI~NCES TO BUILDINGS. In aryy district, ehimnays~ stacks, elevator bulkheads, penthouses, gas or water towers cooling towers, stage towers or scenery lofts, wireless towers, and other necessar~* mechanical appurtenances, where permitted by the Use Regulations, and erected upon and as an integral part of the building, may be erected or extended above the height limit of the district, provided that aziy such structure shall set back from the vertical plane of the permitted building