floor area ratio

And that means we should grandfather the floor area ratios.

Floor area ratio is often used to measure density.

The formulas are known as floor area ratio plans.

Japan has extensively adopted the floor area ratio in the zoning system since 1970.

These include overall square footage, which is determined by lot size under a formula known as the floor area ratio.

Floor area ratios are used as a measure of the intensity of the site being developed.

Floor area ratio plans have emerged as a fairly common way to combat the overdevelopment of lots.

Thus, many jurisdictions have found it unnecessary to include hard height limitations when using floor area ratio calculations.

They also cost less to build per unit floor area because of their smaller wall to floor area ratio.

The FAR, or floor area ratio, is the town's measure of construction density.

This program allowed developers of selected sites to increase the floor area ratio, or FAR.

The floor area ratio can be used in zoning to limit the amount of construction in a certain area.

Floor area ratio plans are complicated.

By providing the amenities the designers were able to add 28 stories to the tower and almost double the base floor area ratio of the site.

Mr. Wurmfield said the five-story school would fill up only half of its permitted floor area ratio.

Abdicating to floor area ratios (market forces) is the opposite of aiming a community toward something more than the sum of its parts.

Zoning generally uses a floor area ratio, or FAR, to designate the maximum size of a building.

The town allows 10 percent of the acreage to be covered by buildings and a floor area ratio of 20 percent of the 25-acre property.

He also doesn't say his office towers will have a floor area ratio of 37, more than double the maximum density allowed under the city's zon-ing code.

Residential zoning usually includes a smaller FAR (floor area ratio) than business, commercial or industrial/manufacturing zoning.

The initial application for the expansion, filed last June, was denied by the town Board of Supervisors because it would exceed the legal floor area ratio.

As well the application of maximal lot coverage, floor area ratios, building height, and parking requirements to the entire site as opposed to the individual lot.

A draft of floor area ratio regulations is scheduled to be presented by Frederick P. Clark Associates to the board in late June.

The zoning term for bulk is floor area ratio, that is, the amount of square feet of building allowed for every square foot of land.

Much larger than neighboring structures, the 90-foot, 9-story project took advantage of the "community facility" rules in the zoning code which allowed for increased Floor Area Ratio.