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floor area ratio

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floor area ratio
The ratio of floor space in a building to lot size; used in zoning regulations to restrict the size of buildings.


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The size of a development is regulated in ratio with the amount of land area: this floor area ratio calculation "FAR" is expressed as a multiple of the land area.
Commissioners requested alternate configurations of the facility, and information about the floor area ratio at other hospitals, and heating-air conditioning unit noise variables.
Known formally as the transfer of floor area ratio or "TFAR," the air-rights policy only allows density swaps inside the CRA's 1,549-acre Central Business District, which includes the Financial-Historic core, South Park, City East and the Civic Center.
 
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