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<br />A City Planner's Guide to Floor Area Ratio <br /> <br />a city planner's guide to <br />Floor Area Ratio <br /> <br />drag yw.r tJl4Qj{f - > <br /> <br />Definition <br /> <br />FAR expresses the relationship between the <br />amount of useable floor area permitted in a <br />building (or buildings) and the area of the lot <br />on which the building stands. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />It IS obtained by dividing the gross floor area <br />f a building by the total area of the lot. <br /> <br />yorf fLoo}' arf",a o{ a ~"jlt.i)""~j <br /> <br />--------~------------~---- = fAR <br /> <br />1"ohi -a.-~-a 'J{ t~ l':l1" <br /> <br />FAR is usually expressed as a decimal <br />fraction (for example, 0.5 or 12.3). <br /> <br />Drag your mouse across the color strip at the <br />top of the page to see three examples of FAR <br />1.0. <br /> <br />home I density I database I zoning map I comment <br /> <br />http://www,mit.edu/~alexkav/F AR/home.html <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />,~ ~ '" ;~4'~~, ;:,,:~:~:,: , ~" ;' <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br /> <br />'I", <br />r <br /> <br />4 STORIES <br /> <br />.J <br /> <br />'...., <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />02/08/2001 <br />