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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 pur ft1{If!~ - > <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 />y~!f {L':I"i- ,u-q-a ,,{ -a b"ilolll'l') <br /> <br />--~-~------~--~----~-~---- = f~R <br /> <br />Tohl -a.-q3 7J{ tk(! l.:d <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 IF AR/home.html <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />l\:1i1';1~!~!!1(?;;r<; . :);~; <br />M.~~~q~ .~... ~ .. '/ "/" <br />-..'" ,'i:;:-;~'~:, /.;: '/'" <br />~~~-::.rA~',^"_' . /,. ;-;:h"%V <br />~.~~~...,. ._~~ .NY"" <br /> <br />..... <br /> <br /> <br />"t " <br />~ <br /> <br />04 STORIES <br /> <br />,1 <br /> <br />''0, <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />02/08/2001 <br />