Floor Area And Land Area

Calculation of the constructible land area.

Floor area and land area.

The lot area is the minimum sized lot left over after you build the house. Area covered by carpet additional area covered. The constructible land area can also be limited to a smaller size by building lines setbacks or a building window in the land use plan. In other words you add the floor area and the lot area and your building lot must be at least that big.

Many industries largely the real estate industry seek hikes in the floor area ratio to open up space and land resources to. To put it simply a floor area is the size of the indoors area inside the building walls and the lot area is the whole size of the lot i e. The farmer s plot of land which has an area of 21 780 square feet equates to half an acre where an acre is defined as the area of 1 chain by 1 furlong which are defined by something else and so on and is why si now exists. Another important metric is the area of the land or plot upon which a building stands.

Definitions of gfa including which areas are to be counted towards it and which areas aren t vary around the world. An important one is gross floor area gfa which is the building s total floor area up to the external face of the outside walls. I can explain you theory way but let s understand in a practical way carpet area. Built up area.

Far is the reason why buildings with the same size lot but in different zoning districts can be drastically different in size. In case of a gross floor area of 500m2 and a floor space ratio of 0 25 the value for the constructible land area is 500m x 0 25 coverage ratio 125 m. The floor area ratio is the deciding factor in finding out the maximum buildable floor area. Note that the floor area also includes garage built.

Far is the ratio of gross floor area to plot area indicating the density of the site. Including the yard up to the boundaries of the lot. Unfortunately for the farmer he lives in an area predominated by foreign investors with smaller feet who felt that. Your floor area is the size of the house.

Adding to this confusion is the practice among some developers to use gross leasable area gla and gfa interchangeably or to use. The floor area ratios are set forth by nyc planning in the zoning resolution zoning code. A low floor area ratio is generally a deterrent to construction. Most cities require a minimum sized lot to build a house on.