§ 1411-09. Floor Area Ratio (FAR).

Floor Area Ratio (FAR) in all DD subdistricts varies according to Map 1411-09: FAR Overlay in Downtown Development Districts. A building may not exceed the FAR for its location as shown on Map 1411-09: FAR Overlay in Downtown Development Districts.

For purposes of this section, building gross floor area is the sum of the individual gross floor area of every story of the building provided:

(a)

Any underground story is disregarded. A story is deemed underground if its floor level is more than three feet six inches below the average street grade at the exterior walls of the building. For the Banks, the grade is street grade.

(b)

If the first story (other than an underground story) of a building is more than 25 feet in height, its individual gross floor area is added to the base building gross floor area as many times as its average height is divisible by 25 feet, rounded to the next highest whole number. For example, if the average height of a first story is 36 feet, the individual gross floor area of the first story is added twice in the calculation of the building gross floor area.

(c)

If an upper story of a building (other than a story exclusively devoted to heating, ventilating, air conditioning, elevators or other building service equipment) is more than 15 feet in height, its individual gross floor area is added to the building gross floor area as many times as its average height is divisible by 15 feet, rounded to the next highest whole number.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 15-2004, eff. Feb. 13, 2004; a. Ord. No. 0346-2007, § 7, eff. Oct. 13, 2007)