I'm looking for tips about calcuating floor area ratio that actually accurately describe the actual mass/size of a building. Like most places, we don't count areas devoted to parking and other uses (stairs, elevators, mechanical/building operations), which in some cases, take up several floors of a building. As a result, projects that are within the allowable FAR end up being much larger, taller, etc...than the average person (and the site plan review board) initally perceives. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to provide a more meaningful calculation of building mass and/or ideas about how to educate the the community (internal and external) about what FAR means?
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