Opening Adjacency Lab…
FLAR & Development Controls
All of the National Building Code's development limits for a lot in one pass. From the total lot area and the zoning classification it gives the floor to lot area ratio (FLAR), the footprint, the height limit and how the open space must split between paved and unpaved ground.
- The allowable maximum building footprint.
- Gross floor area from the floor to lot area ratio, and the total gross floor area it leads to.
- The building height limit.
- Total open space within the lot, split into the most that may be paved and the least that must stay unpaved.
- How many storeys the adopted floor area actually needs.
- Follows: PD 1096 (National Building Code), Rules VII and VIII of its implementing rules.
- Floor to lot area ratios are often set in the local zoning ordinance. Enter the local figure where it differs.