Far is expressed as a decimal number and is derived by dividing the total area of the building by the total.
Floor area and lot area.
Both can affect the overall bulk characteristics within a zoning district.
The floor area ratio is the relationship between the total amount of usable floor area that a building has or has been permitted to have and the total area of the lot on which the building stands.
In real estate lot area is the size of a plot of land usually rendered in square feet or meters.
This is contrasted with floor area which is the size of the footprints of any buildings on the lot.
While often used in combination to determine other areas or ratios such as floor area ratio far for example the two have distinct differences and are defined differently by code.
Lot coverage is the percentage of a land plot covered by one or more structures.
Floor area ratio far is the measurement of a building s floor area in relation to the size of the lot parcel that the building is located on.