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Development Controls

The document defines several terms used for development controls including: - Total lot area, percentage of site occupancy, total open space within the lot, unpaved surface area, impervious surface area, and maximum allowable construction area. It provides formulas for calculating these values and describes allowable maximum building footprint, gross floor area, total gross floor area, allowable maximum volume of the building, floor to lot area ratio, and building height limit. The document also discusses how building bulk is calculated both by allowable maximum building footprint projection and using floor to lot area ratio.

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Development Controls

The document defines several terms used for development controls including: - Total lot area, percentage of site occupancy, total open space within the lot, unpaved surface area, impervious surface area, and maximum allowable construction area. It provides formulas for calculating these values and describes allowable maximum building footprint, gross floor area, total gross floor area, allowable maximum volume of the building, floor to lot area ratio, and building height limit. The document also discusses how building bulk is calculated both by allowable maximum building footprint projection and using floor to lot area ratio.

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Development Controls

TLA - Total Lot Area

PSO - Percentage of Site Occupancy


- The part of the lot occupied by the building
- (A.K.A. building footprint expressed in %)

TOSL - Total Open Space within the Lot


- The part of the lot NOT occupied by the building

Formula
TLA = PSO + TOSL

USA - Unpaved Surface Area


- The portion of the open space that is unpaved

ISA - Impervious Surface Area


- The portion of the open space that is paved

MACA Maximum Allowable Construction Area


- The combined area of the building foot print and the paved open space

Formula
Since open space = TOSL,
TOSL = USA + ISA

MACA = PSO + ISA

Hence, TLA = MACA + USA

AMBF - Allowable Maximum Building Footprint


- Footprint expressed in square meters

GFA - Gross Floor Area


- Total enclosed floor area (including balconies)
- Excludes the following enclosed areas:
- Parking, services, utilities
- Vertical penetrations in parking floors if not used for residential or commercial purposes
- Balconies exceeding 10sqm, uncovered areas, fire escape structures, etc.

TGFA - Total Gross Floor Area


- Includes all enclosed floor areas, no exceptions

AMVB - Allowable Maximum Volume of the Building

OFB - Outer Faces of the Building

FLAR - Floor to Lot Area Ratio

BHL Building Height Limit


RROW Road Right Of Way

Building Bulk
- A volume quantity

Formula
Building bulk = Footprint x Height

However, the Code prescribes several different methods for determining this quantity

Building bulk by AMBF projection


- Determine the AMBF
- Determine the BHL (in meters)
- AMBF x BHL = Building bulk

Building bulk from FLAR


- FLAR: Floor to lot area ratio
- Total floor area / lot area
- For example, a FLAR designation of 1.50 means that a lot measuring 100sqm may accommodate a
building whose total floor area is 150sqm.

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