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<br />05/10/2004 <br /> <br />1. Basement space if more than half of the basement story height is above grade, <br />except when the computation of the floor area ratio is defined differently in a <br />zoning district. <br /> <br />2. Elevator stairs and stairwells at each floor. <br /> <br />3. Floor space used for mechanical equipment where the structural headroom <br />exceeds seven and one-half (7-1/2) feet but not including equipment, open or <br />enclosed, located on the roof, such as bulkheads, water tanks and cooling <br />towers. <br /> <br />4. Attic floor space where the structural headroom exceeds seven and one-half (7- <br />1/2) feet. <br /> <br />5. Interior balconies and mezzanines, except when the computation of the floor <br />area ratio is defined differently in a zoning district. <br /> <br />6. Enclosed porches and lanais, but not uncovered terraces, porches, balconies, <br />or stairs. <br /> <br />7. Accessory buildings, where more than one-half (1/2) of the height is above the <br />average level of the highest and lowest point of that portion of the lot covered <br />by the building, but not including garages, carports, and parking structures <br />unless so required in a zoning district. <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />Child care facilities and/or independent non-profit educational facilities open to the <br />public within commercial and/or industrial developments of at least fifty thousand <br />(50,000) square feet of building gross floor area shall not be included in the gross <br />floor area of total building area for the purposes of calculating the Floor Area Ratio, <br />and are thus exempt from Floor Area Ratio limitations, provided that the following <br />conditions are met: <br /> <br />1. In the case of a child care facility, the subject facility shall include at least two <br />thousand (2,000) square feet of indoor area, and at least three thousand <br />(3,000) square feet of outdoor space and shall be of adequate size to <br />accommodate at least forty (40) children; <br /> <br />2. The maximum Floor Area Ratio exemption associated with the provision of a <br />child care facility and/or an independent non-profit educational facility open to <br />the public shall not be greater than two percent (2%) Floor Area Ratio relative <br />to the land area of the development; <br /> <br />3. A deed restriction shall be recorded on the property to ensure the long term use <br />of the portion of the development for child care and/or independent non-profit <br />educational facility; <br /> <br />Atty/Ord/Ord.208 <br />033004 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />1130-331 <br />formerly 2004 602 Abbott Labs <br />