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Article 48 <br />Interim Floor Area Ratio for Single -Family Homes <br />Sections <br />48.1 <br />Purpose <br />48.2 <br />Applicability <br />48.3 <br />Definitions <br />48.4 <br />Floor Area Ratio <br />48.1 — Purpose. <br />The intent of this Article is to establish an additional development standard, Floor <br />Area Ratio, for the review of single-family dwellings. This Article will be in effect on a <br />temporary basis, and is intended to be repealed within two years from the date of adoption <br />or in conjunction with the adoption of Residential Design Guidelines, whichever comes <br />first. <br />48.2 — Applicability. <br />This Article shall apply to all single-family dwellings in any zoning district, including <br />single-family dwellings with an accessory dwelling unit, except for building permits and <br />Architectural Permits applications submitted prior to the adoption of the ordinance <br />approving Article 48. <br />48.3 — Definitions. <br />For the purposes of this Article, the following words and phrases shall have the <br />following meanings: <br />A. "Gross Floor Area" means the total covered area of all floors of a single-family <br />dwelling which includes attached garages, measured to the outside of stud <br />walls except as described below: <br />1. Basements that are no more than twenty-four inches above average <br />finished grade; and <br />2. Detached structures including: Accessory Buildings and Accessory <br />Dwelling Units; and <br />3. Features as described in Section 32.3 E (Architectural Features). <br />48.4 — Floor Area Ratio. <br />Total Floor Area Ratio for single family dwellings shall be limited to a maximum of <br />2,500 square feet, or forty (40) percent of lot area, whichever is larger. <br />Page 5 of 8 <br />ATTY/RESO.0066/PC RESO FAR RESOLUTION <br />REV: 06-20-19 PR <br />