General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[danbrotherston]

How is floor space ratio calculated?

Its it to the size of the entire lot?

Or just to the 55% of lot size from the maximum lot coverage rules in the zoning bylaws?

Like, with a 16,000 sq ft lot, are you using 16,000 as the denominator, or 8,800?

My impression (as someone who has only read about these things, not actually applied for permits or read the legal documents) is that they are parallel restriction. If the FAR is 1.0 and there are setback requirements, you cannot build a 1 story building at a FAR of 1.0.

The I would also mention Donald Shoups book talks about how parking requirements often limited density below the actual density limits. I cannot remember if he specifically mentioned other zoning restrictions like setbacks.