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    Floor area ratio (FAR) is a measurement of a building's total floor area relative to the size of the land upon which it is built. It is calculated as the gross floor area divided by the area of the plot. City planning regulations often use FAR to control building height and density. FAR does not consider unoccupied areas like basements and elevators. It can be used flexibly in zoning to limit urban density by restricting total floor area while allowing variation in building design. FAR regulations vary between cities but are typically between 1.3 to 3.25 in India.

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    Floor area ratio (FAR) is a measurement of a building's total floor area relative to the size of the land upon which it is built. It is calculated as the gross floor area divided by the area of the plot. City planning regulations often use FAR to control building height and density. FAR does not consider unoccupied areas like basements and elevators. It can be used flexibly in zoning to limit urban density by restricting total floor area while allowing variation in building design. FAR regulations vary between cities but are typically between 1.3 to 3.25 in India.

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    Floor area ratio (FAR) is a measurement of a building's total floor area relative to the size of the land upon which it is built. It is calculated as the gross floor area divided by the area of the plot. City planning regulations often use FAR to control building height and density. FAR does not consider unoccupied areas like basements and elevators. It can be used flexibly in zoning to limit urban density by restricting total floor area while allowing variation in building design. FAR regulations vary between cities but are typically between 1.3 to 3.25 in India.

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    Floor area ratio (FAR) is a measurement of a building's total floor area relative to the size of the land upon which it is built. It is calculated as the gross floor area divided by the area of the plot. City planning regulations often use FAR to control building height and density. FAR does not consider unoccupied areas like basements and elevators. It can be used flexibly in zoning to limit urban density by restricting total floor area while allowing variation in building design. FAR regulations vary between cities but are typically between 1.3 to 3.25 in India.

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    Floor Area Ratio (FAR)

    • Floor area ratio (FAR) is the ratio of a building's total 


    floor area (gross floor area) to the size of the piece of land
    upon which it is built. It is often used as one of the
    regulations in city planning along with the building-to-
    land ratio.[1] The terms can also refer to limits imposed on
    such a ratio through zoning.
    Written as a formula, FAR = gross floor area/area of
    the plot.

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    • The Floor Area Ratio, also known as the Floor Space Ratio
    (FSR) or the Floor Space Index (FSI), depicts the
    relationship between the total usable floor space in a
    building and the total area of the plot on which the
    building is constructed
    • The FAR of an area is ascertained by the local municipal
    corporations to control the height of buildings basis the
    size of the land parcel. 
    • The difference between FAR and FSI is that the first is a
    ratio, while the latter is an index. Index numbers are
    values expressed as a percentage of a single base figure.
    Thus an FAR of 1.5 is translated as an FSI of 150%.
    • Various factors which govern the FAR of an area
    include:
    •  the density of the population, 
    • availability of open space,
    •  the impact of the project on the environment and
    •  resiliency to a natural calamity.
    • the floor area ratio accounts for the entire floor area of a
    building, not simply the building's footprint. Excluded
    from the square footage calculation are unoccupied areas
    such as basements, parking garages, stairs, and elevator
    shafts.
    • Buildings with different numbers of stories may have the
    same floor-area-ratio value.
    • The floor area ratio is variable because population
     dynamics, growth patterns, and construction activities
    vary and because the nature of the land or space where a
    building is placed varies.
    Purpose and use
    • The floor area ratio (FAR) can be used in zoning to limit 
    urban density. While it directly limits building density,
    indirectly it also limits the number of people that a building
    can hold, without controlling a building's external shape.
    • An architect can plan for either a single-story building
    consuming the entire allowable area in one floor, or a 
    multi-story building that rises higher above the plane of the
    land, but which must consequently result in a smaller
    footprint than would a single-story building of the same total
    floor area.
    •  By combining the horizontal and vertical limits into a single
    figure, some flexibility is permitted in building design, while
    achieving a hard limit on at least one measure of overall size.
    • Common exclusions to the total calculation of square
    footage for the purpose of floor area ratio (FAR) include
    unoccupied areas such as mechanical equipment floors,
    basements exclusively used for parking, stair towers,
    elevator shafts, and parking garages.
    • India
    • In India FAR and FSI are both used.
    •  FAR regulations vary from city to city and generally it is
    from 1.3 to 3.25. 
    • In Mumbai 1.33 is the norm but higher FSI is allowed along
    the Metro rail line and slum areas like Dharavi.
    •  In Bangalore, 40 feet streets allow only an FAR of 1.75 but
    100 feet streets allow 3.25 FAR.

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