Lot coverage includes the land area covered by all buildings and improvements excluding roof eaves which project less than 2 feet from the face of a building and structures and improvements less than 3 feet above grade.

Floor Area Ratio (FAR) means the ratio between the floor area of a building or buildings located on a lot and the area of the lot in square feet.

Floor area for flatland (below 150 Mean Sea Level) lots includes:

• Sum of the gross horizontal areas of all floors measured from the exterior framing of the outside walls
• Basements
• Attics with floors
• Accessory Dwelling Units
• Accessory Buildings
• Interior spaces with ceilings of more than 15 feet in height are counted twice

 Floor area does not include the following:

• The first 400 square feet of Garage Floor Area
• Unenclosed Horizontal Surfaces
• Unenclosed Balconies
• Unenclosed Decks
• Unenclosed Porches
• Crawl Spaces with Dirt Floors
• Attics with no Floor

Attic means an open space at the top of a dwelling situated wholly or partly within the roof.

Basement means an enclosed space, finished or unfinished, partly or wholly below natural grade, having more than one-half (1/2) its height, as measured from its floor, whether finished or unfinished, to its ceiling, whether finished or unfinished, below the adjoining natural grade.

Crawl Space means a shallow, unfinished space, located below the living quarters of a basement-less house and enclosed by the foundation walls, where it is not possible for an adult to stand.

Unenclosed means a space with or without a permanent roof that is not enclosed by walls, windows or doors on at least two sides. Insect screening does not constitute enclosure.