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Sep 24, 2019
Property Owners, Contractors and Design Professionals note that enclosed spaces of decks, balconies, and porches will be counted as contributing to the sum of gross floor area (GFA) for purposes of calculating floor area ratio (FAR). The floor area ratio (FAR) is the relationship between the total amount of floor area that a building has or has been permitted to have and the total area of the lot on which the building stands.
The City of Rehoboth Beach Board of Adjustment on September 23, 2019, upheld the Building Inspector's interpretation to include the square footage of such structures for computing gross floor area (GFA). Plans submitted prior to September 24, 2019, will be reviewed to previous code interpretation.
