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Building Volume Ratio (BVR) Me C33W Std►-( Oft In Economic Development Districts,the building volume ratio BUMV Arty Vbbw (BVR)is used as both an intensity measure and a performance standard to measure the amount of land devoted to budding, S parking,loading,and exterior storage use.The BVR is best Office Arrilolirfp dwnsms 45 ft.x 55 ft. understood from the following formula: Office bvifo#V Awr area 2,475$4.ft. Nwrrberof office bts 2 (VB+VP+VL+VE)/t o Total bt+uibhV area 4,SW$I.ft BVR = (2,475 SQ.ft.x 2 kfil fts) A Offte bwito4irZp heett 28 ft. where: rofW&A*W vokme 138,6Q0 at.ft. (4,950 sq.ft.x 28 ft.hebht) BVR = Building volume ratio VB = Volume of buildings? VP = Volume of porwag areas VL = Volume of loading areas VE = Volume of exterior sterage tM A = Site or lot area 28 VB-Building Volume: Building volume is simply the .raiff combination of bidding coverage and budding height,and the cahuclation is accompished as follows: For the case st*&"V,its hMht was rmaxnd from d level to a 1. Measure the ground floor dimensions or ``Footpr�#"of point trm%my between tria eaves and ail buildings on the site,including accessory buildings or �t per, uses such as trash clump3tem,electrical transformers, heating and cooling units,canopies,and storage buildings. AMOS"y L&W Whore uses rich as esters or transformers are HVAC enekmm diwnxbm a ft x 12 ft enclosed by a screen wad or fence,measurements must HVAC encloswe area 96 sq.ft. reflect the dimensions of the enclosure.AN measurements Nwrrberof HVAC wvbswes 2 must be tiken from the exterior wad surface. toted HVAC encdOSUre area 192 sq.ft. HVAC enclosure heot 5 ft 2. Calculate the growl floor area of each building and roMHVAC enckurare vokm 960 au.ft. accessory use. Dwrbcsttrr pad dtrre mbm 10 ft.x 12 ft 3. Measure the height of all buildings,eluding accessory Dw Wterpadaxa 120 sq.ft. buildings and uses.When measuring the height of buildings Nwnber of d rpstarpa* 1 or uses with flat roofs,the measurement must be talus rota)darrbcsterpad area 120 sq.ft. from this mean elevation of the proposed finished grade Dwrbosterpad helpht 5 ft. at the front of the budding tothe highest point of the rot1/Oth7 sterpad vO&W 60o at.ft. buking. For buildings with gable,hip or gambrel roofs, the Porch dinenskaro 10 ft.x 32 ft. measurement is taken to the mean height between eaves Porch area 320 sq.ft. and the ridge fine. Number*of porches 2 4. Calculate that volume of ail buildings,ancloiing accessory rotadporch area 640 sq.ft. buildings and uses,by multiplying the area of each building Porch hetht 28 ft. or use by its height. rotad porch vaAmne 17,920 cu.ft. 5. Add the volumes of all buildings,including accessory TOM va"'l71e3 1540MCU A buk*W and uses,to obtain the total buffing volume for the totaw bu mp vo&M is egjad to the the site. star»of trio voAms of aQ'daidA W and acticwssory uses. . Econw?k Devek*rrient Districts Deson M&%W Pale 2.3.5