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Marion County commissioners debate keeping current floor area ratio limits, ask staff for local data
Summary
County planners and consultants recommended leaving commercial floor area ratio (FAR) ranges in the comprehensive plan unchanged while staff were directed to produce local development data and a targeted map of where higher FAR should apply by 2050.
Marion County commissioners on Monday debated whether to change the county's commercial floor area ratio (FAR) ranges as part of an early action report (EAR)-based update to the comprehensive plan, ultimately directing staff to return with data and targeted mapping rather than immediately lowering the FAR caps.
Blair Knighting, a consultant with Kimley-Horn contracted for the EAR-based amendments, told the board that FAR measures "the gross floor area of all the buildings that you plan to put on your parcel divided by the actual lot size," and that FAR is typically used for nonresidential development.
Knighting said Marion County's plan already contains a range of FAR values, with a low of roughly 0.35 in rural activity areas and a high of 2.0 in employment-center land-use…
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