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Needham group debates counting of garages, porches and lot-coverage caps
Summary
The working group discussed how to treat garages and covered outdoor spaces in any new FAR/TLAG calculation and debated caps on unenclosed covered porches. Members expressed concern that excluding garages or unconstrained covered porches would create a loophole and discussed example caps (around 150—275 sq ft) and percentage counting rules for por
Committee members raised several technical clarifications about what should count toward a site's permitted bulk. Two topics drew particular attention: whether to include garages in the FAR/TLAG calculation, and how to treat covered but unenclosed outdoor spaces such as porches.
Garages: some participants argued for including above-ground garages in the FAR calculation so those spaces are not effectively…
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