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Originally Posted by SebC
I actually want minimum FAR and floorplate restrictions. Bonuses would go towards floorplate.
(I don't know if that would actually work. People, feel free to edumacate me.)
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I can't see why it wouldn't. Some of the residential districts have a minimum density attached to them. (A certain number of units per hectare is required)
Problems can arise with that sort of thing. As an example, I looked at a lot which was one of the high density residential zoning types that has a minimum density, but the lot wasn't very big. Once you added up all the setbacks, the floorplate of the building you could build wasn't large. To get the required number of units, it would have been very tall and skinny. In fact, it would have been taller than the maximum allowable height. So there was no legal building that could be built on that site under current zoning.
So, when done well there isn't a reason why a minimum FAR could be in place, but it adds complexity to the process.