Section 113-521 - Maximum permitted floor area ratio
The maximum permitted floor area ratio shall be 1.50, except that for qualifying residential sites the maximum permitted floor area ratio shall be 2.00.
§113-521
Maximum permitted floor area ratio
New York City Zoning Resolution · Last amended Dec 5, 2024
New York City Zoning Resolution Section 113-521: Maximum permitted floor area ratio.
In plain English
Caps building size here at FAR 1.50 — meaning total floor area can be up to 1.5 times the lot's size (a 10,000 sq ft lot allows 15,000 sq ft of building). But sites that qualify as residential get a bigger cap of FAR 2.00. So housing is allowed to be denser than other uses on the same land.
Verbatim section text
Official source: View §113-521 on zr.planning.nyc.gov