Building Coverage definition

Building Coverage means the amount of land covered or permitted to be covered by a building or buildings, usually measured in terms of percentage of a parcel.
Building Coverage means the portion of the lot area that is covered by buildings. The area of the buildings shall be measured at their exterior perimeter. Buildings include dwellings, accessory structures, garages, and carports.
Building Coverage means the percentage of a Lot that is or can be covered by Buildings.

Examples of Building Coverage in a sentence

  • EXISTING PROPOSED TOTAL BUILDING COVERAGE _ IMPERMEABLE ROADS/PARKING/ WALKWAYS (sq.


More Definitions of Building Coverage

Building Coverage means the buildable upland portion of a lot which is covered by buildings, including porches but excluding parking areas, pools, decks and any other permanent structures which do not have roofs.
Building Coverage means the gross area of a lot or parcel of land occupied by all of the ground floor, or building footprint, of a building or structure which is under roof.
Building Coverage means that proportion of the net site area which may be covered by buildings. For this purpose ‘buildings’ includes accessory buildings, overhangs and those parts of eaves that are more than 1m from an outside wall, but excludes eaves less than 1m wide, pergolas or similar structure of a substantially open nature, uncovered decks, uncovered terraces, uncovered steps, and swimming pools.
Building Coverage means the percentage of the lot area covered by the buildings. The building area shall include all overhanging roofs.
Building Coverage means the portion of a site which is covered by the fully enclosed portion of all buildings larger than 120 square feet, as well as by open carports. Building coverage is expressed as a percentage. In determining building coverage, the following shall not be counted: eaves and/or cantilevered portions of buildings, decks, open porches, and open stairways and landings.
Building Coverage means that area of a lot which is occupied by buildings or structures, but not including uncovered walkways, steps, patios, a parking lot or area of
Building Coverage means that portion of a lot or building site covered by the horizontal surface of roof areas covering structures.