Amendment to the Planned Areas Zoning Regulation
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The regulation changes how certain design features and building-area calculations are treated in planned development areas. It adds a formal definition for ornamental pools and clarifies when items such as pergolas, ornamental pools, entrance canopies, garden walls, retaining walls, and some unusable roof or podium areas are excluded from floor-area calculations. For developers, architects, municipalities, and property owners, the main practical effect is clearer project design and permitting rules. The amendment also updates limits for building footprint ratios where zoning plans do not clearly set TAKS or KAKS values, which may affect how much of a parcel can be built on in some projects.
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Key Changes
- Defines ornamental pools as non-swimming, visual and architectural water features approved within a project
- Clarifies which pergolas, ornamental pools, entrance canopies, walls, and unused roof or podium areas may be excluded from floor-area calculations
- Updates footprint and density calculation rules for parcels where zoning plans do not clearly specify TAKS or KAKS values
Obligations
What this law requires
In detached or block-layout areas, if the implementation zoning plan does not expressly specify TAKS, the building footprint ratio must not exceed 40%.
For parcels where KAKS is not given, construction must remain within the KAKS value calculated by multiplying the footprint area determined from setback distances by the number of floors, and TAKS must not exceed 60%.
For parcels where setback distances and KAKS are given but TAKS is not given, construction must comply with setback distances and TAKS must not exceed 60%.
Ornamental pools may be treated as such only if they are non-swimming pools designed for visual and aesthetic purposes, integrated with the architectural project, designed by the project author according to project needs, and approved by the relevant administration.
Pergolas and ornamental pools may be excluded from floor-area calculations only where they are not arranged as an independent unit or an annex to an independent unit, are not integrated with the main structural systems, are landscaping elements in the garden, and their qualifying area does not exceed 20% of the garden area together with the specified garden uses.