Article 6 - AREA LIMITATIONS

Section 27-301

Section 27-301

  §  27-301  Area  limitations  of  buildings.  No  building or building
section shall be constructed or altered so as to exceed the area  limits
established  by  tables  4-1  and  4-2  based  on  the  occupancy  group
classification of the building or building section, except as these  may
be specifically modified by other provisions of this code.

Section 27-302

Section 27-302

  § 27-302 Area limitations of spaces. No occupancy within a building or
building  section  shall  be  constructed  or altered so as to exceed in
total cumulative area the area limits established by tables 4-1 and 4-2,
except as these may be specifically modified by other provisions of this
code.

Section 27-303

Section 27-303

  §  27-303 Frontage increase. When a building has more than twenty-five
per cent of the total perimeter of the building fronting directly upon a
street or frontage space, the tabular areas listed in tables 4-1 and 4-2
may be increased 1.33 per cent for each one  per  cent  of  such  excess
frontage.

Section 27-304

Section 27-304

  §  27-304  Existing  excessive area. Any building existing on December
sixth, nineteen hundred sixty-eight that exceeds the  maximum  allowable
area  permitted under the provisions of this section, may be enlarged if
the addition is separated from the existing building by a fire  division
meeting  the requirements of subchapter five of this chapter, and if the
additional area does not exceed the limits established by tables 4-1 and
4-2 for the specific occupancy group and construction class.