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Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising and clarifying certain provisions and making technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Key: In Tables and Table Notes, deletions shall be denoted by {curly brackets}, and not by [square brackets].
TITLE 14. ZONING AND PLANNING
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CHAPTER 14-200. DEFINITIONS
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? 14-202. Rules of Measurement.
In the application of this Zoning Code the rules of measurement of this ? 14-202 (Rules of Measurement) shall be observed and applied.
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(4) Gross Floor Area.
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of all the floors of a building, measured from the exterior faces of the exterior walls or center lines of walls separating two buildings.
(a) Measurement Includes
(.10) Roof deck access structures
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(b) Measurement Excludes.
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(.12) Roof decks (notwithstanding any roof deck access structures)
(5) Ground Floor.
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(b) In the case of buildings fronting on two or more streets, the ground floor is the story at the average of the ground level of the [two] street frontages.
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(12) Occupied Area.
[The total of the areas of all buildings on the lot. The area of each building is the area of a horizontal section of such building on any floor at or above ground level taken at its greatest outside dimensions, including all structures, except fences and decks. Architectural recesses or other portions of a building wall at street level that are set back from the street line to create building wall articulation shall count as occupied area.] The aggregate area of the greatest outside horizontal dimensions of all structures, except fences and decks, above grade plane on the lot, as would be depicted in a top view plan of the lot.
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