Residential B Buildout

This report investigates the potential effect of increasing the maximum Floor Area Ratio in Cambridge residential zone B.

Number of properties

There are 3388 residential parcels in Cambridge residential zone B. Of these, 2328 already meet or exceed the allowable FAR. This table shows the number of properties that would be within or over the FAR if it were changed to 0.5 or 0.6.

Number of properties below and exceeding FAR
Number of parcels	Current zoning	FAR 0.5	FAR 0.6
Less than FAR	1060	1142	1739
Exceeding FAR	2328	2246	1649

Potential increase in FAR

This table shows the available square feet of floor area that would be added to these properties under an expanded FAR.

FAR 0.5	FAR 0.6
180,915	967,880

This chart shows the distribution of potential floor area increase for the increased FAR.

Property locations

This map shows the location of properties which would have increased allowable floor area with increared FAR.