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  2. Stairs - Wikipedia

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    Steepness of stairsrise and going. Any rise between 150 and 220 used with any going between 220 and 300 Maximum rise 220 and minimum going 220 remembering that the maximum pitch of private stairs is 42°. The normal relationship between dimensions of the rise and going is that twice the rise plus the going (2R + G) should be between 550 ...

  3. Floor area - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong law Chapter 123F, Building (Planning) Regulations, Regulation 23 sect 3 sub-paragraph (a) defined that: Subject to sub-paragraph (b), for the purposes of regulations 19, 20, 21 and 22, the gross floor area of a building shall be the area contained within the external walls of the building measured at each floor level (including any floor below the level of the ground), together with ...

  4. Height restriction laws - Wikipedia

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    In the central area of Rome, delimited by the Aurelian Walls, no building can exceed the height of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica (136 m (446 ft)). A skyscraper called Torre Eurosky (Eurosky Tower), built in 2012 in EUR neighbourhood (outside the ban area) exceeds this limit being 155 m (509 ft) high.

  5. Floor area ratio - Wikipedia

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    One advantage to fixing this parameter, as opposed to others such as height, width, or length, is that floor area correlates well with other considerations relevant to zoning regulation, such as total parking that would be required for an office building, total number of units that might be available for residential use, total load on municipal ...

  6. Building code - Wikipedia

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    Minimum and maximum room ceiling heights, exit sizes and location; Qualification of individuals or corporations doing the work; For high structures, anti-collision markers for the benefit of aircraft; Building codes are generally separate from zoning ordinances, but exterior restrictions (such as setbacks) may fall into either category.

  7. Split-level home - Wikipedia

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    The garage entry also opens into the front entry. The modification is the addition of another level above the garage using a third short flight of steps going up from the great room area to additional bedrooms or a master bedroom with en suite. Stacked split level The stacked split level has four or five short sets of stairs, and five or six ...

  8. American Measurement Standard - Wikipedia

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    The American Measurement Standard. ISBN 978-0-578-00244-6. Size Matters-Residential Square Footage. ISBN 978-1500866075 and; How to Measure a House. ISBN 978-1456491987. Realtor Magazine. "In Search of A Standard." September 2008. Approved for use by the Mississippi Appraisal Board. January 2019.

  9. Dog-leg (stairs) - Wikipedia

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    A dog-leg staircase A quarter-landing, on a dog-leg staircase, is made into an architectural feature, by the use of arches, vaulting and stained glass. A dog-leg is a configuration of stairs between two floors of a building, often a domestic building, in which a flight of stairs ascends to a quarter-landing before turning at a right angle and continuing upwards. [1]