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2017-01-13 20:38:42
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That which most builders construct onto their living room to enjoy the summer. If you can step out onto your terrace through a floor-to-ceiling door from your house, the terrace is not considered a secondary structure within the meaning of §14 of the Land Use Ordinance but rather a component of the main structure, that is, the residential building, and must be fully included in the floor area ratio-1 and, by the way, also lie within the building envelope. You could also place your terrace further back in the garden, for example as a barbecue area, provided the local development plan does not exclude this. Then it would not be connected to the residential building and would be a subordinate secondary structure counted towards the floor area ratio-2.what is a "terrace directly adjacent to the house"?
It is stated indirectly in §20 of the Land Use Ordinance: (4) When determining the floor area, secondary structures within the meaning of § 14, balconies, loggias, terraces as well as structural installations, insofar as they are permissible or may be permitted under state law within the setback areas (side boundary distance and other setback areas), are not taken into account. Why should terraces be explicitly mentioned here if they always belonged to the secondary structures? Granted, this still leaves room for interpretation and the wording could be further questioned. Therefore, there are relevant commentaries and court rulings on this topic, which the city of Frankfurt a.M. has nicely summarized in a guidance document on floor area ratio/floor space index and published on its website.and where does it say that