The revised definition of "FAR" pursuant to Ordinance No. 829-2021 as restated by this subsection allows for all attached garages to be enclosed and excluded from the FAR calculation. To be excluded from such calculation, such garages must be restricted in use and used only for parking and storage. The area must remain unfinished with a very limited exception for the entryway, which FEMA guidance allows to be finished up to a maximum of 400 square feet.

On the effective date of this subsection (Ordinance No. 829-2021 as superseded by Ordinance No. 834-2022), all existing properties with attached garages without door enclosures due to the method previously used to calculate the FAR will be permitted to add door enclosures provided that the owner(s) secure appropriate construction permits and otherwise fully comply with the conditions and requirements specified in Chapter 19 of the Borough Code.

New construction will exempt attached garages from the FAR calculation but only upon compliance with the provisions of Chapter 19 (Flood Damage Prevention).