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building coverage ratio; building-to-land ratio
The ratio of a building's footprint (the area it covers on the ground) to the total area of the plot, expressed as a percentage. A legal limit set by zoning that determines how much of a lot may be built on.
この土地の建ぺい率は六十パーセントだ。
The building coverage ratio for this lot is sixty percent.
建ぺい率を超える家は建てられない。
You can't build a house that exceeds the building coverage ratio.
地域によって建ぺい率や容積率の制限が決められている。
Limits on the building coverage ratio and floor area ratio are set depending on the area.
A term from real estate and building regulation. It caps the ground area a building may occupy on its lot; the companion figure 容積率 caps total floor area. Sometimes written 建蔽率 with the full kanji.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 建ぺい率を超える: to exceed the building coverage ratio
- 建ぺい率六十パーセント: a coverage ratio of 60%
- 建ぺい率の制限: coverage-ratio restrictions
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 容積率: floor area ratio — total floor area relative to the lot, not just the footprint