Complex sentence: Floor Area Ratios (FAR) are recommended by the national government to manage growth and have been used to deter landowners from building homes outside the growth boundaries (city/town zones) of each suburb.
Split into simpler sentences: Floor Area Ratios (FAR) is a parameter that has been recommended by the national government to manage growth. This has been used to deter landowners from building homes outside the growth boundaries (city/town zones) of each suburb.