FACADE: | The front of a building facing a street. It may also be referred to as the apparent width of the structure facing the street. |
FAMILY: | An individual or two (2) or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a single dwelling unit. |
FARMERS’ MARKET: | A temporary or periodic market held in the open or within a structure, where groups or individuals sell fresh produce, flowers, arts and crafts, dairy products or other agricultural produce raised, produced or crafted by them. |
FEEDLOT: | See definition for Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO). |
FLOODPLAIN: | The relatively flat area of lowland adjoining the channel of a river, stream, lake or other body of water which has been or may be covered by water of a flood of one hundred (100) year frequency. The floodplain includes the channel, floodway and floodway fringe, as established per the engineering practices as specified by the army corps of engineers, as follows: |
A. Flood: The temporary inundation of land adjacent to and inundated by overflow from a river, stream, lake or other body of water. | |
B. Flood Of One Hundred Year Frequency: A flood magnitude which has a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. | |
C. Channel: A natural or artificial watercourse or perceptible extent, with definite bed and banks to confine and conduct continuously or periodically flowing water. | |
D. Floodway: The channel or watercourse and those portions of the floodplain adjoining the channel which are reasonably required to carry and discharge the floodwater of any watercourse. | |
E. Floodway Fringe: That part of the floodplain which is beyond the floodway. Such area will include those portions of the floodplain which will be inundated by a flood of one hundred (100) year frequency. | |
FLOOR AREA: | The sum of horizontal areas of each floor of a building, measured from the interior faces of the exterior walls or the centerline of walls separating two (2) buildings. |
FRONT YARD: | See definition of Yard, Front. (Ord. 558, 12-14-2016) |