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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-15 <br /> <br />The agency of the federal government chiefly responsible for studying and mapping flood plains and <br />developing guidelines limiting development therein. <br />Feed Mill <br />A building with machinery and apparatus for grinding and/or bagging grain. <br /> <br />Fertilizer <br />Any substance containing nitrogen or phosphorous which is used primarily for its plant food content. <br />Financial Services <br />Land uses providing economic and financial services to a clientele. <br />Financially Responsible Person <br />In regards to soil erosion and sedimentation control provisions, and party or entity who has financial or <br />operation control over a land-disturbing activity and/or the landowner or party/entity in possession or <br />control of the land who had directly or indirectly allowed a land-disturbing activity or had benefited from <br />such activity. <br />Fixture <br />The assembly that houses the lamp or lamps and can include all or some of the following parts: a <br />housing, a mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast, a reflector or mirror, and/or a <br />refractor or lens. <br />Flexible Development <br />A subdivision in which greater flexibility and design creativity is encouraged and allowed to preserve <br />agricultural and forestry lands, natural and cultural features, and rural community character that might <br />otherwise be lost through conventional development approaches. At lease one-third (33%) of the land <br />within a Flexible Development subdivision must be set aside as open space which may be preserved <br />through: <br />a) An “estate lot” option where all land is subdivided into lots four acres or greater in size, building <br />lot area including setbacks are established on 50% of each lot, and the land area outside such <br />area is preserved as open space provided that front and side yard setback areas shall not be <br />counted toward meeting the minimum open space requirement except as specified by provisions <br />of Section 8.13.4; or <br />b) A “conservation-cluster” option where lot sizes are reduced and the land saved through such <br />reductions is preserved as open space on separate lots owned and maintained through a <br />homeowners association, a non-profit land conservancy or unit of state or local government; or <br />c) A “village” or modified cluster option where dwelling units are clustered around a village green <br />and supporting shops, and the village is surrounded by open space; or <br />d) Some combination of the above. <br />Floating Zoning District; Floating Zone <br />A zoning district that is defined in the text of the Ordinance but which is applied or mapped only upon the <br />approval of a rezoning application/petition. <br />Flood and Flooding <br />A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the <br />overflow of inland or tidal waters and the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from <br />any source. <br />Flood Boundary and Floodway Map (FBFM) <br />An official map of a community, issued by the FEMA, on which the Special Flood Hazard Areas and the <br />floodways are delineated. This official map is a supplement to and shall be used in conjunction with the <br />Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). <br /> 162