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Article 10: Definitions 183 <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <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 /> Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM) <br /> An official map of a community, issued by the FEMA, where the boundaries of the Special Flood Hazard <br /> Areas have been defined as Zone A. <br /> Flood Insurance <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-15 <br />