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Article 11: Interpretation and Definitions
Section 11.5. Terms and Uses Defined
11.4.2. Exceptions and Variations
Morrisville, NC
June 23, 2017
Unified Development Ordinance
Page 11-39
F
LOODWAY
The channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order
to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than one
foot.
F
LOOR
A
REA
The sum of the gross horizontal areas of each floor of the principal building and any accessory buildings
or structures, measured from the exterior walls or from the centerline of party walls. The term does not
include any area used exclusively for the surface parking of motor vehicles (e.g., garage) or
maintenance crawl space.
F
LOOR
A
REA
R
ATIO
See Sectio
n 11.4.1.D, Floor Area Ratio.F
OOD
T
RUCK
A licensed, motorized vehicle or mobile food unit that is designed and equipped to serve food and is
temporarily located for the purpose of selling food items to the general public. This use includes ice
cream trucks.
F
OOT
-C
ANDLE
A unit of illuminance on a surface one foot from a uniform point source of light of one candle and equal
to one lumen per square foot. (1 foot-candle = 10.7638 LUX)
F
ORESTER
, R
EGISTERED
An individual registered by the State of North Carolina as qualified to practice forestry by reason of
their special knowledge and training in natural sciences, mathematics, silviculture, forest protection,
forest mensuration, forest management, forest economics, and forest utilization.
F
ORESTRY
A woodland area where all of the following occur:
The growing of trees;
The harvesting of timber, leaves or seeds;
The regeneration by either timely replanting of trees or natural generation in accordance with a
forest management plan acceptable to the Division of North Carolina Forest Resources; and
The application of “best management practices” including the NC Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources, “Forestry Practice Guidelines related to Water Quality”, and all
successor documents.
F
REEBOARD
The height added to the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) or the Future Conditions Flood Elevation to account
for the many unknown factors that could contribute to flood heights greater that the height calculated
for a selected size flood and floodway conditions, such as wave action, bridge openings, and the
hydrological effect of urbanization on the watershed. The Base Flood Elevation plus the freeboard
establishes the “Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation.”
F
REEWAY
A specialized accessway that functions solely to channel intercity vehicular traffic to and through the
Town and to connect major thoroughfares. It consists of a multi-lane divided highway that handles high
traffic volumes at very high travel speeds, and limits access to grade-separated interchanges.