Zoning Dictionary

Letter: F

Five Hundred Year Floodplain

That area covered by floodwater as a result of the flood having a one-fifth-of-one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

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Flammable Liquids

Liquids having a flash point below two hundred degrees Fahrenheit (200 degrees F) closed-cup tester.

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Flat

A dwelling unit which: is located above the first floor of a building not exceeding four storeys in height which building contains commercial uses on the first floor; is completely separated from commercial uses; and has an independent entrance either directly from the outside or through a common vestibule or hallway. For the purposes of […]

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Flea Market

A building or part of a building where second hand goods, articles and antiques are offered or kept for sale at retail to the general public but shall not include any other establishment otherwise defined or classified herein. An occasional or periodic market held in a open area or structure where groups of individual sellers […]

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Flea Market/Swap Meet

Any indoor or outdoor place, location or activity where new or used goods or secondhand personal property is offered for sale or exchange to the general public by a multitude of individual licensed vendors, usually in compartmentalized spaces, and where a fee may be charged to prospective buyers for admission, or a fee may be […]

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Float Home

A houselike structure built on a floatation system, not primarily intended for, or usable in, navigation but rather intended for human residential accommodation.

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Flood Elevation, Base

The highest elevation, expressed in feet above sea level, of the level of flood waters occurring in the regulatory base flood.

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Flood Fringe

That portion of the Flood Risk Area between the Floodway and the outer boundary of the Flood Risk Area. To access the rest of this content, you must purchase a...
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Flood Insurance Rate Map

The official map of the Town of XXX on which the Federal Insurance Administration has delineated the areas of special flood hazards and risk premium zones applicable to the town, as well as base flood elevations at selected locations.

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Flood Insurance Study

The official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration. The report contains flood profiles, water surface elevation of the base flood and includes the Flood Boundary and Floodway Map and Flood Insurance Rate Map.

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