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Floodplain Management means: a. The operation of an overall program of corrective and preventive measures for reducing flood damage, including but not limited to, emergency preparedness plans, flood-control works and floodplain management regulations . b. Floodplain management is a decision-making process that aims to achieve the wise use of the nation's floodplains . "Wise use" means both reduced flood losses and protection of the natural resources and function of floodplains .

Floodplain Management Regulations means Zoning Ordinances and Subdivision Ordinances, including this UDC , Building Codes, Health Ordinances, Drainage Criteria Manual, Special Purpose Ordinances (such as floodplain and grading ordinances) and other applications of police power. The term " floodplain management regulations " describes such state or local ordinances, in any combination thereof, that provide standards for the purpose of flood damage prevention and reduction.

Floodplain or Floodprone Area means any land area susceptible to being inundated by floodwaters from any source.

Floodproofing means any combination of structural and non-structural additions, changes, or adjustments to structures that reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, water and sanitary facilities, structures and their contents.

Floodway means 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 a designated height.

Flour Mill means a building and the equipment used for grinding grain into flour, including a corn mill, flour mill , or other similar type of mill.

FMSL means feet above mean sea level .

Forecourt means a Private Frontage wherein a portion of the facade is close to the frontage line and the central portion is set back.

Foundation Planting means a group of plants used in landscape design to blend a building with its setting and obscure from view any undesirable features of the foundation.

Fraternity/Sorority House means a house on or off the premises of a college campus that contains sleeping quarters, meeting rooms, and common living space including kitchens, bathrooms, and living rooms for collegiate fraternities or sororities.

Freestanding Canopy means any structure that is not attached to the wall of a building which was built and designed for the purpose of covering or shading an area. Freestanding canopies are comprised of a roof and posts and are open on all sides.

Freeway means a major divided highway depicted on the current City of Lubbock Master Thoroughfare Plan designed for high-speed travel, having few or no intersections and frontage roads with limited access to the main lanes.

Front Facade See Primary Facade .

Front Lot Line means the line on a parcel where the public street right-of-way ends and the owner 's property begins. On parcels intended for multi-family , mixed-use, or nonresidential development , the front lot line shall be the abutting dedicated street right-of-way of greatest designation, or when two or more lot lines are the same designation, then the lot line of most narrow length that abuts a street right-of-way . On parcels intended for all other residential development , the front lot line shall be the abutting dedicated street right-of-way of least designation, or when two or more lot lines are the same designation, then the lot line of most narrow length that abuts a street right-of-way .

Frontage means the area between a building facade and the vehicular lanes , front lot lines , or pedestrian-only street , inclusive of its built and planted components.

Frontage Build-Out means the percentage of the lot width which must be occupied by building facade within the building setback or build-to-zone. For example, a property that is 100 feet wide with a minimum frontage build-out of 60% would require that at least 60 feet of facade length be maintained along the setback or within the build-to-zone. Any additional length of front facade would be allowed to step back further from the build-to-zone, if desired. The intent of this requirement is to encourage development to maximize their front facade exposure along the Street .

Frontage Elements means the structural and architectural elements which extend outward from the facade of a building along frontages , including awnings , canopies , galleries , porches and stoops, and which do not count as an extension of the facade itself for the purposes of measuring setbacks and build-to-zone.

Frontage Line means a lot line abutting a street right-of-way .

Fuel Sales means a place where vehicular fuel, stored only in underground tanks, is offered for sale to the public or where charging stations are made available for the charging of vehicles .

Fully Shielded means a light fixture that emits no light above a horizontal plane touching the lowest part of the fixture .