establishment of forest stands or by ensuring the proper regeneration of forest stands to commercial levels of production after the harvest of timber.
(49) FOREST PRACTICE (Clear Cutting/Tree Protection). The term defining any activity conducted and directly pertaining to forest land and relating to growing, harvesting, or processing timber. (50) FORESTLAND (Clear Cutting/Tree Protection). The term defining land which is supporting stands of trees grown for the production of timber, wood, and other forest products and has not been actively used for a use which is incompatible with the existing stand of trees. (51) FORESTRY (Clear Cutting/Tree Protection). The term defining the professional practice embracing the science, business and art of creating, conserving, and managing forests and forestland for sustained use and enjoyment of their resources, materials or other forest products. (52) FORESTRY MANAGEMENT. The term defining management of forest and timberlands when practiced in accordance with sound forest management practices, through developing, cultivating, harvesting, transporting, and selling trees for commercial purposes, which does not involve any existing, proposed, or future land development. (53) FORM-BASED DISTRICTS . The term defining the DC-1 and DC-2 Districts and/or one (1) of three (3) districts (RMU, CMU and EMU) applied to a zoning map regulated by the Appendices herein established and administratively regulated in accordance with the Land Development Ordinance. (54) FRATERNITY/SORORITY. The term defining a local or national organization of college or university students associated with and recognized and supervised by an institution of higher education for the purpose of sharing social, cultural, scholarly, or religious interests, where involvement requires regular meetings and formal written membership requirements. (55) FREEBOARD (Flood Damage Prevention). The term defining 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 than the height calculated for a selected size flood and floodway conditions, such as wave action, bridge openings, and the hydrological effective of urbanization on the watershed. The Base Flood Elevation plus the free board establishes the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation.
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