Definitions 17.4 Definitions Generally*
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FINISHED GRADE The grade after construction, exclusive of any filling, berming, mounting, or excavating. FINISHED (HABITABLE) AREA (FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT) An enclosed area having more than 20 linear feet of finished interior walls (paneling, etc.) or used for any purpose other than solely for parking of vehicles, building access, or storage. FLAG POLE LOT A lot with minimal frontage on a public street where access to the public street is by a narrow private driveway. FLOOD / FLOODING (FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT) A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland or tidal waters; and/or the unusual and rapid accumulation of runoff of surface waters from any source. FLOOD HAZARD BOUNDARY MAP (FHBM) (FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT) An official map of a community, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, where the boundaries of the Special Flood Hazard Areas have been designated. The FHBM includes a description of the boundaries of the floodplain, flood-prone and/or flood-hazard areas, including representations of the floodway, floodway fringe, and future conditions flood hazard areas. The map is applicable to the community within the corporate limits and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Town of Wake Forest. FLOOD HAZARD SOILS Those types of soils in the relatively flat areas associated with natural watercourses which are subject to periodic
Colfax fine sand loam, 0 to 6% slopes Manatachie soils, 0 to 4% slopes Wahee fine sandy loam, 0 to 2% slopes Wehadkee silt loam, 0 to 2% slopes Wehandkee and Bibb soils Worsham sandy loam, 0 to 4% slopes
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FLOOD INSURANCE (FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT) The insurance coverage provided under the National Flood Insurance Program. FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAP (FIRM) (FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT) An official map of a community, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on which the Special Flood Hazard Areas, the Future Conditions Flood Hazard Areas, and the risk premium zones applicable to the community are delineated. FLOOD INSURANCE STUDY (FIS) (FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT) An examination, evaluation, and determination of flood hazards, corresponding water surface elevations (if appropriate), flood hazard risk zones, and other flood data in a community issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Flood Insurance Study report includes Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps (FBFMs), if published. FLOODPLAIN / FLOOD PRONE AREA (FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT) Any land area susceptible to being inundated by water from any source. The maximum area, adjoining a river, stream, watercourse, or lake, which is likely to be flooded, by the base flood or the future conditions flood. The floodplain, flood- prone and/or flood-hazard areas includes “floodway” areas, “floodway fringe” areas and future conditions flood hazard areas. These areas are illustrated on flood hazard boundary maps, flood hazard soils plus additional
flooding. The types of soils and their corresponding symbols are as follows:
Flood Hazard Soil Identification Altavista fine sandy loam, 0% to 4% slopes Buncombe, 0 to 2% slopes Chewacla, 0 to 2% slopes
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Town of Wake Forest Unified Development Ordinance – July 19, 2022
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