Facade. The entire building frontage or street wall face, including the area from finished grade at the point of contact with the building to the top of the parapet, or eaves, and the entire width of the building elevation. Towers, cupolas, parapets, pitched roofs, trusses, poles, chimneys, and other architectural, artistic or mechanical features shall not be counted towards the facade area.

Family Day Care Provider. A licensed day care provider who regularly provides day care for periods less than 24 hours for not more than 12 children in the provider’s home in the family living quarters.

Feasible. To the extent capable of being both economically and technically accomplished.

Feed Lines. Cables used as the interconnecting media between the transmission/receiving base station and the antenna.

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) Floodway. The channel of the stream and that portion of the adjoining floodplain which is necessary to contain and discharge the FEMA base flood flow without increasing the FEMA base flood elevation more than one foot.

Fill. For the purposes of the Shoreline Master Program, the addition of soil, sand, rock, gravel, sediment, earth-retaining structure, or other material to an area waterward of the ordinary high water mark, in wetland, or on shorelands in a manner that raises the elevation or creates dry land. (SMP)

Fill/Fill Material. Earth or other solid material that is brought onto a property located within the City of Redmond for use in regrading the ground surface; stabilizing on-site soils for support of structures, pavement, and other property features; altering watercourses or wetlands; or other purposes where the material becomes a part of the property. Fill material does not include such things as topsoil, beauty bark, compost, sand, gravel, or crushed rock used as a surface treatment.

Filling. The act of transporting or placing (by any manner or mechanism) fill material from, to, or on any soil surface, sediment surface, or other fill material.

Final Plat. The final drawing of the subdivision and dedication prepared for filing for record with the King County Department of Records and Elections, and containing all elements and requirements set for the by the City of Redmond.

Finance and Insurance. Financial transactions, the underwriting of insurance, annuities, and the support of employee benefit programs. This definition includes banks, credit unions, credit bureaus, investment banks, insurance brokerages, securities dealers, and other financial establishments.

Finger Float. A finger-like floating structure typically attached perpendicular to a main walkway that provides direct pedestrian access to and from a boat and provides for secure mooring of a boat. (SMP)

Finger Pier. A small narrow pier that projects at right angles from a larger pier perpendicular to the main pier, often parallel to the shoreline. (SMP)

Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas. Areas necessary for maintaining species in suitable habitats within their natural geographic distribution so that isolated subpopulations are not created as designated by WAC 365-190-080(5). These areas are further defined in RZC 21.64.020.A, Classification and Rating of Fish and Wildlife Habitat Conservation Areas.

Flag. A piece of cloth or bunting often attached to a staff, with distinctive colors, patterns, or symbolic devices used as a national or state symbol.

Fleet. Five or more vehicles operated within or from a facility.

Float. A structure that floats on the surface of the water, which is not attached to the shore but that may be anchored to submerged land. Floats are typically used for swimming, diving, and similar recreational activities. (SMP). This term also applies Citywide.

Flood Fringe. That portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway which is generally covered by floodwaters during the base flood; it is generally associated with standing water rather than rapidly flowing water.

Flood Insurance Rate Map. The official map on which the Federal Emergency Management Administration has delineated some areas of flood hazard.

Flood Insurance Study. The official report provided by the Federal Insurance Administration that includes flood profiles, the Flood Insurance Rate Maps, and the FEMA water surface elevations of the base flood.

Flood Protection Elevation. The elevation that is one foot above the base flood elevation.

Floodplain. Synonymous with the 100-year floodplain and means the land susceptible to inundation with a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The limit of this area shall be based upon flood ordinance regulations maps or a reasonable method which meets the objectives of the Shoreline Management Act. (SMP). This term also applies Citywide.

Floodway. The area that has been established in effective federal emergency management agency flood insurance rate maps or floodway maps.  The floodway does not include lands that can reasonably be expected to be protected from flood waters by flood control devices maintained by or maintained under license from the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state. (SMP)

Floor Area Ratio. The gross floor area of all buildings or structures (less any area devoted to parking or vehicle circulation) on a lot divided by the gross land area.

Food Garden. A garden usually outdoors set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants dedicated to the cultivation of food, such as herbs and vegetables. Food gardens may include individual plots for personal use or a community food garden. This term may also be known as a P-Patch or a spin garden.

Food Service Contractor. A business that provides food services at institutional, governmental, commercial, business, or industrial locations of others based on contracts with such organizations for a specified period of time.

Foot-candle. A unit of illumination or light intensity used to calculate lighting levels. One foot-candle is equal to one lumen per foot.

Freestanding Sign. A pole, pylon, ground, or monument sign supported by the structures or supports that are placed on, or anchored in, the ground and that are independent from any building or structure.

Frequently Flooded Areas. Areas and lands within the flood plain subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year. These areas include, but are not limited to, streams, rivers, lakes, coastal areas, wetlands, and the like.

Frontage. That side of a lot abutting on a street; the front lot line; also, the width of a lot as it abuts a public or private street or access corridor.

Fueling Area. An area in which petroleum fuels are dispensed in liquid form for commercial sale, public use, or for fleet vehicle operation.

Full Service Hotel and Conference Center. A hotel with banquet and meeting facilities sufficient to accommodate groups of at least 300 people.

Full-Service Restaurant. An establishment that provides food services to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e., water/waitress service) and who pay after eating.

Fully Funded Project. A project in the most recently adopted transportation portion of the transportation capital improvement program (TCIP) for the City or similar capital program of another jurisdiction which has sufficient revenues secured for construction. Unsecured revenues include those from unformed local improvement districts, insufficient developer fees or contributions, or revenues not yet programmed for expenditure by outside agencies.

Functions and Values. The beneficial roles served by critical areas, including but not limited to water quality protection and enhancement, fish and wildlife habitat, food chain support, flood storage, conveyance, and attenuation, groundwater recharge and discharge, erosion control, wave attenuation, protection from hazards, historical and archaeological and aesthetic value protection, and recreation. These beneficial roles are not listed in order of priority.

Funeral Homes and Services. Establishments preparing the dead for burial or interment and conducting funerals (i.e., providing facilities for wakes, arranging transportation for the dead, selling caskets and related merchandise).