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“Fabric shop” means an establishment engaged in the retail sale of sewing supplies and accessories, including only uses located in SIC Industry Nos.:

(a) 5949 – Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores; and

(b) Awning shops, banner shops, and flag shops found in 5999.

“Facade” means the portion of any exterior elevation of the building extending from grade to the top of the parapet, wall or eaves and extending the entire length of the building.

“Facilities standard” means the space required by grade span, and taking into account the requirements of students with special needs, which is needed in order to fulfill the educational goals of the school district as identified in the district’s capital facilities plan.

“Factory-built commercial building” means any structure that is either entirely or substantially prefabricated or assembled at a place other than a building site; and designed or used for nonresidential human occupancy.

“Fairground” means a site permanently designated and improved for holding a County fair, as provided in Chapters 15.76 and 36.37 RCW, or for holding similar events, including, but not limited to:

(a) Carnivals;

(b) Circuses;

(c) Expositions;

(d) Animal shows; and

(e) Exhibitions and/or demonstrations of farm and home products with accompanying entertainment and amusements.

“Family” means an individual; two or more persons living together as a single housekeeping unit; or a group living arrangement of two or more persons who receive supportive services such as counseling, foster care, or medical supervision at the dwelling unit by resident or nonresident staff.

“Farmers’ market” means a site where farmers sell locally grown, produced, caught, or gathered fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, honey, dairy products, eggs, poultry, mushrooms, meats, fish, flowers, nursery stock, and plants. One hundred percent of the items for sale under this definition must be grown, produced, caught, or gathered in the State of Washington. Up to 30 percent of a farmers’ market’s total number of vendor spaces may consist of resellers and/or accessory uses.

“Feasible” means capable of being done or accomplished.

“Federal Emergency Management Agency” means the independent Federal agency that, among other responsibilities, oversees the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program.

“Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) floodway” means the channel of the stream and that portion of the adjoining floodplain that is necessary to contain and discharge the base flood flow without increasing the base flood elevation more than one foot.

“Feed store” means an establishment engaged in retail sale of supplies directly related to the day to day activities of agricultural production.

“Fen” means a wetland that receives some drainage from surrounding mineral soil and includes peat formed mainly from Carex and marsh-like vegetation.

“Fence” means a barrier for the purpose of enclosing space or separating lots, composed of:

(a) Masonry or concrete walls, excluding retaining walls; or

(b) Wood, metal or concrete posts connected by boards, rails, panels, wire or mesh.

“Financial guarantee” means a form of financial security posted to ensure timely and proper completion of improvements, to ensure compliance with the City of Covington Municipal Code, and/or to warranty materials, workmanship of improvements, and design. Financial guarantees include assignments of funds, cash deposit, and surety bonds, and/or other forms of financial security acceptable to the Director. For the purposes of this title, the terms “performance guarantee,” “maintenance guarantee,” and “defect guarantee” are considered subcategories of financial guarantee.

“Fire capital facilities and equipment plan” means the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority’s (RFA’s) capital improvement plan adopted by the RFA’s governing board consisting of:

(a) An inventory of existing capital facilities and equipment owned by the RFA, their locations, and capacities.

(b) An identification of demands expected to be placed on existing fire protection facilities and equipment by the impacts of projected new development over a 20-year period.

(c) A forecast of future capital facilities and equipment necessary to meet the RFA’s adopted level of service with the increased service demand of future growth within the RFA.

(d) The proposed locations of expanded or new capital facilities and equipment and the associated timeline for construction or expansion.

(e) At least a six-year financing component, updated as necessary to maintain at least a six-year forecast period, for financing needed for fire protection facilities within projected funding levels, and identifying sources of financing for such purposes, including bond issues.

(f) Any other long range projects planned by the RFA.

“Fire protection facilities” means fully equipped fire stations, administrative offices, training grounds and structures, maintenance facilities and other specialized facilities required for the RFA to locate, house or expedite the timely arrival of firefighting and emergency medical equipment necessary to deliver emergency response services within the RFA’s service area.

“Firewall” means a wall with fire-resistance rating and protected openings, which restricts the spread of fire and extends continuously from the foundation to or through the roof, with sufficient structural stability under fire conditions to allow collapse of construction on either side without collapse of the wall. Exterior firewalls are a type of blank wall subject to the design standards of CMC 18.31.560.

“Fish and wildlife habitat conservation areas” are areas that have been identified as critically important to maintaining specific types of fish, wildlife, and plant species in Covington. Areas necessary for maintaining species in suitable habitats within their natural geographic distribution so that isolated subpopulations are not created as designated by WAC 365-190-130(2) or defined as habitats and species of local importance in Chapter 18.65 CMC, Article VI.

Flood Fringe, Zero-Rise. “Zero-rise flood fringe” means that portion of the floodplain outside of the zero-rise floodway. The zero-rise flood fringe is generally associated with standing water rather than rapidly flowing water.

“Flood hazard area” means any area subject to inundation by the base flood or risk from channel migration including, but not limited to, an aquatic area, wetland or closed depression.

“Flood hazard boundary map” means the initial insurance map issued by FEMA that identifies, based on approximate analyses, the areas of the one percent annual chance, 100-year flood hazard within the community.

“Flood hazard data” means data or any combination of data available from Federal, State or other sources including, but not limited to, maps, critical area studies, reports, historical flood hazard information, channel migration zone maps or studies or other related engineering and technical data that identify floodplain boundaries, regulatory floodway boundaries, base flood elevations, or flood cross sections.

“Flood insurance rate map” means the insurance and floodplain management map produced by FEMA that identifies, based on detailed or approximate analysis, the areas subject to flooding during the base flood.

“Flood insurance study for Covington” means the official report provided by FEMA that includes flood profiles and the flood insurance rate map.

“Flood protection elevation” means an elevation that is one foot above the base flood elevation.

“Flood protection facility” means a structure that provides protection from flood damage. Flood protection facility includes, but is not limited to, the following structures and supporting infrastructure:

(a) Dams or water diversions, regardless of primary purpose, if the facility provides flood protection benefits;

(b) Flood containment facilities such as levees, dikes, berms, walls and raised banks, including pump stations and other supporting structures; and

(c) Bank stabilization structures, often called revetments.

“Floodplain” means the total area subject to inundation by the base flood, synonymous with 100-year floodplain. The land area susceptible to being inundated by stream-derived waters with a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The limits of this area are based on flood regulation ordinance maps or a reasonable method that meets the objectives of the SMA (WAC 173-22-030(2)).

Floodproofing, Dry. “Dry floodproofing” means adaptations that make a structure that is below the flood protection elevation watertight with walls substantially impermeable to the passage of water and with structural components capable of and with sufficient strength to resist hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads including buoyancy.

Floodway, Zero-Rise. “Zero-rise floodway” means the channel of a stream and that portion of the adjoining floodplain that is necessary to contain and discharge the base flood flow without any measurable increase in base flood elevation.

(a) For the purpose of this definition, “measurable increase in base flood elevation” means a calculated upward rise in the base flood elevation, equal to or greater than 0.01 feet, resulting from a comparison of existing conditions and changed conditions directly attributable to alterations of the topography or any other flow obstructions in the floodplain. “Zero-rise floodway” is broader than that of the FEMA floodway but always includes the FEMA floodway.

(b) “Zero-rise floodway” includes the entire floodplain unless a critical areas report demonstrates otherwise.

“Floor” means the same thing as “story.”

“Floor area, gross” (GFA) means the floor area within the inside perimeter of the exterior walls of the building under consideration, exclusive of vent shafts and courts, without deduction for corridors, stairways, ramps, closets, the thickness of interior walls, columns, or other features. The floor area of a building, or portion thereof, not provided with surrounding exterior walls shall be the usable area under the horizontal projection of the roof or floor above.

“Floor area, net” (NFA) means the actual occupied floor area, not including unoccupied accessory areas such as corridors, stairways, ramps, toilet rooms, mechanical rooms, and closets. Shared residential storage areas and commercial and industrial storage/stock areas are considered occupied areas for the purpose of this definition.

“Florist shop” means an establishment engaged in the retail sale of flowers and plants, including only uses located in SIC Industry Nos.:

(a) 5992 – Florists; and

(b) 5999 – Artificial flowers.

“Footprint” means the area encompassed by the foundation of a structure including building overhangs if the overhangs do not extend more than 18 inches beyond the foundation and excluding uncovered decks.

“Footprint, development” means the area encompassed by the foundations of all structures including paved and impervious surfaces.

“Forest practice” means any forest practice as defined in RCW 79.06.020.

“Forest practice, Class IV-G nonconversion” means a Class IV general forest practice, as defined in WAC 222-16-050, on a parcel for which there is a City-approved long-term forest management plan.

“Forest product sales” means the sale of goods produced, extracted, consumed, gathered or harvested from a forest including, but not limited to:

(a) Trees;

(b) Wood chips;

(c) Logs;

(d) Fuel wood;

(e) Cones;

(f) Christmas trees;

(g) Berries;

(h) Herbs; or

(i) Mushrooms.

“Forest research” means the performance of scientific studies relating to botany, hydrology, silviculture, biology and other branches of science in relation to management of forest lands, including only uses located in SIC Industry Nos.:

(a) 8731 – Commercial physical and biological research;

(b) 8733 – Noncommercial research organizations; and

(c) 8734 – Testing laboratories.

“Fowl” means domesticated Anseriformes (such as ducks, geese, swans, and similar) and Galliformes (such as chickens, turkeys, pheasants, and similar) which are legally held in captivity.

“Fully accessible” means a building, structure or facility (public or private) that is in compliance with the Federal provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the supplemental Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities.

“Fully contained community (FCC)” means a site-specific development project consisting of conceptual site plan(s), development standards, processing and other elements, and which is consistent with the criteria provided in RCW 36.70A.350.

“Furniture and home furnishings store” means an establishment engaged in the retail sale of household furniture and furnishings for the home, including only uses located in SIC Major Group and Industry Nos.:

(a) 57 – Home furniture, furnishings, and equipment stores, except Industry Group No. 573; and

(b) Baby carriages, cake decorating supplies, hot tubs, picture frames (ready-made), swimming pools (above-ground, not site-built), telephone stores and typewriter stores found in 5999. (Ord. 08-21 § 4 (Exh. C); Ord. 08-21 § 4 (Exh. C); Ord. 09-19 § 8; Ord. 08-17 § 3 (Exh. B); Ord. 06-17; Ord. 06-17 § 5 (Exh. C); Ord. 05-15 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 10-10 § 3 (Exh. C); Ord. 09-09 § 3; Ord. 14-05 § 3 [18.20.462]; Ord. 14-05 §§ 2, 3; Ord. 42-02 §§ 2 (21A.06.430, 21A.06.435, 21A.06.440, 21A.06.445, 21A.06.450, 21A.06.455, 21A.06.460, 21A.06.465, 21A.06.467), 21A.06.470, 21A.06.475, 21A.06.480, 21A.06.485, 21A.06.490, 21A.06.495, 21A.06.500, 21A.06.505, 21A.06.510, 21A.06.515, 21A.06.520, 21A.06.525, 21A.06.530, 21A.06.533, 21A.06.533, 21A.06.535). Formerly 18.20.430 – 18.20.535)