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Family: A person living alone, or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, or a group of not more than five (5) unrelated persons living together as a single non-profit housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit, as distinguished from a group occupying a boarding house, rooming house, lodging house, motel or hotel, fraternity or sorority house. A family shall be deemed to include necessary servants. (Former Section INL#312-26: Ord. 519, Sec. 226, 5/11/65; Amended by Ord. 2214, 6/6/00)

Family Day Care Center: Family Day Care Center refers to any facility which provides, to more than twelve (12) persons, non-medical care, or personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on a less than twenty-four (24) hour basis. Such Day Care Centers are a residential use of the property. A Conditional Use Permit shall be required for the establishment of such a center. (See also, “Community Care Facilities” and “Family Day Care Homes”.) (Former Section INL#312-26.1; Added by Ord. 1842, Sec. 2, 8/16/88)

Family Day Care Home: Family Day Care Home refers to any facility which provides, to twelve (12) or fewer children (including children who reside at the home), non-medical care, or personal services, supervision, or assistance for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on a less than twenty-four hour basis. (See also, “Community Care Facility” and “Family Day Care Center”.) (Former Section INL#312-26.2; Added by Ord. 1842, Sec. 3, 8/16/88)

Farm Dwelling: A dwelling on farm premises for permanent residents of the farm, such as the owner, lessee, foreman, or others whose principal employment is the operation of the farm, as distinguished from quarters for seasonal labor. (Former Section INL#312-27; Ord. 519, Sec. 227, 5/11/65)

Flood: A general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas as a result of the overflow of inland or tidal water and/or the unusual and rapid accumulation or run-off of surface waters from any source. (From Section CZ#A312-8; Added by Ord. 2214, 6/6/00)

Flood Plain: Flood plain is defined as the area subject to inundation by the 100 year or base flood, as shown on the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM). (Former Section INL#315-8.1(D); Added by Ord. 2205, Sec. 1, 4/11/00)

Floodway: Floodway is defined as 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 one foot and can be specifically determined at a given location by the Building Division’s application of the County flood regulations. (Former Section INL#315-8.1(D); Added by Ord. 2205, Sec. 1, 4/11/00)

Floor Area: Floor area is the area included within the surrounding exterior walls of a building or portion thereof, exclusive of vent shafts and courts. 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. (Former Section INL#312-27.1; Added by Ord. 1633, Sec. 2, 3/13/84)

Frog Farm: A place at which frogs are bred and raised for commercial purposes. (Ord. 2214, 6/6/2000)

Frontage: All the property on one side of a street between intersecting or intercepting streets, or between a street and right-of-way, water way end of a dead-end street or city boundary measured along the street line. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the frontage on the side of the street which it intercepts. (Former Section INL#312-28; Ord. 519, Sec. 228, 5/11/65)

Fur Farm: A place at which fur-bearing animals, other than chinchillas, are bred and raised for commercial purposes, such as breeding stock or for the reclamation of pelts. (Former Section INL#312-29; Ord. 556, Sec. 1, 3/22/66)