Facade, building. See “Building facade.”

“Feather flag” means a vertical, portable temporary sign that contains a harpoon-style pole or staff driven into the ground for support or is supported by means of an individual stand and has a maximum height of twelve feet. (See Figure 2.)

“Fence” means a structure made of various materials that separates, encloses, screens or divides outdoor areas, including property perimeters. The term “fence” includes, but is not limited to, net screening for recreational activities, masonry walls, hedges, bollards with chains, posts with rails, and barriers.

Fence, electrified security. See “Electrified security fence.”

“Filtered light fixture” means any outdoor light fixture that has a refractive light source.

“Final action” means the later of the final vote or the approved, written decision on a matter.

“Final grade” means the finished or resulting grade where earth meets the building after completion of the proposed development activity.

“Final plat” means a recordable subdivision or condominium map.

“Financial institution” means a facility where the principal function is to conduct monetary business.

“Fire code” is Title 15 of the city of Midvale Municipal Code.

“Fireworks stand” is defined as the sale of fireworks as defined and authorized by Chapter 8.06 of the Midvale Municipal Code from a temporary location.

“First story” means the lowest story in a building; provided, the floor level is not more than four feet below final grade for more than fifty percent of the perimeter.

“Flag banner sign” means a sign made of cloth, canvas or nylon attached to a pole structure with no advertising copy. Intended to be used as part of an entry feature for a multifamily development. For the purposes of this title, the name of the project is not defined as advertising copy.

“Flag lot” means the remaining lot created from the subdivision of one lot, with proper street frontage, into two lots which consist of: (1) a frontage lot, with proper street frontage; and (2) a flag lot, with street access but without street frontage. The flag lot consists of an access portion and a banner portion (diagram).

“Flashing sign” means a sign which has or appears to have motion or rotation of the lighting elements or displays flashing or intermittent light.

“Flat sign” means a sign erected parallel to and attached to the outside wall of a building and extending not more than twenty-four inches from such wall with messages of copy on the face side only.

“Flood plain area” means an area adjoining a river, stream, water course, or body of standing water in which a potential flood hazard exists when the area experiences a one-hundred-year storm, including any area designated as a flood plain by the Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States.

“Floodlighted or externally lighted sign” means a sign made legible in the absence of daylight by devices which reflect or project light upon it.

Floor area, gross. See “Gross floor area.”

Floor area, net leasable. See “Net leasable floor area.”

“Floor area ratio (FAR)” means the maximum allowed gross floor area divided by the area of the lot or parcel.

“Food truck court” means an improved lot or parcel where food trucks and vending carts can operate.

“Foot candle” means a unit for measuring the amount of illumination on a surface. The measurement is candlepower divided by distance.

Foot candle, average (AFC). See “Average foot candle (AFC).”

Foot candle, horizontal (HFC). See “Horizontal foot candle (HFC).”

Foot candle, vertical (VFC). See “Vertical foot candle (VFC).”

“Fowl” means birds of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail. “Fowl” also means waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans.

“Freestanding antenna” means an antenna mounted on the roof of or within a stand-alone support structure including but not limited to a wooden pole, steel pole, lattice tower, utility pole, lift tower, light standard, flag pole or other vertical support.

“Freestanding sign” means a sign supported permanently upon the ground by poles or braces and not attached to any building.

“Freeway-oriented sign” means an on-premises ground sign located within six hundred sixty feet of an interstate freeway exit.

“Front loaded garage” means a subservient (secondary or de-emphasized) parking structure designed for access from the street, either attached to the dwelling or detached to the side or rear of the dwelling.

“Front lot line” means the property line dividing a lot or parcel from the right-of-way of the street from which the structure takes access.

“Front property line” means that part of a parcel or lot which abuts a street.

“Front yard” means the area between the front of the closest building and the front lot line or closer right-of-way, extending the full width of the lot. The depth of the front yard is the minimum distance between the front lot line and the front line of the closest structure.

“Frontage” means that portion of a lot abutting a public or private right-of-way and ordinarily regarded as the front of the lot.

“Fully shielded luminaire” means a luminaire that is constructed so that no light rays are emitted at angles above the horizontal plane, as certified by a photometric test report.

“Funeral home” means a building used for the preparation of the deceased for burial and the display of the deceased and rituals connected therewith before burial or cremation. (Ord. 2019-03 § 1 (Att. B (part)); Ord. 2015-13 § 1 (Att. A (part)); Ord. 2015-12 § 1 (Att. A (part)); Ord. 10/6/2009O-19 § 1 (Att. A (part)); Ord. 9/22/2009O-15 § 1 (Att. A (part)); Ord. 5/5/2009O-8 § 1 (Att. A (part)); Ord. 5/1/2007O-5 § 1 (part); Ord. 7/11/2006O-9 § 1 (part); Ord. 12-11-2001C § 2 (part))