Unified Development Ordinance, 31st Supplement, May 2024

CHAPTER 12. DEFINITIONS | Article 12.2. Defined Terms

of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, “Forest Practice Guidelines Related to Water Quality”—Title 15A North Carolina Administrative Code, subchapter 11, sections 1.101—.0209 and all successor documents. 5. A forest management plan is prepared or approved either by a professional forester registered in the State of North Carolina or by the North Carolina Forest Service. Copies of the forest management plan shall be provided to the City upon request. Freestanding Retaining Wall A wall that serves to retain soil where the change in ground elevation exceeds to the angle of repose of the soil. A freestanding wall can be completely disconnected from a building. It can also touch a building, but should not be a structural element that is needed to support the building. Frontage There are 8 frontages, including: Parkway (-PK), Detached (-DE), Parking Limited (-PL), Green (GR), Green Plus (GP), Urban Limited (UL), Urban General (-UG) and Shopfront (-SH). Front Wall Plane The building facade facing the primary street right‐of‐way. If this facade contains wall articulation, the entire length of the articulated wall shall constitute the front wall plane. Bay windows shall not be considered part of the front wall plane. Front Yard The area located between the front line of a building or structure and the front boundary of a lot or an existing or proposed street right-of-way and extending along the entire width of the lot. Full Cutoff Fixture An outdoor light fixture shielded or constructed in such a manner that it emits no light above the horizontal plane of the fixture. Future Conditions Flood The flood having a 1 percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year based on future conditions hydrology. Future Conditions Flood Elevation A determination of the water surface elevations of the 1 percent annual chance

flood based on future conditions hydrology as published in the flood insurance study. This elevation, when combined with 2 additional vertical feet, establishes the regulatory flood protection elevation in future conditions flood hazard areas. Future Conditions Flood Hazard Area The land area that would be inundated by the 1 percent annual chance flood based on future conditions hydrology as determined in this UDO. Future Conditions Hydrology The flood discharges associated with projected land use conditions based on Raleigh’s zoning maps or the Comprehensive Plan’s Future Land Use Map or both and without consideration of projected future construction of flood detention structures or projected future hydraulic modifications within a stream or other waterway such as bridge and culvert construction, fill and excavation. Future conditions flood discharges are published in the flood insurance study. g Glare The effect produced by a light source within the visual field that is sufficiently brighter than the level to which the eyes are adapted, to cause annoyance, discomfort or loss of visual performance and ability. Governmental Entity Any department, commission, agency or other instrument of the Federal, State, County or municipal government. Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Any of a number of practices that, used individually or collectively, contribute to managing, treating, and reducing stormwater runoff from a development or redevelopment site, as close as possible to the runoff's source, by preserving natural landscape features (such as vegetation, soils, hydrology, and natural processes) and/or by mimicking natural processes through installation and maintenance of structurally engineered devices (such as bioretention cells, bioswales, permeable paving/pavers, green roofs, stormwater street trees, and cisterns). In addition to contributing to stormwater management, GSI practices can enhance site aesthetics, improve air quality, reduce urban heat island impacts, provide shading, create

Supp. No. 31

12 – 10 Published May 2024

Part 10: Unified Development Ordinance City of Raleigh, North Carolina