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F FAA. Federal Aviation Administration. Facade. The front of a building. Facilitate. To make an action or process easier or to help bring about. Fair share. An allocation of resources, costs, or fees considered equitable and proportional to the needs, impacts, or activity of an existing or proposed project. Fault / active fault. A fracture in the crust of the earth along which rocks on one side have moved relative to those on the other side. Most faults are the result of repeated displacements over a long period of time. A fault trace is the line on the earth's surface defining the fault. For the purposes of the Alquist Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act, an active fault is one that has ruptured in the last 11,000 years. See earthquake fault zone. Fault. A fracture in the earth's crust forming a boundary between rock masses that have shifted. A fault is considered to be an active fault if it has exhibited movement within the last 11,000 years and can be expected to move within the next 100 years. A potentially active fault is a fault that last moved within the Quaternary Period before the Holocene Epoch (the last 2,000,000 to 11,000). An inactive fault which shows no evidence of movement in recent geologic time and no potential for movement in the relatively near future. Feasible. Capable of being done, executed, or managed successfully taking into consideration social, physical, environmental, and/or economic factors. Feasible, technically. Capable of being implemented because the industrial, mechanical, or application technology exists. Feature. A noticeable or important characteristic, attribute, or aspect of something. Fenestration. The arrangement and design of windows in a building. Finding(s). The result(s) of an investigation and the basis upon which decisions are made. Findings are used by government agents and bodies to justify action taken or a decision made by the entity. Fiscal sustainability. The city's capacity to operate and maintain public facilities and to provide public services with a reasonable level of service using the revenue generated for the service or facility or revenue generated by the users or beneficiaries of the service or facility. Fiscal sustainability exists when the city has the financial capacity to operate and maintain public facilities and to provide public services in the short term and over the long term. Fixed guideway. Atransportation system technology, such as a streetcar, that runs along rails that are embedded in pavement in either a dedicated lane of a street or a lane that is shared with other vehicles. Flood. Refers to the rising and overflowing of a body of water onto normally dry land that is often caused by storm events or breaches of flood control infrastructure. Urban flooding is caused when heavy rainfall createsaflood independent of an overflowing water body, such as when intense rain overwhelms the capacity of an urban drainage system. Flood zone / flood hazard area. The Policy Plan displays and/or refers to the following simplified categories on flood hazard maps and in policies: - FEMA 100-year flood zone. An area mapped on a flood insurance rate map (FIRM) where a storm with a 1 percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year can cause flood conditions. FIRMS are mapped underthe Federal Agency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). - DWR 100-year flood zone. An area mapped by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) that identify 100-year flood hazard areas using approximate assessment procedures. These floodplains are identified simply as flood prone areas is �� .1..•• CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN