Text Box: TOWN OF CARY
EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS
ACRONYM EXPLANATION
ABC Alcoholic Beverage Commission
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AOB Annual Operating Budget
APF Adequate Public Facilities
ATM Automated Teller Machine
AWWA American Water Works Association  
BANs Bond Anticipation Notes
BARs Budget Adjustment Requests
BBP Blood-borne Pathogen
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CAEF Certificate of Adequate Educational Facilities  
CAFR Comprehensive Annual Financial Report  
CALEA Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
CAMPO Capital Metropolitan Planning Organization  
CAPFR Certificate of Adequate Public Facilities for Roads  
CATA Certificate of Approved Traffic Analysis  
CATV Cable Access Television
CAWTP Cary/Apex Water Treatment Plant
CDBG Community Development Block Grant funding  
CDL Commercial Drivers License
CFAI Commission on Fire Accreditation International
CIB Capital Improvements Budget
CIP Capital Improvements Plan
CMAQ Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality  
CO Certificate of Occupancy  
COD   Chemical Oxygen Demand
COPs Certificates of Participation  
COPS Community Oriented Policing Services program of Federal Grants for Police Officers
CSX Name of railway company
C-Tran Cary Transit
DARE Drug Awareness Resistance Program
DEIS Draft Environmental Impact Statement  
DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DHIC Downtown Housing Improvement Corporation
DMV Department of Motor Vehicles
DOT Department of Transportation
EDU Equivalent Dwelling Unit 
EEO Equal Employment Opportunity
EHAP Employee Housing Assistance Program
E Exempt
EIS  Environmental Impact Statement  
EMS Emergency Management Services
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ETB Extra Territorial Boundary  
ETJ Extra Territorial Jurisdiction  
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Administration
FMD Facilities Management Division
FM Force Main  
FSE Food Service Establishment
FOG Fats, Oils, and Grease program
FT Full-time
FTE Full-time Equivalent
FY Fiscal Year
FYS Fiscal Years
GA  General Assembly
GAAP  Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
GAC Granular Activated Carbon
GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board
GF General Fund
GFOA Government Finance Officers Association
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GO General Obligation bonds
GPD Gallons Per Day
GPS Geographic Positioning System
GS  General Statutes
HR Human Resources department
HRSS High Risk, Safety Sensitive
HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
I&I Inflow & Infiltration  
IBT Inter-Basin Transfer  
IBNR Incurred But Not Reported
ISF Internal Service Fund  
ISO Insurance Services Organization  
ITE Institute of Transportation  
LDO Land Development Ordinance
LGC Local Government Commission
LOS Level of Service  
MAPPS Managing And Planning Performance System
MGD Million Gallons per Day
MM Morrisville Merger
MPO Master Police Officer
N/A Not Applicable
NE Non-Exempt
NCDOT North Carolina Department of Transportation
NCDWQ North Carolina Department of Water Quality
NCLM North Carolina League of Municipalities
NCWRF North Cary Water Reclamation Facility
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System  
O&M Operating and Maintenance
OS Oversizings
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PD Police Department
PIL Payment in Lieu
PIO Public Information Office
PM Preventive Maintenance
PO Purchase Order 
Police Officer
PRCR Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources department
PS Pump Station
PSA Public Service Announcement
PT Part-time
PUD Planned Unit Development
PW/UT Public Works/Utilities
RDU Raleigh-Durham
RFP Request for Proposals
RIL Recreation in Lieu
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition  
SCWRF South Cary Water Reclamation Facility
SF  Square Foot
SS  Sanitary Sewer or Suspended Solids
SPO Senior Police Officer
SPOT Small Projects One-hour Turn-around
SR State Road
SRO School Resource Officer
SRU Special Response Unit  
SS Sanitary Sewer
SSO Sanitary Sewer Oversizing
T-Bill Treasury Bill
TAZ Traffic Analysis Zone 
TCAP Town Center Area Plan
TDF Transportation Development Fee 
TDM Traffic Demand  
TIA  Traffic Impact Analysis 
TIP Transportation Improvement Program
TND Traditional Neighborhood Development
TOC Town of Cary
TS Technology Services department
TS-1 Traffic Signal - 1 (refers to a type of traffic signal cabinet)
TS-2 Traffic Signal - 2 (refers to a type of traffic signal cabinet)
TTA Triangle Transit Authority
UCR Unified Crime Reporting
UDO Unified Development Ordinance
UF Utility Fund
USA Urban Service Area  
VLF Vehicle License Fees
WAS Waste Activated Sludge
WCPSS Wake County Public School System
W&S Water and Sewer
WCWRF West Cary Water Reclamation Facility
WRF Water Reclamation Facility
WT Water Treatment
WTP Water Treatment Plant
WWMP Waste Water Master Plan
WWRWMF Western Wake Regional Wastewater Management Facility
WWWRF Western Wake Water Reclamation Facility
WWTP Waste Water Treatment Plant