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Ferndale Zoning Code Art. 3 Definitions

Ferndale Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-09 · Ferndale

Cite as: Ferndale Zoning Code Article 3 · Text as of 2026-09-09

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this Article shall be used in the interpretation and construction of this Ordinance. Words used in the present tense shall include the future, and in the future tense shall include the present tense; the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular. The word “building” shall include the word “structure,” the word “used” shall include “arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented, leased, or intended to be used” and the word “shall” is mandatory.

“City” shall mean the City of Ferndale, “City Council” shall mean the City Council of Ferndale and “Planning Commission” shall mean the Planning Commission of the City of Ferndale or the City Council in the absence of a legally constituted Planning Commission.

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