Ferndale Zoning Code § 3.01 Abutting: Land having a common

§3.02 Access Drive: A private drive connecting a street or alley with a parking or loading area or space and of sufficient width to safely permit the passage of all vehicles, equipment, machinery, trailers, mobile homes, and pedestrians which may normally or reasonably be expected to seek access to the parking or loading area or space. Whenever the size, location or use of the parking or loading area is such as to reasonably necessitate the use of such drive by emergency vehicles, the drive shall be of adequate width and design to permit the passage of such emergency vehicles in order to be considered as an access drive within the meaning of these regulations.

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Acreage:Land that is customarily measured in terms of acres rather than front feet or square
feet.
Administrative Officials: The Planning Commission of the City of Ferndale and/or such other
Planning Commission employee as may be designated by the Planning Commission.
Agriculture, General:Farming, dairying, pasturage, timber production, tree farming,
horticulture, floriculture, viniculture, apiaries and animal and poultry husbandry, but not
including stock yards, slaughter houses, hog farms, pig farms, turkey farms, frog farms,
fertilizer works or plants for the reduction of animal matter.
Agricultural Service-Related Business:A business whose principal activity includes the service
and selling of goods directly related to farming, dairying, pasturage, horticulture and animal
and poultry husbandry. Such uses include “feed and farm supply stores,” “hay, feed, seed,
tools and hardware stores” or “farm and ranch supplies,” but does not include a stock yard,
slaughter house, meat market, animal and poultry husbandry, animal-keeping or veterinary
service, fertilizer works or a plant for the reduction of animal matter. Furthermore, the selling
or repairing of vehicles, farm implements like tractors or accessories, or the dispensing of
fuels for such is not allowed as a principle activity.
Alley or Lane:A public or private way not more than thirty (30) feet wide affording only
secondary means of access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic
circulation, except when such terms are modified by the word “bowling.”
Animal hospital:A building where animals are given medical or surgical treatment for
compensation and where the boarding of animals is incidental to such treatment. The
designation “small animal hospital” shall indicate that such treatment shall be limited to dogs,
cats, rabbits, birds and similar small animals.
Animal Products Processing Plants: Buildings and premises for the preparation for wholesale
distribution of animals or animal products, including, but not limited to, slaughter houses, fat

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rendering, tallow works, fertilizer plants, tanneries, seafood packing and canning and distillation of bones.