Ferndale Zoning Code § 3.21 City: The City of Ferndale
Ferndale Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-09-09 · Ferndale
Cite as: Ferndale Zoning Code § 3.21 · Text as of 2026-09-09
- §3.22 City Council: The City Council of Ferndale. §3.23 Court: An open, unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building or group of buildings, which is bounded on two or more sides by such building or buildings.
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Commission, Planning Commission:The Planning Commission of the City of Ferndale, State of California. Communication Equipment Building:A building which houses electrical and mechanical equipment necessary for the conduct of a public utility communications business with or without personnel. Density Bonus(Added by Ordinance 2014-02 on 5/1/2014): As defined by Government Code Section 65915 et seq., an increase over the maximum density otherwise allowed by the applicable zoning district, that is granted to the owner/ agrees to construct a senior housing project or a prescribed percentage of dwelling units that are affordable to households of very low; low; and/ the number of dwelling units that shall be affordable, the units authorized by the density bonus shall not be included in the calculation. Distance Between Structures: The shortest horizontal distance measured between the vertical walls of two structures. Dwelling: Any building or portion thereof containing one or more dwelling units designed or used exclusively as a residence or sleeping place for one or more families, but not including a tent, cabin, boat, trailer, mobile home, hotel or motel. 3.28.1 Dwelling, Single Family: A building containing exclusively one dwelling unit. 3.28.2 Dwelling, Two-Family or Duplex: A detached building under one roof, designed for or occupied exclusively by two families living independently of each other. 3.28.3 Dwelling, Multiple:A building or portion thereof containing three (3) or more dwelling units located on a single lot. Includes apartments and flats, units side-by- side, units stacked, dwelling groups, and one or more units occupying the same site as a non-residential uses (mixed use development) Excludes boarding houses, motels, mobile home parks, hotels, fraternity or sorority houses, private residence clubs, vacation rentals, and detached single family homes with accessory dwelling units in compliance with Sections 66310-66342 of the California Government Code. 3.28.4 Dwelling Unit: One room, or a suite of two (2) or more rooms, designed for, intended for, or used by one family, where the family lives, sleeps and cooks and which unit has one kitchen or kitchenette. 3.28.5 Dwelling Group: Three or more detached single-family dwellings occupying a parcel of land, in one (1) ownership and having a yard court in common, but not including manufactured home parks, hotels, motels, vacation rentals, and transient occupancy uses. Emergency Repairs: Repairs made to any structure, whether used for residential, commercial or other uses, in the immediate period following damage by earthquake, fire, wind, hail, or collision, provided that such repairs will bring the structure to its original design. Such repairs include: re-roofing, repairing fire damage, painting, re-painting, paint scraping, and replacing windows, drainpipes, railings, and small structural ornamentation. Emergency Shelter(§3.31 added by Ordinance 2014-02 on 5/1/2014): Housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six months or less by a homeless person. No individual or household may be denied emergency shelter because of an inability to pay. Emergency Vehicle: Self-propelled vehicle or trailer used in the discharge of the duties of public districts, agencies, or departments or privately owned public utilities responsible for fire prevention and control, police enforcement, sanitation, sewage, drainage, flood control and public utility maintenance and service. |
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§3.32 Employee Housing: 3.32.1 Small Employee Housing: Means housing for employees, including farmworkers, providing accommodations for six or fewer persons in a single family dwelling and consistent with California Health and Safety Code Section 17021.5. Small employee housing shall be deemed a single-family dwelling and is allowed in residential zones. Employee housing for six or fewer employees is subject to all municipal codes, regulations, and other standards generally applicable to other residential dwellings of the same type in the same zone.
3.32.2 Large Employee Housing: Means housing for employees, including farmworkers, consisting of no more than thirty-six (36) beds in group quarters or twelve (12) units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household and consistent with the California Health and Safety Code Section 17021.6. Moreover, large employee housing is an agricultural land use, and shall not be deemed a use that implies that employee housing is an activity that differs in any other way from an agricultural use pursuant to Section 17021.6 of the California Health and Safety Code. -
§3.33 (This section amended by Ordinance 2025 04 on 8/20/2025) Family: One or more persons sharing a dwelling unit whether or not related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
§3.34 Farm Dwelling: A dwelling on farm premises for permanent residents of the farm, such as the owner, lessee, foreman, or others whose principal employment is the operation of the farm.
§3.35 Frontage: All the property on one (1) side of a street between intersecting or intercepting streets or between a street and right-of-way, waterway, end of a dead-end street or city boundary measured along the street line. An intercepting street shall determine only the boundary of the frontage on the side of the street that it intercepts.
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