Ferndale Zoning Code § 5.07 Highway Service Commercial or CH Zone

The Highway Service Commercial or CH Zone is intended to provide necessary services and conveniences for the traveling public along main roads and highway frontages at proper intervals and locations in developments designed for safety, convenience and suitable appearance. The following regulations shall apply in all Highway Service Commercial or CH Zones:

• 5.07.1 Principal permitted uses:

  • a. Restaurants and appurtenant services.

  • b. Hotels, motels and mobile home parts.

  • c. Automobile service stations.

  • d. Nurseries and greenhouses, retail fruit and vegetable stands.

  • e. Amusement parks and commercial recreational facilities.

  • f. Outdoor advertising signs and structures which identify the use or pertain directly to the service or product offered on the site.

• 5.07.2 Uses permitted with a Use Permit

  • a. Small animal hospitals and kennels.

  • b. Trailer camps.

  • c. (Section amended by Ord. 2025-04 on 8/20/2025) Dwellings, boarding houses, small employee housing, Multiple Dwellings and Dwelling Groups.

• 5.07.3 Other uses which the Planning Commission finds are similar to the principal permitted uses.

• 5.07.4 Other regulations

  • a. Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet.

  • b. Minimum lot width: 50 feet.

  • c. Minimum yards: front, 15 feet; rear, none, except where a rear yard abuts on an R Zone, such rear yard shall be not less than 20 feet; side, none, except where a side yard abuts on an R Zone, such side yard shall be not less than 15 feet, provided further, that such side yard of a motel shall be not less than 6 feet.

  • d. Maximum building height: 45 feet.

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