Ferndale Zoning Code § 5.14 Public Facility or PF Zone

The Public Facility or PF Zone is intended to be applied to lands owned by public agencies or to lands upon which such agencies operate public facilities.

• 5.14.1 Principal permitted uses:

  • a. Public schools, parks, playgrounds and recreational facilities.

  • b. Public fairgrounds and related uses.

  • c. Public buildings, including City Hall, fire stations, libraries, courts, museums, auditoriums, hospitals, and similar uses.

  • d. (Begin section amended by Ordinance 2014-02 on 5/1/2014) Emergency shelters, provided such facility complies with all of the following:

    • i. Any emergency shelter newly proposed for construction or operation within the City shall not be located within three hundred feet (300’) of any other emergency shelter. The distance shall be measured along the street frontage from one emergency shelter to another emergency shelter.

    • ii. Adequate external lighting shall be provided for security purposes to ensure fully lit parking, gathering, and waiting areas. Lighting shall be placed so as to not create glare or impact adjoining parcels.

    • iii. The facility shall contain a maximum of 10 beds and shall serve no more than 10 persons.

    • iv. The facility shall have an interior, enclosed client waiting and intake area large enough to accommodate the number of persons equal to 25% the number of beds. The area shall be based on space required for seated persons. The facility shall also have an adjoining, exterior overflow waiting area of equal size to the interior waiting area. The exterior waiting area shall be fenced, screened, gated, and shall not obstruct sidewalks or driveways.

    • v. The facility shall provide security during hours that the shelter is in operation, shall provide an on-site manager, and must have a minimum of 1 fully trained staff person with at least 1 year of homeless services experience on site at all times when a client is on the premises.

    • vi. The number of off-street parking spaces shall be calculated per §7.16 of this Ordinance.

    • vii. Temporary shelter shall be available to residents for no more than 60 days. Extensions up to a total stay of 180 days in any continuous 12month period may be provided if no alternative housing is available (end section amended by Ordinance 2014-02 on 5/1/2014).

• 5.14.2 Uses permitted with a Use Permit:

  • a. Penal, correctional or detention institutions and facilities for the care of mental patients.

• b. Public corporation yards, shops, repair and storage yards and buildings.

• 5.14.3 Other regulations:

  • a. None, except as provided in use permit conditions.

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