Ferndale Zoning Code § 6.06 Qualified Combining or –Q Zone

The Qualified Combining or -Q Zone is intended to be combined with any principal commercial zone in which residential uses constitute the predominant use of land in such zone, and in which it is desired to protect the general peace, safety, comfort, health and welfare of persons residing in such areas from impacts which may result from the introduction of new commercial uses, by regulating those uses allowed in the underlying principal zone, either as a principal permitted use or a use requiring a use permit, to those certain uses which the Planning Commission finds are compatible with the maintenance of a healthful residential living environment and the residential character of the area.

• 6.06.1 Principal permitted uses:

  • a. Single-family dwellings.

  • b. Boarding of not more than two persons not employed on the premises.

  • c. Small employee housing.

• 6.06.2 Uses permitted with a Use Permit:

  • a. Two-family dwellings.

  • b. Dwelling groups and multiple dwellings for not more than four (4) families. c. Professional and business offices.

  • d. Commercial instruction.

  • e. Private institutions.

  • f. Bed and breakfast inns.

  • g. Boarding houses.

  • h. Outpatient small-animal clinics.

  • i. Mortuaries.

  • j. Plant nurseries.

  • k. Stores and services of a light commercial character, conducted entirely within an enclosed building, and limited to the following uses:

    • i. Antique shops.

    • ii. Art galleries.

    • iii. Barber shops and beauty salons.

    • iv. Book stores.

    • v. Florist shops.

    • vi. Restaurants and licensed premises appurtenant thereto.

    • vii. Small-scale retail shops.

    • viii. Studios.

    • ix. Tailor and dressmaking shops.

    • x. Wholesale food preparation and catering.

    • xi. Sales of used and second-hand goods when appurtenant to any of the foregoing.

  • l. Other uses as approved by the Planning Commission, provided such additional uses are specifically enumerated as a permitted use of land in the regulations for the underlying principal zone, and the Planning Commission finds that such use is both similar to, and compatible with, the Principal Permitted Uses and Uses Permitted with a Use Permit specified in subsections 6.06.1 and 6.06.2.

• 6.06.3 Other Regulations

  • a. Minimum lot area, width, maximum lot depth, and maximum building height shall be the same as those required in the underlying principal zone.

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• b. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall conform to Section 7.16 of the Zoning Ordinance.

• c. The use of land and buildings existing upon the effective date of these regulations, where said uses are in conformance with the uses and regulations specified for the underlying principal zone but are not in conformance with the uses and regulations set forth hereinabove, shall be permitted to be continued and maintained without becoming subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Zoning Ordinance, “Non-Conforming Buildings and Uses.” Expansion of such pre-existing use subject to exemption under this section may be granted by the Planning Commission through the issuance of a Use Permit, provided such expansion is found to be consistent with the purpose of the –Q Zone.

• d. All other applicable City Ordinances.

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