1448 Main St, Ferndale, CA 95536

Neighborhood Commercial- Design Control- Qualified Combining Zone

Neighborhood Commercial: The Neighborhood Commercial or C1 Zone is intended to provide for neighborhood shopping centers which provide convenient sales and service facilities to residential areas, detracting from the residential desirability of such areas. The following regulations apply in all Neighborhood Commercial or C1 Zones.; Design Control: The Design Control Combining or -D Zone is intended to be combined with any principal zone in which the appearance and design of buildings and structures form a substantial contribution to the desirability of the zone for the uses permitted therein, and in which it is desired to protect the over-all Historical appearance of the zone by regulating the design of proposed buildings and structures in the zone.; Qualified Combining: 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.