Obscure, to the greatest extent practical, fleet vehicle parking, machinery, equipment, storage facilities, warehouses, and machine or service shops behind principal structures or landscaping, and/or design such uses to be visually appealing.ġ. Be required to identify and conform to specific routes for heavy truck traffic, if such traffic should exist.ĭ. Be authorized to establish limited food operations intended to serve workers or visitors in the area.Ĭ. Facades, exterior walls and entryways shall provide consistent architectural treatment.ī. For the purposes of this section, attractive, visually interesting facades shall reflect the guideline contained within FMC 18.58.070(A)(1) (building design guideline for facades and exterior walls), as modified by this section:įacades should be articulated to reduce the massive scale and the uniform, impersonal appearances of buildings that are adjacent to or visible from primary public roadways, including Interstate Five, and provide visual interest that will be consistent with the community’s identity, character, and scale. Establish attractive, visually interesting facades when adjacent to or visible from primary public roadways, without diminishing the function of the use for which the structure is intended.

1573 § 1, 2010) 18.49.020 Land use objectives.Īll proposed developments within the general business zone must demonstrate the manner in which the proposal achieves the following objectives:Ī. In some cases, specific use types are restricted to certain road designations in order to preserve the consistency of uses within the zone. This zone may be applied to some portions of the City that are designated either commercial or industrial under the City of Ferndale Comprehensive Plan.

The zone is not intended to include those uses whose primary purpose is residential or heavy industrial in nature. The zone is intended as a primary center for business activities, and uses exclusively focused on storage are discouraged. The general business zone is a zone classification providing a use district for commercial establishments which require a retail contact with the public together with professional offices, incidental shop work, limited storage and warehousing, or light manufacturing and extensive outdoor storage and display, as well as retail uses with similar requirements. 18.49.033 Administrative conditional uses.ġ8.49.090 Accessory building and use regulations.ġ8.49.120 Site design.

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