CITY OF FERNDALE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE FERNDALE PLANNING COMMISSION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ferndale Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on
Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 6:00 pm at 834 Main Street, Ferndale, California, to consider a
recommendation to adopt amendments to the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances. The purpose of the
amendments is to achieve consistency with the adopted Housing, Land Use, and Safety elements of the
General Plan, and the Subdivision Map Act (Calif. Government Code 66410 et seq.), implement
Programs of the City’s adopted 6th cycle Housing Element, and address changes in State housing law.
Project Description: The Planning Commission will consider the following Project:
• Adopt text amendments to various sections of Ordinance No. 02-02 (the Zoning Ordinance),
including: Article 3: Definitions add and update terms such as single room occupancy housing,
supportive housing, and other terms; Article 5: Regulations for the Principal Zone amendments that
include adding single room occupancy housing and supportive housing developments as allowed housing
types in the Residential Two Family (or R2), Residential Multiple-Family (or R3), Neighborhood
Commercial (or C1), and Community Commercial (or C2) zones; update the Development Criteria of the
R1, R2, and R3 zones to clarify the exterior siding material language, and to add “non-reflective
Class A metal roof” as a permissible roofing material; Article 6: Regulations for the Combining
Zones to add provisions for a Streamside Protection Area (or -SPA) combining zone; Article 7:
General Provisions and Exceptions to add new provisions for single room occupancy (SRO) housing and
supportive housing developments in accordance with State housing laws and the Housing Element
programs; and add new procedures requiring Planning Commission review for the demolition of
existing hotels, motels, and multifamily development; Article 10 add the findings to approve a use
permit and a special permit; and Article 12 move the provisions for Special Permits to Article 10.
• Adopt text amendments to various sections of Ordinance 99-04 (the Subdivision Ordinance),
including streamline the review of lot line adjustments and voluntary parcel mergers; and updates
to the expiration and extension provisions for approved and conditionally approved tentative map
subdivisions for consistency with the Subdivision Map Act.
Project location for the proposed text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance: Citywide.
Environmental Information: Approval of an Addendum to the Programmatic Environmental Impact Report
(PEIR) (SCH# 2023020217) certified for the Land Use Element update of the Ferndale General Plan on
November 20, 2024 is recommended pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164: None of the
conditions requiring preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred, and the Project would not
result in any new significant impacts not analyzed or considered under the PEIR.
You may send written comments to cityclerk@ci.ferndale.ca.us. All comments must be received by
12:00 pm, the day of the public hearing. Comments will be forwarded to the Commission for their
consideration.
This City endeavors to be ADA compliant. Should you require assistance with written information or
access to the facility, or a hearing amplification, please call (707) 786-4224 24 hours prior to
the meeting.
Thank You
Kristene Hall, City Clerk