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Ferndale Planning Commission reviews 2024 annual report, flags zoning-code clarifications
Summary
At its March 19 meeting the Ferndale Planning Commission reviewed the 2024 annual report, heard staff updates on downtown and site projects and discussed targeted code corrections including setback language, eaves and vacation applications. Commissioners were told some projects cannot move forward until clarifications are codified.
The Ferndale Planning Commission on March 19 reviewed its 2024 annual report, received staff updates on several ongoing development projects and discussed a slate of proposed clarifications to the city's recently overhauled zoning ordinance.
Planning staff opened the administrative portion by saying the city completed a zoning ordinance rewrite late last year and that staff had intentionally pulled a draft food-truck section for separate review. The annual report compiled the commission's operations and reminded members of statutory reporting duties under the Michigan Planning Enabling Act and the Ferndale City Charter, staff said.
Staff presented highlights from 2024 and early 2025 project activity. Noted projects included a 19-unit upper-floor residential proposal at 1120 East 9 Mile Road (near the fire station), an in-progress commercial conversion on Woodward (the Ghost Burger project), a planned…
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