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Planning commission amends development code to add cemetery protections; fence remains optional with height cap
Summary
The planning commission voted to add language to the Unified Development Ordinance requiring professional documentation and a 25-foot buffer for discovered graves or cemeteries in development projects, and to keep fencing optional while capping built fences at six feet and requiring 50% opacity.
The Florence City Planning Commission voted to amend the Unified Development Ordinance to add procedures and protections when graves, cemeteries or similar burial facilities are discovered on development sites.
Under the change the ordinance will require a professional archaeologist or other qualified professional to determine the boundary of any discovered cemetery, document its history and provide maps and coordinates. Lots that contain graves would be deeded separately, must include a 25-foot buffer around the cemetery perimeter that cannot include graves, and must provide access via a minimum 20-foot private or public easement. The draft language also required staking of graves during construction to…
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