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Supervisors split on private‑burial permits; several family‑cemetery requests decided
Summary
The Board considered multiple special-use permits for private family cemeteries and a private cemetery request in Red Lake; after public testimony the board denied one request earlier but later approved a separate family-cemetery request and another related special-use application.
The Board of Supervisors heard multiple requests April 7 to permit private family burial on rural parcels and acted on at least two applications after public hearings and staff briefings.
A special-use permit request for a private cemetery in the Red Lake vicinity (item 58) was denied at the hearing after commissioners and neighbors expressed concerns and the applicant was not present at the Planning & Zoning meeting. Speakers who supported burial on private property said the intent was a single-family interment on large acreage; opponents raised zoning and parcel-size…
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