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Morgan County Planning Commission recommends county code changes to allow private cemeteries
Summary
The planning commission voted unanimously to recommend a text amendment that combines public and private cemetery definitions, clarifies application and plat requirements, and sets standards for floodplain, access, and vegetation.
The Morgan County Planning Commission on Thursday recommended that the County Commission adopt changes to county land-use code to create a single definition for “cemetery” and to add application and plat standards for private and public cemeteries.
The change matters because it would explicitly allow privately owned cemeteries in Morgan County and add requirements such as recorded plat notations for flood-prone areas, minimum access widths, and the ability to count existing vegetation toward landscaping requirements. The commission voted to send the amendment to the county commission with the clarifying edits presented at the meeting.
Zoning Administrator Josh told the commission he drafted…
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