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After heated public hearing, Chesapeake council approves pet crematorium at Homestead Road, 8‑1
Summary
Following extensive public comment from neighbors who said a crematorium would be incompatible with the Sunray Historic Agricultural District, Chesapeake City Council approved a conditional use permit to allow a pet crematorium on a portion of a 6‑acre parcel on Homestead Road, with revised stipulations and an 8‑1 vote.
Chesapeake City Council on March 18 approved PLN USE 2024‑031, a conditional use permit requested by Southern Virginia Cremation Services to operate a pet crematorium on a 0.8‑acre portion of a six‑acre parcel at 703 Homestead Road in the Deep Creek planning area. Council adopted the motion to approve the application with the revised stipulations dated 02/25/2025; the motion passed by an 8‑1 vote.
The application prompted more than a dozen members of the public to testify. Applicant Brittany Johnson, who said she and her husband operate Southern Virginia Cremation Services and live in Western Branch, described the business as a “small family‑owned pet cremation business” that receives most of its work via veterinary clinics and home calls rather than walk‑in customers. Johnson told council she and her husband were committed to locating the business…
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