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Commissioners review private cemetery application after staff find recorded deed; site plan deemed technically adequate
Summary
A private cemetery proposed by Benjamin Hanley Jr. met staff's technical site-plan and perpetual-care requirements but staff discovered a recorded deed/trust prior to approval; commissioners discussed procedural remedies, including requiring applicants to cure the recorded deed, running the item through both hearings, or denying while a zoning violation exists.
Planning staff reviewed a request to establish a private cemetery for Benjamin Hanley Jr. and told the commission that private cemeteries are a permitted use in A1 zoning but must follow a defined public-notice and two-hearing process.
Staff reported the submitted site plan and perpetual-care plan, prepared by Alice Tone, met the county's technical requirements. "The proposed site plan for the cemetery layout and the perpetual-care plan that was submitted and…
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