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Planning commission continues Forest Lawn Cathedral City specific plan to April 15 after design and cremation‑limit concerns
Summary
The commission continued Forest Lawn Memorial Park’s 10-acre specific plan, general plan amendment and zone change to April 15 to allow the applicant to provide conceptual elevations for south/west elevations and to formalize a condition requiring coordination with the planning director before any increase in cremations permitted by South Coast AQMD permits.
The Planning Commission on March 18 continued consideration of the Forest Lawn Cathedral City specific plan — a package that includes a general plan amendment and change of zone for roughly 10 acres at the southwest corner of Deval and Ramon Roads — to its April 15 meeting after commissioners asked for clearer architectural visuals and tighter assurances about future operational changes.
Planning staff explained the specific plan would streamline long-term phased development of the site, which Forest Lawn acquired in stages. Staff said buildout could eventually include roughly 30,000 square feet of occupied space, about 315,000 square feet of non-occupied interment-related area and some 84,000 square feet of interment space; staff also transmitted revised conditions that add an annexation requirement into the city’s community facilities district (applicable to occupied space only).
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