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Council approves rezoning for Love Funeral Home to allow crematorium; EPD regulation to govern operations
Summary
The Dalton council approved a rezoning to move Love Funeral Home’s parcel to a C2 classification to permit installation of a crematorium inside an existing building; staff noted the site is about 300 feet from residential properties and said EPD standards will govern operation; the size of the crematorium was not specified.
Planning staff presented a second-reading rezoning request (Ordinance 26-11) from Love Funeral Home to change roughly 3.21 acres at 1402 North Thornton Avenue from neighborhood commercial (C1) to general commercial (C2). Staff and the planning commission recommended approval, noting adjacent hospital property had previously been rezoned to C2.
Staff said the parcel is approximately 300 feet from the nearest residential property and reviewed applicable Environmental Protection Division (EPD) regulations the facility would need to follow. A council member asked, “Do we know how big this the crematorium actually is?” and the staff presenter replied, “That I do not know.” The council voted to approve the rezoning on second reading.
The transcript indicates EPD would be the governing authority for any operational issues raised by a crematorium. The council did not record a specific facility size or technical operating details in the meeting record; those matters would be resolved through permitting and applicable state regulation.
