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Votes at a glance: Dalton council approves cemetery rules, deannexation, rezoning and other items
Summary
At its June 15 meeting the Dalton mayor and council approved a set of ordinances and actions: cemetery code updates, a deannexation to allow an RV park, two rezoning requests (including a funeral home crematorium), an amusements ordinance, an ARC grant application and a park contract change order; several ordinances were tabled.
The Dalton mayor and council on June 15 approved multiple agenda items by voice vote and tabled others for additional staff work.
Key approved items included Ordinance 26-07 (cemetery code amendments), Ordinance 26-08 (a 0.3-acre deannexation at 2209 Chattanooga Road to permit planned RV-park development), Ordinance 26-09 (rezoning 0.25 acres on Doure Street to R5 to allow a duplex), Ordinance 26-11 (rezoning Love Funeral Home property to C2 to accommodate a crematorium) and Ordinance 26-14 (amusements and entertainments code, including a six-machine limit per location). The council also authorized staff to pursue Resolution 26-17, an ARC grant application for the South Thornton Corridor improvements, and approved Change Order No. 001 for Temple Bethl Memorial Park, adding $67,200 and 61 calendar days to the contract.
Several items were tabled to allow staff to gather more information: Ordinance 26-10 (Debo's Diner rezoning) was tabled so traffic-engineering questions could be addressed; Ordinance 26-12 (event facilities code) and Ordinance 26-13 (fire prevention code) were also tabled because definitions and cross-references require additional work.
Votes: The meeting record shows motions, seconds and voice votes for approvals and tabling; the transcript records individual “I” responses for ayes but does not provide a roll-call tally with member names. Where the transcript did not supply a numeric roll-call tally, the outcome is recorded as approved or tabled according to the meeting minutes read into the record.
Next steps: Staff will return with traffic and technical analyses where requested, and the city will proceed with documentation necessary to apply for the ARC grant if authorized.
