STAFF REPORT
Public Hearing Dates
Planning and Zoning Public Hearing: October 28, 2019
Mayor and Council Public Hearing: November 4, 2019
Mayor and Council Public Hearing: November 18, 2019
File #: PZ 19-034
APPLICATION: Text Amendment APPLICANT: Community Development
PETITION:
To allow for crematory services within the City Limits which include amending the following UDC sections:
Article 1: Section 1-65 Nonconforming Use Expansion
Article 2: Table 2-3 Permitted and Special Uses in Mixed-Use and Non-residential Zoning
Article 3: Use Definition
Article 4: Specific Use provisions;
PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST:
1) Business owner of a funeral home is seeking to expand his services by adding cremation services.
LOCATION: 19th Districts, Powder Springs, Georgia.
ARTICLE 3
USE DEFINITIONS
Funeral home: A building used for human funeral services. Such building contains a chapel and may include space and facilities for embalming and the performance of other services used in the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation, the performance of autopsies and other surgical procedures, the indoor storage of caskets, funeral urns, and other related funeral supplies, and/or the indoor storage of funeral vehicles means a building or facility utilized for preparations and ceremonies for deceased persons prior to burial or cremation. All funeral homes must comply with state regulations as well as the rules promulgated by the Georgia State Board of Funeral Service, as may be amended from time to time. A funeral home may have an accessory crematory within the main building in compliance with manufacturer's instructions and any state or federal laws.
ARTICLE 4
SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS
Sec. 4-151. Funeral Homes, mortuary, or mausoleum
a) Funeral Homes that are legally non-conforming that request to add accessory uses to existing floor space or accessory structures legally established prior to 12/7/2015 without any building expansion wil...
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