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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance REFERENCE: Article 4. 3 - Permitted Use Table Article 10 .4 - Off-Street Parking Requirements ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _ Staff _ Planning Board BOCC _x Pub l i c Other: STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: High _Middle xLow Comment: EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: August 24, 1967 PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To amend Article 4 . 3 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow Crematoria as a use by right in zoning classifications 1 -1 , 1 -2, and 1 -3. IMPACTS/ ISSUES: This amendment arose from a citizens re- quest. The request was for an ordinance amendment that would allow Crematoria as a permitted use. At present, Crematoria are not included in the permitted use table. There is no similar use in the table under which Crematoria may be included . As such , they are not permitted in the portions of Orange County where the Zoning Ordinance is applicable. A review of other local Ordinances shows that Crematoria are allowed as a use by right in industrial zones by Carrboro and Durham County. The Chapel HiII Ordinance does not address them. Orange County currently has a crematorium in operation in Hillsborough Township on Oakdale Drive. Information obtained from that operation indicates that crematoria are not large facilities. A typical facility will be 2,400 square feet in size. They are regulated by both the N.C. Board of Mortuary Science and the N. C. Environmental Protec- tion Division. They are required to have an emissions permit from N. C. Environmental Protection Division and are regularly checked for emission of smoke and particles . It was also reported that crematoria produce little traffic, no noise, and are not visually distinguishable as crematoria.