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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM <br /> Memo No. 09-30 <br /> April 15, 2009 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Michael T. Carrigan nd City Council <br /> FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager �' <br /> Greg C. Crowe, Assistant City Manage���� <br /> Suzan M. Stickle, Senior Planne�'j� <br /> Stephanie E. Ashe, Historic Preservation and Corridors Planne� <br /> SUBJECT: Amendments to Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance#3512) <br /> SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the amendments to the City of <br /> Decatur Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance #3512) as proposed. The City Plan Commission voted 8-0 to <br /> recommend approval of this petition as amended at the April 2, 2009 hearing; the minutes of the <br /> meeting are attached. <br /> BACKGROUND: The current City of Decatur Zoning Ordinance was adopted in May of 2002. <br /> Since the time of adoption, Staff has discovered certain necessary changes, discrepancies and <br /> omissions as the new ordinance has been implemented, specifically in SECTION XII.B. (B-2 <br /> Commercial District). It is Staff's hope that these changes will make the Zoning Ordinance more <br /> comprehensive and applicable to the changing built urban environment all the while keeping the <br /> charge of making Decatur a beautiful place to live, work and play. <br /> As cremation is on the rise in the United States, Staff believes that this amendment will keep the <br /> Zoning Ordinance in sync with the changing trends. Currently, the Zoning Ordinance allows a <br /> funeral home to have a crematory within the primary structure as an ancillary use. The changes to the <br /> Zoning Ordinance would allow Funeral homes to have a crematory as an ancillary use in an <br /> accessory structure. <br /> Staff recommends the following amendment: <br /> Amend SECTION XII.B. (B-2 Commercial District)by adding: <br /> "Crematory or Crematorium as an ancillary use to a funeral home" <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no known objectors at the Plan Commission Meeting. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: N/A. <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Any additional questions may be forwarded to Stephanie Ashe 424-2781 or <br /> at sashe�i�dccaturii.�o��. <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None. <br />