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<br />Worksession Staff Report <br />Code Amendment to Allow a Columbarium <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />Shoreview continued: <br /> <br />City Code does not include provisions regulating cemeteries or columbaria. Our <br />approach was to apply the minimum setbacks to the proposed graves and structures, <br />and to ask the Church to develop operating rules for City review to address concerns <br />about visual impacts, noise, and traffic/parking. There is currently one wall with 96 <br />niches installed at the Church. <br /> <br />Roseville: <br /> <br />We have no specific language in our zoning ordinance regarding columbaria, but deem <br />them to be accessory uses and permitted assuming that such a structure can meet our <br />accessory building requirements. <br /> <br />Fridley: <br /> <br />We recently had one of our churches come to talk to us about this. Their plan was to <br />add the structure to the outside of the existing building, almost attached to the building <br />between 2 pillars. We didn’t see any issues with it and told them they could go straight <br />to building permit application. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission discussed this and felt that a columbarium could be considered an <br />accessory building, with a few specific requirements added and a definition. The Commission <br />approved Resolution 1022-15, recommending approval of a code amendment for columbaria to <br />be an allowed use on properties used as religious institutions. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Discuss allowing columbaria on church properties and direct staff if the Council wants to <br />proceed with the code amendment. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br /> <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Photos of columbaria similar to what is currently proposed in Mounds View <br />2. Planning Commission Resolution 1022-15