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<br /> <br /> <br />Item No: 6B <br />Meeting Date: March 18, 2015 <br />Type of Business: Other Planning Activity <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Planning Commission <br /> From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Review Code Amendment to Allow a Columbarium on Religious <br />Institution Properties <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />A Mounds View church member recently contacted the City to inquire if a columbarium would <br />be allowed on the church property. Due to the large increase in cremations rather than burials, <br />it is understandable that more places are needed to store urns. Mounds View does not <br />currently have any cemeteries, nor does the City Code address cemeteries or columbaria. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission discussed columbaria on church properties, and the Commission <br />was supportive of adding language to the zoning code to allow columbaria. The Commission <br />decided to consider a columbarium an allowed accessory use to a church and base the <br />regulations from the accessory building requirements. Staff recommends also adding a <br />definition of a columbarium to the zoning code. <br /> <br />The Planning Commission requested that a permit be required for the installation of columbaria <br />in order for staff to review the proposal and site plan. Staff will amend the fee schedule to add <br />the permit fees in. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />Review Resolution 1022-15 with the proposed language for a code amendment relating to a <br />columbarium. <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br /> <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Resolution 1022-15