Greenwich Township City Zoning Code
§ 16-19B.10
Cemetery.
[Ord. No. 1998-18]
A cemetery shall include a burial place or graveyard, including a mausoleum, crematory, or columbarium, provided that:
a.
Cemetery area and bulk regulations.
1.
The minimum lot size shall be 25 acres.
2.
No more than 10% of the entire area, to a maximum of five acres, may be devoted to aboveground buildings not serving as burial markers or memorials, such as business and administration offices, chapels, maintenance facilities, bathhouses, greenhouses, work houses, repair shops and the like. This restriction includes parking facilities.
3.
For all accessory buildings, the setback line requirement shall be the same as for single-family detached dwellings in the zone in which the cemetery is located.
4.
A twenty-foot buffer strip shall be provided between a building or burial site and the cemetery property line.
5.
The side yard for all accessory buildings shall be the same as that required for single-family detached dwellings in the zone in which the cemetery is located.
6.
If the cemetery area exceeds 50 acres, one dwelling, to be used for custodial personnel, may be permitted. If the cemetery area is less than 50 acres, there shall be no dwellings.
b.
Cemetery design standards.
1.
The maximum height of mausoleums, columbariums and other burial structures shall be 15 feet.
2.
The maximum height of accessory buildings, including dwelling units where permitted, shall be three stories or 35 feet.
3.
For all entrance features, including gates, fountains, statuary, identification signs and the like:
(a)
There shall be not more than two identification signs at such entrance, and the same shall conform to § 16-11.
(b)
The main portion of entrance features shall be located at least 10 feet from the nearest right-of-way line of any public street.
(c)
No such entrance features shall exceed 12 feet in height.