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South River City Zoning Code

§ 350-22

CEM Cemetery Conservation District.

A. 
The intent of the Cemetery Conservation Zone shall be to preserve within the Borough lands that are currently operating as, or have historically been used as, cemeteries and burial grounds. Placed in this zone will be public, quasi-public and private parcels that would be inherently suitable for this zone based on their current use and purpose. This chapter seeks to protect existing cemetery parcels from development that would be incompatible with the intent of this zone and to clarify the uses and building standards permitted therein.
B. 
Permitted principal uses. No building, structure or land shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected or structurally altered except for the following uses:
(1) 
Cemeteries and burial grounds, public and private.
(2) 
Mausoleums.
(3) 
Chapels and similar buildings for funeral or memorial services.
(4) 
Buildings for the sole purpose of cemetery administration and maintenance.
C. 
Permitted accessory uses and buildings: uses and buildings incidental to the above uses, including but not limited to those specified below:
(1) 
Flagpoles, monuments, gazebos, arbors, and similar structures and buildings.
(2) 
Maintenance and storage buildings for articles in connection with any of the above permitted uses.
(3) 
Traditional flagpoles.
(4) 
Fences, walls, gates and similar hardscape and landscape structures.
(5) 
Parking lots for cemetery and funeral use.
(6) 
All other uses deemed customary and incidental to the operation of a cemetery.
D. 
Bulk requirements.
(1) 
Minimum lot area shall be two acres.
(2) 
Buildings in this zone shall be subject to the bulk standards of the R-100 Zone.
E. 
Off-street parking requirements: as specified in § 350-27, Off-street parking requirements, of this chapter.
F. 
Signs. Signs are subject to the sign regulations of this chapter.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 350-26, Signs.
G. 
Parking restrictions. No parking shall be permitted within any required front, side or rear yard.
H. 
Prohibited uses.
(1) 
All uses not specifically permitted are prohibited.