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BOOK 97 c-,w,AOS <br />ORDINANCE 96-05 <br />(8) Cemeteries (special exception). <br />(a) Districts requiring special exception approval, <br />(pursuant to the provisions of 971.05): A-1, A-2, <br />A-3. <br />(b) Criteria for cemeteries: <br />1. No areas used for burial, including buildings <br />such as mausoleums and columbariums, shall be <br />located closer than one hundred (100) feet to <br />any property line abutting a residential use <br />or a residentially designated property, or <br />closer than fifty (50) feet to any property <br />not designated or used residentially. <br />2. A Type "C" buffer shall be provided along all <br />property boundaries where burial sites are <br />located adjacent to any residentially <br />designated property. A Type "D" buffer shall <br />be provided along all other property <br />boundaries not residentially designated. <br />a. The board of county commissioners may <br />waive or reduce the buffer requirements <br />where the cemetery is located next to an <br />existing cemetery, place of worship, <br />child care facility, adult care facility, <br />community center, or school. <br />Consideration shall be given to security, <br />noise, and visual impacts. Where a <br />waiver or buffer reduction is granted, <br />normal perimeter landscaping requirements <br />shall apply, and alternative requirements <br />(such as fencing) may be required. <br />3. The applicant must demonstrate compliance with <br />all applicable requirements from the <br />department of health and rehabilitative <br />services and other jurisdictional agencies. <br />4. Crematoriums shall not be allowed as accessory <br />uses to cemeteries, and are allowed only in <br />the zoning districts where such a use is <br />specifically allowed (reference Chapter 911). <br />5. The cemetery site shall be accessed from a <br />Thoroughfare Plan Road, unless otherwise <br />approved by the public works department. <br />6. The site plan for the cemetery shall indicate <br />Eh—at the internal driveway design accommodates <br />the on site queuing of 20 or more automobiles. <br />7. The applicant shall submit certification from <br />a professional engineer that the site's <br />groundwater characteristics will adequately <br />accommodate normal burial -related structures. <br />2. REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS <br />All previous ordinances, resolutions, or motions of the Board <br />of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida which <br />conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed <br />to the extent of such conflict. All Special Acts of the <br />legislature applying only to the unincorporated portion of Indian <br />River County and which conflict with the provisions of this <br />ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. <br />FEBRUARY 27, 1996 <br />14 <br />M M <br />