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Mortuary, Funeral Home, or Commercial Wedding Chapel

Definition

  • A mortuary or funeral home is a facility in which dead bodies are prepared for burial or cremation or funeral services are conducted
  • A commercial wedding chapel is a facility, not associated with a church, where a wedding is performed for profit

Districts Permitted

By right in CR, RR, CS, central area, mixed use, and multiple commercial districts

Required Off-Street Parking

  • One space per 300 square feet of floor area other than the chapel, plus one space for each two seats in the chapel. Up to 50 percent of the required off-street parking for this use may be tandem spaces
  • If all spaces provided are non-tandem, the off-street parking requirement for this use is one space per 500 feet of floor area other than the chapel, plus one space for each two seats in the chapel

Handicapped Parking

Must be provided if more than ten off-street parking spaces are required for this use

Total number of required off-street parking spaces

Minimum number of handicapped spaces required

1 - 50

1

51 - 100

2

101 - 300

3

301 - 500

5

over 500

1% of Total

Required Off-Street Loading

Square feet of floor area in structure

Total required spaces or berths

0 to 10,000

None

 10,000 to 60,000

1

Each additional 60,000 or fraction thereof

1 additional

Additional Provisions

A commercial wedding chapel may provide reception areas, but no alcoholic beverages may be sold

 


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