SEQUIM — Jason Linde, owner of Linde Family Funeral Service of Sequim, said he is still storing cadavers at his refrigerated facility in Carlsborg Industrial Park.
“Nothing’s changed,” Linde said Monday.
“That area is zoned for storage, and that’s exactly what we’re doing.”
Linde last week rescinded a petition to appeal a decision reached by the three Clallam County commissioners in November against his proposed crematory at 108-B Business Park Loop.
New plans
He said he plans to build a new crematory in Clallam County but declined to say where it will be located because it could give the competition an advantage.
Linde on Monday said he would likely announce the location of the proposed crematory “within the next two months.”
Clallam County planners have not received a proposal from Linde.
The controversy over Linde’s proposed crematory began in May 2008, when Clallam County Hearing Examiner Chris Melly approved a conditional use permit to build a crematory where Linde Family Funeral Services already operated the refrigerated cadaver storage facility.
Opponents of the proposed crematory formed a group called Citizens for Carlsborg, which hired an attorney and picketed along Carlsborg Road.
In November, the commissioners disallowed the crematory, citing the wishes of the surrounding community.
Clallam County Superior Court Judge George Wood dismissed Linde’s land use petition Thursday.
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