MAPLETON – A Mennonite church in rural Mapleton is looking to add a nearly 500-plot cemetery on its property.
A planning report on the agenda for Mapleton’s Tuesday council meeting shows the Markham Waterloo Mennonite Conference, an Old Order Mennonite sect, has applied for a rezoning to permit a new cemetery at 109 Ruth Anne Place just off Wellington Road 10 near Moorefield.
This property was originally rezoned in 2011 to permit the church but a cemetery was also requested then too. The report said council at the time expressed concerns with a cemetery on the lands and only approved rezoning for a church.
There’s no recommendation from township staff on the project but a letter from County of Wellington planners stated they have no concerns with the application.
