A property owner is seeking permission from local officials to build a pet cemetery near the Marion/Sumter County line.
A special use permit for permission to operate the pet cemetery will come before the Marion County Planning and Zoning Commission during its upcoming meeting on Monday.
Owned by the Lawrence E. Nikola Jr. Family Trust, the 4.4-acre property has no address assigned and is currently vacant and undeveloped.
The parcel has U.S. 301 to its west, a retention pond and a CSX rail line to its east, and single-family residences to the south…