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SUP 2025-021

Special Use Permit

Special use permit to allow a funeral home

AI-generatedPlain-English summary — always check the source document.

The applicant seeks a special use permit to operate a funeral home in two existing commercial buildings totaling 10,912 square feet on Lamar Avenue. The property would provide 29 parking spaces and maintain access points on Lamar Avenue.

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Case details

Location
2279 Lamar Avenue
Jurisdiction
City of Memphis
Applicant / owner
Madeline Lyles-After Life Mortuary Services
District
District 4, Super District 8
Next step if approved
Proceeds to the Memphis City Council or Shelby County Board of Commissioners.

Where it stands

  1. August 14, 2025

    Land Use Control Board — new case

    Staff recommendation: Approval with conditions

    Source document

Parcels

  • 047020001212279 LAMAR AVELAMAR INVESTMENTS LLCmatched by address — approximate
  • 04702000027C2277 LAMAR AVESYKES O T

Sources

Every case detail on this page — dates, districts, parcels, staff recommendations — is read directly from the public documents below. The only exception is the summary at the top, which is AI-generated and labelled as such.

SUP 2025-021 — Special Use Permit at 2279 Lamar Avenue — Memphis Zoning Watch