Burning human bodies without a permit is not a concern.

Mayor Bev Buckway said in an interview this morning she's not concerned that a proposed crematorium in Porter Creek doesn't require a permit.

'We have a lot of things that aren't regulated in the Yukon,' she said.

'At one point, people could hang a shingle and say they were anything they wanted. We've come along way on that,' she said.

In the Yukon, the mayor added, regulations are often developed as the need arises so she's not surprised that crematoria aren't regulated, because the territory doesn't have one.

'There's been nothing in place to give you regulations around.'

Buckway said she and council will have to weigh a number of factors when making their zoning decision.

Those factors include comments made by Bryce Larke, the territory's medical officer of health, who said he doesn't feel there is evidence to show the proposed crematorium would be a risk to human health or safety.

'Possibly it will contribute to ice fog, as do our vehicles and furnaces from our homes.

'There are people objecting, there are also people coming forward,' she said.

The crematorium being proposed in Porter Creek by Chris Thompson, the owner of Heritage North Funeral Homes, had a review by the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) cancelled in late April.

The review was stopped after the YESAB received notice from the Yukon Department of Environment that the project did not require an emissions permit so did not trigger an assessment.

Dennis Senger, the spokesperson for the Department of Environment, said while environment laws in the territory do cover the burning of parts of human bodies and animals, intact human bodies are not covered.

Senger said crematoria would fall under the jurisdiction of the Department of Community Services.

Department officials said last week crematorium legislation is currently being looked at.

Doug Caldwell, the spokesperson for Community Services, said this morning he is looking into the matter.

Pat Living, the spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Services, said this morning her department issues burial permits along with funeral parlours in the territory.

Living said burial permits may include cremation.