The zombie nativity scene is back on in Cinncinnati amid controversy for the second year in a row. Zoning officials rejected homeowner Jasen Dixon's permit application, but after he researched the rules, his unconventional holiday decoration fit within the city's guidelines, as reported by HNGN.
"I got all the paperwork and how it was wrote out, and it says as long as it's not over 200-square -foot that I can have it without a permit, and it's about 65 square foot," Dixon said.
"I think it's the theme," Dixon said about the atypical holiday scene, according to People. "It just rubs people the wrong way. That's why they're coming down so hard on me."
"We couldn't care less about the zombies. What we care about is the zoning code," said the town's zoning administrator Greg Bickford, according to CNN.
Dixon said the $500-a-day fines would continue if he did not remove or modify the structure to fit in with the zoning requests. Once Dixon removed the roof and put up a backdrop instead, there seems to be no zoning law issues.
And voila, the Zombie family and friends are available to delight the fans and upset the non-fans again.
"God frowns upon this manger scene," read a pamphlet left by a non-fan, according to the New York Times. "Jesus has supreme power over death and evil; he is not a zombie.
"He just took the roof off the structure, and now he's compliant," added Bickford. "It's a non-story."
