Sec. 26-4Interments and disinterments
Plain English: what this chapter covers
These are the rules for city-owned cemeteries: how graves and vaults must be set, what kind of headstones and monuments are allowed, what you can and can't plant or put on a lot, and who can do monument work. A cemetery lot is set at $125. Most of the rules go back to the 1983 city code.
(a) Properties shall not allow interments to be made in their lots for a remuneration, nor shall any transfer or assignment of any lot or of any interest in a lot be valid without the consent in writing of the city.
(b) No disinterments shall be allowed except by consent of the city, and upon the written order of the owners of the lot.
(c) In order to maintain a high standard of care, a grave vault made of a permanent type material such as natural stone, metal, concrete or fiberglass shall be placed in a grave so that the top of the vault will not be less than 12 inches below ground level at any point so as to eliminate unsightly and/or dead spots in grass sod. When any other type of outer receptacle is used for burial, other than those mentioned in this subsection, the top of the receptacle shall be at least 24 inches below ground level at any given point.
(d) No lot shall be used for any other purpose than for the burial of the human dead.
History: (Code 1983, § 6-19)
This is a plain-English guide, not legal advice. The official code is on Municode and at City Hall. Our copy is from April 30, 2026.
Online: https://jamesburgessleads.com/city-code/PTIICOOR_CH26CE_S26-4INDI
Official version: https://library.municode.com/GA/Ashburn/codes/Code_of_Ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_CH26CE_S26-4INDI
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