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Augusta council approves updates to cemetery code, sets prices for new columbarium niches
Summary
City council adopted Ordinance 22‑50 to clarify transfer and burial rules, set monument and scheduling standards, and add rules and fees for two ordered columbaria; single niches will cost $1,700 and double‑occupancy $2,500.
Augusta city council on Oct. 1 approved Ordinance 22‑50, amending sections of Chapter 12, Article 5 of the Augusta City Code to clarify lot transfers, burial rules, monument specifications and to add provisions for two new columbaria the city ordered in June.
The ordinance sets clearer procedures for transferring lots after an owner's death and for granting interments when the deed holder allows someone else to be buried in their space. “We currently allow one full body burial and two cremations, or up to three cremations where space permits,” the staff member who drafted the ordinance told council, explaining the change is intended to extend cemetery capacity.
The code update also specifies monument foundation clearances, limits markers…
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