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Planning commission approves private family cemetery with conditions after extended discussion
Summary
The Tri-County Planning Commission approved a special-use request to create a private family cemetery (case 25-03) subject to four conditions, after debate about code gaps, long-term maintenance, and soil productivity. Tri-County Planning staff had recommended denial.
The Tri-County Planning Commission approved a special use to allow a private family cemetery on a portion of farmland (case 25-03) and attached four conditions: the cemetery must be squared off to one‑tenth of an acre, surveyed and recorded; the frontage must include an entrance with at least one 9-by-18-foot parking space; latitude and longitude coordinates for each burial plot must be recorded per Tazewell County Health Department guidance; and the coroner must be notified at time of death and burials coordinated through a state-licensed funeral director.
The application prompted extended discussion. Commissioners and staff said the…
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