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Petition for private family cemetery on Centennial Farm draws divided questions; staff recommends denial
Summary
John Ackerman requested a special use to site a private family cemetery on roughly 0.1 acre of family farmland. Staff recommended denial, citing conversion of productive agricultural soil and on‑road parking/egress concerns; board members raised long‑term maintenance and recordation questions. No final decision was recorded in the transcript.
John Ackerman asked the Zoning Board of Appeals for a special use (case 2503S) to create a private family cemetery on about one‑tenth of an acre of his Centennial Farm, stating the site would initially hold 10–15 plots with room for more but that he expects only a small family succession. He told the board his father was cremated and interred at the site and said family members maintain the right‑of‑way and surrounding acreage.
The county health department recommended setbacks of no closer than 75 feet to potable water, that the coroner be notified of any burial and that a licensed funeral director be present; it also recommended recording GPS coordinates of burial sites. Tazewell County staff reviewed…
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