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Dublin council backs changes to cemetery rules to preserve capacity
Summary
City staff recommended and council accepted Public Services Committee proposals to reserve plots for residents and allow up to three cremation vaults per grave to extend Dublin Cemetery capacity while staff explores a master plan for memorial gardens and columbaria.
Dublin City Council voted to accept recommendations from its Public Services Committee on Nov. 17 to change the city's cemetery guidelines, aiming to extend capacity at the historic Dublin Cemetery.
Deputy City Manager Mike Barker told council the cemetery contains 7,913 plots, roughly 2,800 of which are sold but remain unoccupied, and outlined three staff recommendations: limit plot and niche sales to city residents and their families; increase the maximum number of cremation vaults interred per plot from two to…
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