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Council keeps Burial Sites Preservation chapter after residents object to repeal; board given one-year trial
Summary
After public testimony from two residents, the council rejected Bill No. 2024-12 to repeal the county's Burial Sites Preservation chapter and instead granted the Burial Sites Preservation Board a one-year trial to demonstrate effectiveness, with conduct conditions; vote to reject the repeal was unanimous among present members.
Dorchester County’s Council voted on Jan. 21, 2025, to reject Bill No. 2024-12, which would have repealed Chapter 63 (Burial Sites Preservation) of the Dorchester County Code, and instead instructed the Burial Sites Preservation Board to demonstrate effectiveness over a one-year trial.
At a public hearing, Planning & Zoning Director Susan Webb summarized the bill’s purpose and reasons for bringing it before…
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