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Commission readopts abandoned‑cemetery protection ordinance covering all cemeteries
Summary
Planning staff recommended and the commission approved readoption of the county's abandoned cemetery and burial-ground protection ordinance (Appendix O) after numbering changes required re-adoption; commissioners confirmed the ordinance covers slave cemeteries and all burial grounds.
The commission readopted the abandoned cemetery and burial-ground protection ordinance (Appendix O) after staff explained the text itself did not change but renumbering and the historic-preservation ordinance had displaced it in the code. Miss Morales said the text requires readoption; staff recommended approval and the commission voted unanimously.
Commissioners asked whether the ordinance explicitly covered slave cemeteries and were assured the ordinance applies to all cemeteries. The motion to approve was carried without change to the ordinance text; staff will forward the re-adopted language for incorporation into county code.
