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Commission adopts ordinance to regulate Harmony Public Cemetery
Summary
The Commission adopted Ordinance No. 2025-1 amending Chapter 20 to set definitions, superintendent duties (County Manager), interment rules, recordkeeping, maintenance standards, and penalties up to $500 for violations affecting the Cusseta-Chattahoochee County Harmony Public Cemetery.
The Commission enacted Ordinance No. 2025-1 to add Article III—Cemeteries—to Chapter 20 of the county code, defining cemetery governance and rules for interment, lot sales, markers, maintenance, and penalties.
The ordinance designates the County Manager as the superintendent of cemeteries, requires records of ownership and interments to be kept at the Commission office, limits sale rights to the right of interment (no land title), requires burial permits in accordance with Georgia law, and allows the county to regulate markers and decorations. Violations may be fined up to $500 per offense and constitute separate daily offenses if continued.
Commissioner Damon Hoyte moved to adopt the ordinance; Commissioner Gerald Douglas seconded and the vote was unanimous. The ordinance text specifies that the County Manager and the Code Enforcement Department have enforcement authority and that the ordinance takes effect immediately upon adoption unless otherwise specified.
