Commission approves ordinance to regulate public cemeteries
Summary
Commissioners approved Ordinance No. 2025‑1 to amend county code and regulate the Cusseta‑Chattahoochee County Harmony Public Cemetery, designating the County Manager as superintendent, setting record and permitting rules, and authorizing fines up to $500 per offense.
The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously on Oct. 7 to approve Ordinance No. 2025‑1, amending Chapter 20 of the county code to establish rules for the Cusseta‑Chattahoochee County Harmony Public Cemetery.
The ordinance sets definitions (plot, interment, perpetual care), designates the County Manager as the superintendent of cemeteries responsible for care and records, and requires the record of ownership and interments be maintained at the county offices. It specifies that lot sales convey only the right of interment, require county approval for transfers, and that interments must be scheduled at least 48 hours in advance with a burial permit issued under Georgia law. The ordinance also regulates markers and decorations, authorizes the county to set fees by resolution, and allows removal of decorations deemed unsafe or in violation of the rules.
Violations may result in fines up to $500 per offense and civil enforcement; the ordinance also makes Article II (Public Conduct in Parks) applicable to cemetery grounds. The text in the record states the ordinance “shall take effect immediately upon its adoption unless specified otherwise herein.”
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