Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
However, a special use permit is required.
- Minimum burial lot size50 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each burial lot shall be a minimum of five feet by ten feet in size.
- Minimum cemetery area2 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
No cemetery shall be established on a parcel that is less than two acres in area.
- Minimum interment setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lot line in commercial districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 ft
No interment shall be permitted within ten feet of any lot line within a commercial district
- Minimum interment setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lot line in residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
or 25 feet of any lot line within a residential district.
- Perpetual care required
All new cemeteries or extensions thereof shall be required to provide perpetual care for all new burial lots.
From the ordinance
No cemetery shall be established on a parcel that is less than two acres in area. New cemeteries which adjoin an existing cemetery may not be required to comply with the two-acre requirement. However, a special use permit is required. No interment shall be permitted within ten feet of any lot line within a commercial district or 25 feet of any lot line within a residential district. Where the proposed cemetery will adjoin an existing cemetery, the required setback shall not apply to the common lot line adjoining such cemetery. All new cemeteries or extensions thereof shall be required to provide perpetual care for all new burial lots. Each burial lot shall be a minimum of five feet by ten feet in size. The establishment and/or extension of cemeteries is prohibited in residential R-1 and R-2. Any such establishments and/or extensions shall apply to all political divisions of the Code of Virginia. No such establishment and/or extensions shall be permitted except by a special use permit granted by the board of zoning appeals.