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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76639</law_id><section_number>15.2-2288.5</section_number><catch_line>Meaning of &amp;#8220;cemetery&amp;#8221; for purposes of zoning</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Zoning</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A &#x201C;cemetery&#x201D; for purposes of this chapter shall have the meaning set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/54.1-2310/">54.1-2310</a>. <a id="paragraph-275130" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2288.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Nothing in this section shall exempt a licensed funeral home or cemetery from any applicable <span class="dictionary">zoning</span> regulation. <a id="paragraph-275131" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2288.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The following uses shall be included in the approval of a cemetery without further <span class="dictionary">zoning</span> approval being required: all uses necessarily or customarily associated with interment of human remains, benches, ledges, walls, graves, roads, paths, landscaping, and soil storage consistent with federal, state, and local <span class="dictionary">laws</span> on erosion sediment control. <a id="paragraph-275132" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2288.5/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Mausoleums, columbaria, chapels, administrative offices, and maintenance and storage areas that are shown in a legislative approval for the specific cemetery obtained at the request of the owner shall not require additional local legislative approval provided such structures and uses are developed in accordance with the original local legislative approval. This subsection shall not supersede any permission required by an <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> adopted pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Preservation of historical sites and architectural areas; civil penalty" href="/15.2-2306/">15.2-2306</a> relative to historic districts. <a id="paragraph-275133" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2288.5/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2012, cc. 414, 478.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
