In a message dated 10/30/01 7:56:53 PM US Eastern Standard Time, cherokee@shelbynet.net writes: > cherokee@shelbynet.net (Christine West) > Chris, The point I have been making is that, when a developer goes before the County or City Zoning Boards Who, or how does the Board know if a cemetery is on the property under consideration. If they approve a Development without being told one way or another, they could approve a Project and the Individual, or Developer could pull up the stones, and regardless if you have it recorded or not, it can be destroyed before anyone realized it. Once the Building has been built, or the Ground moved the Developers will continue to plead Ignorance of the Law. So if they destroy the cemetery, all that can be done is slap the wrist of the individual. A Small fine is a cheap price to pay, but the Cemetery is Gone. Someone has to be responsible for asking a very simple question, "Is there a Cemetery, Graveyard, or Burial Site on this property. I have been to meetings lately and no one mentions cemeteries. In Floyd Co. our Zoning Board is aware of this, because I told Them. But they still don't ask the Developer That one simple question. Sorry if my Disgust is showing thru. I do not think my responsibility is to go to every meeting and keep reminding them. Copies of the Law should be Sent to every Zoning Board, City and County in Indiana, by the DNR and make it an official notification. I shouldn't have to be a watch Dog for the Zoning Boards. Anyone that is not having Cemeteries moved or destroyed like Lois and I, here in Clark and Floyd Counties may not have much sympathy for us, but it can happen anywhere sooner than Later. Chris ask your Local Zoning board if they know about the Present Cemetery Laws. Jack E. Briles Sr. Floyd County PCRP Coordinator Po Box 444 New Albany, In. 47151-0444 (812) 282-6585 Fax (812) 282-6585