cemetery Flashcards
site criteria for memorial parks or cemeteries
- periphery of town center, little hazard to life/health
- # of cemeteries to be allowed will be based on needs/death rate in municipality as well as future catchment areas
location of memorial parks/cemeteries
- for cemetery based on CLUP
- if none, CLUP - open space (not within SAFDZ) or agricultural (not prime agri land, not tenanted, not part of CARP, not irrigated)
- if without CLUP - adjacent to existing cemetery, area w/in 100m is neither residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, or area deemed by board as appropriate and aligned with PUD principles
what is PUD
planned unit development
one concept of real estate dev/land dev scheme aiming to optimize use of land through innovative site layout etc
physical suitability of cemeteries
- not in environmentally critical areas (Proclamation no. 2146)
Water table should not exceed ___ below ground surface as certified by NWRB (National Water Resources Board)
4.5 m
site accessibility
must be served by a road with minimum ROW of ____ m
8.00
ratio for saleable area
no fixed ratio
for memorial parks, MINIMUM ___% to be utilized for ground interment to maintain park-like character
50%
burial plot size
ground interment
1 x 2.44 minimum
- 5 minimum depth
- 0 setback for plots fronting ROW (no above ground structure)
- 4 MAX height of structure above ground
burial plot size
tomb
- 6 x 3 minimum
- 3 minimum setback
- 0 minimum setback fronting ROW
burial plot size
mausoleum
4 x 5 minimum
- 5 setback
- 0 setback fronting ROW
minimum dimensions for cinerarium
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.6
burial plot size
columbarium/ossuary
0.3 x 0.3 x 0.6
no plot shall be more than ___ meters away from roadway
60
no plot shall be more than ___ meters away from pathway
30
minimum ROW for major roads
8 m
6m carriageway, 2m sidewalk or 1m easement both sides
minimum ROW for minor roads
- 5m
4. 5m carriageway, rest = sidewalk or easement
cul-de-sac minimum diameter
15m
paving material of roads and pathways + minimum path width
either concrete or asphalt
1m minimum - nonslip
for memorial parks located along national primary and secondary roads, a distance of at least ___ meters from edge of ROW shall be imposed with no burial plot
25
buffer strip from national road can be utilized for:
service road
parking purpose
admin building
other facilities
for memorial parks with <=1ha, main pathwalk should be ___ meters minimum width from main gate and ___ meters width pathwalk network
2, 2
if cemetery abuts street/road, setback should be sufficient to accommodate ___ vehicles simultaneously
10
cemetery perimeter fence max height
3m
solid reinforced concrete wall height to be able to construct tombs, vaults, mausoleums etc up to the walls
2-3m
if wall is not solid reinforced concrete, clearance of __ meters to be maintained between perimeter fence and nearest interment plot
5
cemetery, memorial park or any place duly authorized by law for permanent disposal of the dead
burial grounds
place of burial consisting of galleries or passages with side recesses for tombs
catacomb
a public or private land used for the burial of the dead and other uses indicated for cemetery purposes, to include landscaped grounds, driveways, walks, columbaria, crematories, mortuaries mausoleums, niches, graveyards and public comfort rooms.
cemetery
niche in a tomb or columbarium to accommodate an urn containing the ashes of a cremated body
cinerarium
sepulcher with niches for cinerary remains
columbarium
any designated place duly authorized by law to cremate dead persons
crematorium
exclusive area designed for private family mausoleums, with well-kept manicured lawns adorned with neatly trimmed hedges and shady tree
family estate area
ideal place for underground interment characterized by raised structures and niches
garden area
serene garden covered with lush carpet of well-maintained grass. It provides an ideal site for underground interment distinctly identified with flat marble marker
lawn area
large stately tomb to accommodate one or more interments, usually with provisions for an ossuary or a cinerarium
mausoleum
monument, marker, tablet, headstone, tombstone, private mausoleum or tomb for family or individual use
memorial
privately-owned cemetery with well-kept landscaped lawns and wide roadways and footpaths separating the areas assigned for ground interments, tombs, mausoleums and columbaria; with or without a mortuary chapel; and provided with a systematic supervision and maintenance and where park-like atmosphere is its outstanding quality
memorial park
tombstone, or memorial of concrete, granite, marble or other durable stone extending above the surface of the ground, usually with decorative urns or symbolic statuary
monument
place in which dead bodies are temporarily kept pending identification or burial
morgue
interment space for remains
niche
interment space for bones of the dead
ossuary
family or individual or other similar exclusive burial ground
established and authorized subject to these rules and regulations
private burying ground or place of enshrinement
burial ground, government or privately owned, open for general use of the public
public cemetery
burial place solidly built of stone or concrete
sepulcher
above ground sepulcher without roof or canopy
tomb
