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Asheville, NC Code of Ordinances
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA CODE OF ORDINANCES
SUPPLEMENT HISTORY TABLE
PART I - CHARTER AND RELATED LAWS
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 3 ANIMALS
Chapter 4 BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
Chapter 4.5 CABLE SERVICES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 5 CEMETERIES
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Chapter 6 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 7 DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 8 HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Chapter 9 TAXES, PERMITS AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS
Chapter 10 NUISANCES
Chapter 11 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Chapter 12 PARKS, RECREATION AND PUBLIC PLACES
Chapter 13 POLICE
Chapter 15 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 16 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES
Chapter 18 TAXICABS AND VEHICLES FOR HIRE
Chapter 19 TRAFFIC
Chapter 20 TREES
Chapter 21 WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
APPENDIX A SIGN REGULATIONS
APPENDIX B SCHEDULE OF CIVIL PENALTIES
APPENDIX C TRAFFIC SCHEDULES
APPENDIX D HISTORIC LANDMARKS
APPENDIX E PARKING METER ZONES
APPENDIX F SCHEDULE OF TAXICAB FARES
APPENDIX G RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WHERE CONCEALED HANDGUNS ARE PROHIBITED
APPENDIX H DESIGNATED STREET PERFORMANCE HIGH IMPACT AREAS
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE 1965 CODE
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE ORDINANCES
STATE LAW REFERENCE TABLE
Asheville, Standard Specifications and Details Manual
CITY OF ASHEVILLE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND DETAILS MANUAL
SECTION 1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS
SECTION 2 - DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND APPROVAL
SECTION 3 - TRANSPORTATION DESIGN STANDARDS
SECTION 4 - STREET LIGHTING STANDARDS
SECTION 5 - UTILITIES
SECTION 6 - PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS
SECTION 7 - SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL
SECTION 8 - STORMWATER
SECTION 9 - APPENDICIES
SECTION 10 - STANDARD DETAILS
SECTION 11 - SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES
Sec. 5-1. Burials prohibited except in specified cemeteries.
No human body shall be buried within the corporate limits of the city except in established cemeteries licensed by the state cemetery commission or in church cemeteries. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 9-2; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
Sec. 5-2. Excavations.
No person shall excavate any earth in any cemetery or remove any earth therefrom, except by the consent or under the direction of the city council or of some other officer legally authorized in the premises. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 9-3; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
State law reference(s)-Removal of graves, G.S. 65-13.
Sec. 5-3. Depth of graves.
All graves in any cemetery in the city over 4½ feet in length shall not be less than five feet deep. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 9-4; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
Sec. 5-4. Interment of additional body in grave.
No person shall open any grave in any cemetery within the city and inter therein any additional body. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 9-6; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
Sec. 5-5. Permit to exhume body.
No person shall exhume any human body in any cemetery in the city without a written permit from the duly authorized representative of the state or county. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 9-7; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)
State law reference(s)-Exhumations, G.S. 130A-390.
Sec. 5-6. Interfering with walks, decorations or general arrangement.
No person shall perform any work in a cemetery in such manner as to interfere with the walks, decorations or general arrangement of the cemetery, except with the permission of the duly authorized representative of the state or county. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.
(Code 1965, § 9-9; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

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