Ohio Code § 719.03
Ohio Code § 719.03. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 719.03.
No land shall be purchased for public cemeteries within two hundred yards of a dwelling
house without the consent, in writing, of the owner of the tract of land on which
such house is situated. If the consent, in writing, of the owner of the tract of land on which such house
is situated cannot be obtained, the municipal corporation may appropriate such land
for the establishment of a cemetery or for the enlargement of any existing cemetery,
within two hundred yards of such house, by making the owner of the house a party to
all proceedings and actions for such appropriation. The appropriation shall be made according to sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code , and the amount of damages to which such owner is entitled by reason of locating
a cemetery within two hundred yards of such house, shall be determined by the appropriation
proceedings. In the appropriation proceedings the damage to the remainder of the land of such owner
shall be determined and included in the amount of damages. For the purpose of making a necessary enlargement of an existing cemetery, any municipal
corporation which owns or acquires, by purchase, any lands suitable for such enlargement,
may so devote and use such lands if they are not less than one hundred feet or the
width of an existing street or intervening alley distant from any house. The addition of any land across a street or public road shall not be considered
an enlargement of an existing cemetery under this section.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 719.03
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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