§ 23-18-3. Approval of construction plans — Supervisory control.
Before commencing the building, construction, or erection of any community mausoleum or columbarium, the agency constructing the structure shall make and file plans and specifications of the structure with the city or town clerk of the city or town where the structure is to be erected, and secure the approval of the city or town to erect the community mausoleum or columbarium. Before the approval shall be granted, the city or town wherein the structure is located shall satisfy itself that the proposed new structure or any alterations or additions to an old structure for that purpose, shall be built in accordance with the standards set forth in ordinances adopted by the city or town wherein the structure is located under its supervision, and shall comply with any further requirements as to perpetual care and maintenance that shall then be or later prescribed by the city or town. The city or town wherein the structure is located shall have supervisory control over the construction of the structure and it shall be the duty of the cities and towns to adopt suitable ordinances concerning the structures.
History of Section.P.L. 1939, ch. 721, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 23-18-3; P.L. 1993, ch. 45, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 23-18-1. - Definitions.
Section 23-18-2. - Location of mausoleums and columbaria.
Section 23-18-2.1. - Cremated human remains.
Section 23-18-3. - Approval of construction plans — Supervisory control.
Section 23-18-4. - Completion of structure and maintenance provisions required before interments.
Section 23-18-5. - Sales before completion of structure — Bond.
Section 23-18-6. - Proceeds of sales.
Section 23-18-7. - Re-interment of bodies in structure becoming health menace.
Section 23-18-8. - Speculative sales prohibited.
Section 23-18-8.1. - Perpetual care funds.
Section 23-18-8.2. - Additional deposits.
Section 23-18-8.3. - Maintenance of perpetual care funds.
Section 23-18-9. - Penalty for violations.
Section 23-18-10. - City and town regulation of burial grounds.
Section 23-18-10.1. - Registering historical cemeteries.
Section 23-18-10.2. - Exemption from liability.
Section 23-18-11. - Regulation of excavation around cemeteries.
Section 23-18-12. - Vandalism in cemetery — Civil penalties.
Section 23-18-13. - Notification of historical preservation and heritage commission.