09-28-2012, 04:25 AM
(09-27-2012, 09:09 PM)kandrathe Wrote: Otherwise, we eventually would end up with every works project running underground wires or pipes breaking into the neighborhoods corpses. But, here is a good example of why we need a few laws to keep society civil.
Speaking as someone that has some experience in civil engineering, this man speaks the truth. I can't imagine having to re-design existing sewer lines for expansion and having to take into account the possibility of privately buried caskets.
The city bylaws will have something in there about "easements", which means that they have the right to build something there in the future (like expanding a road or adding sidewalks). This has nothing at all to do with the health aspects of burying a person in your own property. It's not even a variable in the equation.
If you think you own your property right up to the road - think again. Your city bylaws state that they have the right to encroach upon your property to build public things. Stuff like expanded roads.
The article says he buried her in the front yard of his "residential lot on one of the main streets through town". Well, I can guarantee you that every town is going to be very vigilant about stuff like this, because in the future they might need to expand roads - which usually means digging new sewer lines. They are not going to allow residents to bury caskets in areas that they possibly might need to use in the future.