Connecticut § 25-41 - Cemetery not to be within one-half mile of reservoir.
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§ 25-41. Cemetery not to be within one-half mile of reservoir.
Sec. 25-41. Cemetery not to be within one-half mile of reservoir. No cemetery or place of sepulture shall be located or established within one-half mile of any reservoir from which the inhabitants of a town, city or borough are supplied with water, nor shall such reservoir be located or established within one-half mile of a cemetery or place of sepulture unless the superior court for the judicial district wherein such cemetery or place of sepulture or reservoir is located, upon application and notice, finds that such cemetery or place of sepulture or such reservoir so proposed to be located is of public convenience and necessity and will not be detrimental to the public health.
(1949 Rev., S. 4025; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
History: P.A. 78-280 replaced “county” with “judicial district”.
Owner of land may use it as a private cemetery aside from question of public health. 58 C. 94.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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