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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
It's an awful amount of space that is being used up by dead people, who pay no taxes on that property.
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I'm not sure how it works in other places but there are 2 different ways I've seen cemetaries work here. The first is when you buy the plot the maintenence fees, property tax, utilities, etc. are included. The other way is in addition to the plot price there is a yearly maintenance fee that is paid by someone or automatic deduction from a bank account for as long as there's someone to pay the bill or funds in the account. Afterwards I guess the load is spread across the remaining "paying customers"?
Both ways there's an organization (I guess it's kind of like a homeowner's association) that invests excess funds and manages the whole deal for a particular cemetary.
The only ones here that don't seem to follow this are the ones attached to churches who are responsible for them and the veteran's cemetaries. I think there are a few state ones maintained as historic places too.