What is the minimum distance between the funeral home and the residential area? Is there a rule to follow?

The funeral home is at least 2 kilometers away from the residential area. According to China's Hygienic Protection Distance Standard for Crematorium (GB 1808 1-2000) and Code for Architectural Design of Funeral Parlors, funeral parlours with cremation rooms should be built at least 2 kilometers away from residential areas, and on the downwind side of the local dominant wind direction all the year round (conducive to drainage and air diffusion).

Other requirements for the location of funeral home.

1. The location of funeral parlour should conform to the national land use principle and the requirements of local master plan.

2. Funeral homes with cremation rooms should be built on the downwind side of the local perennial dominant wind direction, and should be conducive to drainage and air diffusion.

3. Funeral homes should choose places with convenient transportation and guaranteed water and electricity supply.

There should be room for development when the funeral home is located.

Extended data:

Funeral home is a public institution under the Ministry of Civil Affairs in various regions, located in towns, and it is a professional institution that undertakes funeral matters. The funeral home consists of funeral consultation room, funeral business liaison room and cremation workshop (crematorium) and other departments. Funeral homes provide services for bereaved families, such as picking up bodies, providing memorial sites, cremation, ashes storage and so on.

Funeral home is a public welfare funeral institution. Deepening the institutional reform of funeral parlours, implementing Scientific Outlook on Development, promoting the development of public welfare undertakings, and further enhancing the vitality of public institutions are conducive to strengthening the government's public service responsibilities, improving the public service system, and promoting the equalization of basic public services.

Highlight the public nature of public welfare institutions, optimize the allocation of resources, promote the healthy development of public welfare undertakings, and constantly meet the people's needs for funeral services.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Code for Architectural Design of Funeral Parlour