Is it legal to build an columbarium from a private residence?

Legal analysis: there is no exact regulation. The location of funeral parlour should conform to the national land use principle and the requirements of local overall planning; A funeral home with a cremation room should be built on the downwind side of the local perennial dominant wind direction, and should be conducive to drainage and air diffusion; 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.

Legal basis: Article 5 of the Regulations on the Administration of Funeral and interment. In areas where cremation is practiced, the state advocates the disposal of ashes by storing ashes and other ways that do not occupy or occupy less land. The people's governments at the county level and the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts shall formulate specific plans for cremation, and incorporate the new construction and transformation of funeral parlours, crematoriums and columbariums into urban and rural construction plans and capital construction plans. In areas where burial is allowed, the people's governments at the county level and the people's governments of cities and autonomous prefectures divided into districts shall incorporate cemetery construction into urban and rural construction plans.