Sec. 5-4. Interment of additional body in grave.

No person shall open any grave in any cemetery within the city and inter therein any additional body. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.

(Code 1965, § 9-6; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

Sec. 5-5. Permit to exhume body.

No person shall exhume any human body in any cemetery in the city without a written permit from the duly authorized representative of the state or county. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.

(Code 1965, § 9-7; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

State law reference(s)-Exhumations, G.S. 130A-390.

Sec. 5-6. Interfering with walks, decorations or general arrangement.

No person shall perform any work in a cemetery in such manner as to interfere with the walks, decorations or general arrangement of the cemetery, except with the permission of the duly authorized representative of the state or county. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.

(Code 1965, § 9-9; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

Sec. 5-7. Reserved.

Editor's note(s)-Ord. No. 4910, § 2, adopted November 9, 2021, repealed § 5-7, which pertained to playgrounds in cemeteries, and derived from the Code of 1965, § 9-10.

Sec. 5-8. Vehicles.

No person shall drive any vehicle in any cemetery, except on driveways or roadways provided for that purpose. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.

(Code 1965, § 9-11; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

Sec. 5-9. Sale of merchandise or food.

It shall be unlawful for a person to sell or offer for sale any article of merchandise or any fruit, drink or beverage or any other thing of value within the limits of any cemetery in the city. Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.

(Code 1965, § 9-12; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

Sec. 5-10. Disturbing graves or injuring or removing cemetery property.

(a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to:

(1)   Destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any of the following:

a.   Tomb, monument, gravestone or other structure or thing placed in any cemetery in the city;

b.   Fence, railing or other structure or thing placed in any cemetery; or

c.   Fence, railing or other work for the protection or ornamentation of any tomb, monument, gravestone or other structure or for the ornamentation or protection of any cemetery;

(2)   Willfully destroy, cut, break, remove or injure any tree, flower, shrub or plant planted or growing in any cemetery; or

(3)   Commit any other depredation within the limits of any cemetery.

(b)   Violation of this ordinance is a misdemeanor as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-4.

(Code 1965, § 9-13; Ord. No. 4910, § 2, 11-9-21)

State law reference(s)-Defacing or desecrating grave sites, G.S. 14-148; desecrating, plowing over or covering up graves, G.S. 14-149.

Sec. 5-11. Reserved.

Editor's note(s)-Ord. No. 4910, § 2, adopted November 9, 2021, repealed § 5-11, which pertained to dogs in Riverside Cemetery, and derived from Ord. No. 2387, § 1, adopted July 8, 1997.