Section
General Provisions
92.01 Definitions
92.02 Superintendent of Cemeteries; powers and duties
92.03 Authority of town to modify, suspend cemetery regulations
Purchase of Cemetery Lots
92.10 Town to keep plat book of lots
92.11 Fees and charges
92.12 Purchase of cemetery lots; deed
92.13 [Reserved]
92.14 Sale of more than four plots prohibited
92.15 Assignment, transfer of lot
92.16 Proceeds from lot sales
92.17 Receipt of gratuity, commission by town employee prohibited
Cemetery Rules and Regulations
92.25 Interment regulations
92.26 Removal of body to different lot or plot
92.27 Right of town to correct errors in interment and the like
92.28 Care of cemetery by town
92.29 Town to approve all alterations to lots or plots
92.30 Planting or pruning trees, shrubs; town approval required
92.31 Floral pieces and the like
92.32 Markers and monuments
92.33 Mausoleums, tombs, and the like
92.34 [Reserved]
92.35 Perpetual easements for passage to, from plots
92.36 Driving vehicles on roadways; speed limits
92.37 Disturbances, trespassing prohibited
92.38 Construction materials to be removed
Statutory reference:
Authority of municipalities to regulate cemeteries, see G.S. § 160A-341
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP." The original certificate given by the town of the original purchaser.
"GRAVE LINER." A town approved structure, including lid, to be placed in the open grave into which the casket is placed at the time of interment.
"INTERMENT." The permanent disposition of the remains of a deceased person by cremation, entombment, or burial.
"LOT." The numbered divisions as shown on the recorded plats, each of which consist of one or more plots.
"LOT MARKER." Numbers on concrete or other suitable material used by the town to locate the lot.
"MARKER." A memorial flush with the ground.
"MONUMENT." Shall include a tombstone or memorial of granite or other material, which shall extend above the surface of the ground.
"PLOT." A space of sufficient size to accommodate one adult interment approximately four feet by ten feet.
"TOWN CEMETERIES." Any cemetery owned, operated, or controlled by the town.
"URN." A vase, including lid, to be placed in the open grave into which the remains of a human cremated body is placed at the time of interment.
(Ord. 76-77-2, passed 8-9-76; Am. Ord. 97-98-05, passed 9-8-97; Am. Ord. 01-02-19, passed 5-13-02)
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