CHAPTER 93: CEMETERIES
Section
   93.01   Definitions
   93.02   Application of provisions
   93.03   Burial only in cemeteries
   93.04   Disruptive activity prohibited
   93.05   Desecration of public and private cemeteries
   93.06   Removing or defacing monuments and tombstones
   93.07   Hours of operation
   93.08   Trees, plantings and landscaping
   93.09   Cemetery map required
   93.10   Purchase of burial rights
   93.11   Rights of owner of certificate of burial right
   93.12   Speculation in burial rights prohibited
   93.13   Mausoleums
   93.14   Monuments
   93.15   Markers
   93.16   No burial without permit
   93.17   Records of persons buried required
   93.18   Digging graves
 
   93.99   Penalty
§ 93.01 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   ADMINISTRATOR. The person designated by the Manager to perform the functions and exercise the responsibilities assigned by this chapter to the Administrator.
   LOT. A plot of ground within the town cemetery consisting of 2 or more burial spaces, as shown on the official cemetery map.
   MARKER. A plaque installed at ground level at the site of a grave to indicate the name, date of birth and date of death of the person buried there.
   MAUSOLEUM. A structure or building substantially exposes above ground intended to be used for the entombment of remains of a deceased person.
   MONUMENT. A memorial stone or other structure erected at a gravesite in remembrance of the dead.
(1981 Code, § 13-1)
§ 93.02 APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.
   The following sections apply to all cemeteries within the town: §§ 93.03 through 93.06. The remaining sections of this chapter apply only to cemeteries owned or operated by the town.
(1981 Code, § 13-2)
§ 93.03 BURIAL ONLY IN CEMETERIES.
   No person may bury or cause to be buried the body of any deceased person within the town limits in any place other than a church cemetery operated by a governmental entity or a private cemetery licensed specifically exempted from licensing according to the North Carolina Cemetery Act (G.S. Ch. 65 Article 9).
(1981 Code, § 13-3) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.04 DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITY PROHIBITED.
   (A)   No person may drive any motor vehicle of any kind in any cemetery except upon the main roads and avenues provided therein for vehicular traffic.
   (B)   No person may drive any motor vehicle or park any motor vehicle in any cemetery unless in attendance at burial services or otherwise engaged in activities consistent with the use of a cemetery as a cemetery.
   (C)   No person may take any dog, horse or other animal into any cemetery or allow any animal to run at large therein.
   (D)   No person may intentionally disrupt any funeral services or disturb the quiet and good order of any cemetery by extremely loud or boisterous conduct. Except in the case of military funerals and veterans or military commemorative exercises, no person may carry or discharge firearms in any cemetery.
   (E)   No person may post or attach any bills, posters, placards, pictures or other form of political or commercial advertising within the cemetery or on the inside or outside of any wall or fence enclosing any cemetery.
(1981 Code, § 13-4) Penalty, see § 93.99
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