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§ 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
§ 93.05 DESECRATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CEMETERIES.
   As provided in G.S. § 14-148, if any person shall willfully commit any of the acts set forth in the following divisions, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days, or both, in the discretion of the court:
      (1)   Throwing, placing or putting any refuse, garbage, trash or articles of similar nature in or on a public or private cemetery where human bodies are interred; or
      (2)   Destroying, removing, breaking, damaging, overturning or polluting any flower, plant, shrub or ornament located in any public or private cemetery where human bodies are interred without the express consent of the person in charge of the cemetery.
   (B)   Provided nothing contained in this section shall preclude operators of cemeteries from exercising all the powers reserved to them in their respective rules and regulations relating to the care of the cemeteries.
(1981 Code, § 13-5)
§ 93.06 REMOVING OR DEFACING MONUMENTS AND TOMBSTONES.
   As provided in G.S. § 14-148, if any person shall, unlawfully and on purpose, remove from its place any monument of marble, stone, brass, wood or other material, erected for the purpose of designating the spot where any dead body is interred, or for the purpose of preserving and perpetuating the memory, name, fame, birth, age or death of any person, whether situated in or out of the common burying ground, or shall unlawfully and on purpose break or deface a monument, or alter the letters, marks or inscription thereof, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Provided that nothing contained in this section shall preclude operators of public or private cemeteries from exercising all the powers reserved to them in their respective rules and regulations relating to the use and care of cemeteries.
(1981 Code, § 13-6) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.07 HOURS OF OPERATION.
   (A)   The town cemetery shall remain open to the public throughout the year from sunrise until sunset.
   (B)   No person may enter the town cemetery at any time other than the hours of operation established by division (A) above.
(1981 Code, § 13-7) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.08 TREES, PLANTINGS AND LANDSCAPING.
   (A)   No person may plant, prune or remove any tree, shrub, flower, grass or other plant of any kind except with the consent of and in accordance with the directions of the Cemetery Administrator.
   (B)   The Cemetery Administrator may enter any lot and remove or trim any tree, shrub or other plant that encroaches upon any other lot or any walkway, or driveway, or other part of the cemetery.
   (C)   The Cemetery Administrator may remove from the cemetery all floral designs, flowers, weeds or plants of any kind from the cemetery as soon as they deteriorate or otherwise become unsightly.
   (D)   Seasonal flowers used in floral decorations may be used in the cemetery. However, seasonal flowers used in floral decorations will be removed and disposed of by the Cemetery Administrator 2 weeks prior to Christmas, Easter and Memorial Day.
(1981 Code, § 13-8) (Am. Ord. passed 3-26-2001) Penalty, see § 93.99
§ 93.09 CEMETERY MAP REQUIRED.
   (A)   There shall be maintained in the Town Clerk's office an official cemetery map which shall depict, as accurately as possible, the boundaries of the town cemetery and the location and dimension of all lots and spaces within the cemetery.
   (B)   Burial rights in all lots and spaces shall be sold in reference to the official cemetery map.
(1981 Code, § 13-11)
§ 93.10 PURCHASE OF BURIAL RIGHTS.
   (A)   (1)   The town shall sell burial rights in cemetery lots and spaces in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and a schedule of rates adopted and revised from time to time by resolution of the Council upon recommendation of the Manager.
      (2)   Differential fees shall be charged according to whether the person intended to be buried in the space with respect to which a burial right is purchased is a bona fide resident of the town at the time the right is purchased.
   (B)   (1)   A certificate of burial right shall be issued to the person who purchases a burial right.
      (2)   The certificate shall identify the purchaser, the specific lots or spaces to which the certificate applies, and the names of the individuals intended to be buried in the spaces purchased.
      (3)   If spaces are intended to be reserved for unborn children or grandchildren of the purchaser, that fact may be noted on the certificate and the offspring shall be deemed to have the same residency as their parents.
(1981 Code, § 13-12)
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