[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Mineral 7-10-2006
by Ord. No. 2006-04 (Ch. 6 of the 1982 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to bury the remains of any person
within the corporate limits of the Town except in a duly established cemetery
or other burial ground.
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Editor's Note: For state law provisions see §§ 15.2-1121
and 57-22 et seq., Code of Virginia.
The Town of Mineral owns and operates a cemetery outside the Town limits
known as the "Spring Grove Memorial Cemetery Park." The Mayor or his designee
is responsible for the operation thereof, including the sale of lots and the
administration of the perpetual care fund associated therewith.
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale or to
remove or attempt to remove any sound or living trees or plantings used to
beautify the Town cemetery from a cemetery lot unless the removal of such
trees or plantings shall be deemed necessary to open a grave site. However,
the Town Council may authorize the sale, cutting and disposition of any trees,
timber, or other growing products from the cemetery.
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Editor's Note: Additional criminal penalties for trespassing at night
in a cemetery and for vandalism to cemeteries and burial grounds are found
in §§ 18.2-125 and 18.2-127, Code of Virginia, respectively.
See also § 310-29C of this Code with respect to trespassing at night
upon any cemetery.
The Cemetery Committee of the Town Council shall have the power to establish
and promulgate rules and regulations not in conflict with the provisions of
this Code or other ordinances of the Town relative to the cemetery. Such rules
and regulations shall be subject to the approval of the Town Council. It shall
be unlawful for any person to fail, neglect or refuse to comply with such
rules and regulations so established, promulgated and approved. Any person
convicted of a violation of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty
of $100.
