[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Newark 4-21-1981
by L.L. No. 4-1981. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 170.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any place set aside or dedicated for the burial of the human dead
within the Village of Newark or under village control.
No person shall dig any grave, inter or disinter any dead human body
in a cemetery within or controlled by the Village of Newark without the written
consent of the Cemetery Superintendent.
No person shall put up any fence, gravestone or marker or decoration
of any kind at any grave or dig up any sod in any of the cemeteries of the
village without the approval of the Cemetery Superintendent and in accordance
with cemetery regulations as prescribed by the Municipal Board of the Village
of Newark.
A.
No person shall walk or drive any vehicle or other conveyance
over or upon any lot or path in any cemetery within the village, except upon
or over the parks and roads therein laid out, or leave any vehicle standing
in any road or path in any cemetery so as to hinder the free passage of other
persons using such roadways. No person shall enter into or upon any cemetery
except through the gates and entrances thereto.
B.
No person shall use any cemetery as a common thoroughfare
or public walk, and all traveling through or across any cemetery, except in
connection with cemetery purposes or for the purpose of visiting a burial
lot, is forbidden.
C.
Only passenger-type vehicles and other authorized vehicles
required for grave preparation, interment and perpetual care may be driven
within the bounds of any village cemetery. Autos pulling trailers or campers,
motor homes, trucks (other than those classified as "pickup") and motorcycles
are not allowed.
D.
Cemeteries within the village or under the control of
the village shall be accessible to visitors only during daylight hours. The
Village of Newark is not responsible for any injury or inconvenience sustained
by any visitor of a village cemetery.
No person shall cut, break or in any manner injure or destroy any tree,
shrub or plant or pick, crush or gather or in any manner injure or destroy
any flower, either wild or cultivated, or the fruit or product of any tree,
shrub or plant or catch, shoot, wound or kill or rob, disturb or destroy any
bird's nest or animal or deposit any filth, waste or rubbish within any
of the cemeteries within or controlled by the Village of Newark.
No person shall injure, destroy, remove, deface or write upon any monument,
fence, stake, post or other marker in or connected with any cemetery within
or controlled by the Village of Newark.
No person shall be allowed in the cemetery between the hours of 9:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m. without the written consent of the Village Board.
