[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Carlisle 4-9-1959 as part of Ord. No. 145-C, approved 4-9-1959. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 3-10-1988 by Ord. No. 1576, approved
3-10-1988]
The heads of families may designate and lay
out a burying spot in unoccupied ground in the Borough cemetery for
their family, of such dimensions as the Borough Manager shall approve,
and enclose the same at their option with railing, and where the same
is already done, it is sanctioned and approved by this chapter. As
far as it is practicable, the lots for burying shall hereafter be
located so as to allow a walk to be made from each of the gates through
the said graveyard under the direction of the Borough Manager, provided
that it can be done without disturbing any graves.
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005; 10-14-2010 by Ord. No.
2136, approved 10-19-2010]
Henceforth the public graveyard of the Borough
of Carlisle, known as Carlisle’s Old Graveyard, located on East
South Street shall be under the supervision of the Borough Manager.
A.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Manager or the
person or persons employed under the Manager's supervision for the
purpose, to take charge of these burial grounds, to cause all graves
to be dug and to be closed, to keep the grass neatly cut and the trees
and shrubbery trimmed, to keep the walks clean and free from grass,
to assist in any and all improvements made and work done in and about
the said graveyard, and to preserve all trees, shrubbery and flowers
which may be planted or placed in the said graveyard, and also to
preserve and protect the monuments, tombstones, graves and railings
from depredation or injury and to keep all animals from trespassing
therein.
[Amended 5-8-1975 by Ord. No. 1159, approved 5-8-1975; 6-30-1975 by Ord. No.
1191, approved 6-30-1975]
B.
A fee shall be charged for maintenance of each cemetery lot and a fee shall be charged per grave for grave digging in such amounts as set forth in Chapter 120, Fees, as enacted and ordained, and as may be, from time to time, amended.
[Added 2-14-1985 by Ord. No. 1470, approved 2-14-1985; amended 10-9-1986 by Ord. No.
1515, approved 10-9-1986]
[Added 5-13-1976 by Ord. No. 1222, approved 5-13-1976; amended 3-10-1988
by Ord. No. 1576, approved 3-10-1988]
It shall be unlawful for any person to be present
in the Borough cemetery between the hours of sundown and sunup, provided
that nothing herein shall render illegal the presence of a person
expressly authorized by the Manager to be on the grounds for purposes
of repairs, maintenance or other cemetery-related activity, nor shall
it render illegal the presence of police or other persons during an
emergency necessitating their presence. Any person violating this
section shall be subject to a fine of not more than $600 and payment
of costs of prosecution, and, in default thereof not caused by indigency,
to imprisonment of not more than 30 days.
[Amended 5-8-1975 by Ord. No. 1159, approved 5-8-1975]
Persons desiring and entitled to bury in said
graveyard, before interring a body, shall notify the Borough Manager
of the intention to do so and shall provide the Manager with information
requested by him or her in relation to the time and place of the burial.
A.
All funds and moneys arising from legacies which have
heretofore been given and paid to the Borough of Carlisle and which
may hereafter be so given and paid, the purpose whereof is to provide
a fund for the maintenance and keeping in repair of certain lots in
the public graveyard, shall hereafter be kept and maintained in a
separate account which shall be known as the "Cemetery Trust Fund
of the Borough of Carlisle."
[Amended 3-10-2005 by Ord. No. 2032, approved 3-10-2005; 10-14-2010 by Ord. No.
2136, approved 10-19-2010]
B.
The said trust fund shall from time to time be invested as directed
by Borough Council, and the principal thereof may be used for capital
expenditures relating to the Old Graveyard as Borough Council may
from time to time authorize. The principal and income therefrom shall
be kept in the same account, with the interest to be used as Borough
Council may from time to time authorize for the purpose of keeping
the lots in good condition and repair, and for no other purpose whatsoever.
[Amended 10-12-2017 by Ord. No.
2281; approved 10-12-2017]
No corporation, partnership, company, association
of individuals or any individual shall, from and after October 8,
1896, lay out or maintain any new cemetery or graveyard or any addition
to any cemetery or graveyard within the limits of the Borough of Carlisle.[1] This section shall in no way affect any cemetery or graveyard
or addition thereto that is now laid out and maintained within the
said corporate limits except insofar as its boundaries shall not hereafter
be extended.
[1]
Editor's Note: The provisions of this section
were modified by an ordinance adopted 6-12-1902 to permit the establishment
of the Thompson Cemetery and by an ordinance adopted 7-13-1905 to
permit the extension of St. Patrick's Cemetery. Said ordinances are
on file in the office of the Borough Secretary.
