[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of North Arlington 3-21-1978 by Ord. No. 1128 (Ch.
131 of the 1984 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 4-18-1978 by Ord. No. 1137]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A building or structure for the interment of the dead having
less than 20 interments.
A building or structure for the interment of the dead having
a minimum of 20 interments and a maximum of 6,200 interments.
A.
The maximum height of all mausoleum buildings shall
be 40 feet, and the maximum size is not to exceed 27,000 square feet
of ground area.
B.
No mausoleum shall be constructed within a minimum
of 500 feet from the property line. No in-ground burials or other
cemetery uses are permitted within 50 feet of the mausoleum. There
shall be no burials or other cemetery uses within 50 feet of any property
line, and such open space shall provide a proper landscaping plan
to be approved by the Planning Board.
[Amended 10-17-1978 by Ord. No. 1162]
A.
No mausoleum shall be constructed unless the exterior
walls are of masonry, natural stone, granite or marble, and all exterior
finished materials shall be of equal quality. The thickness of the
outside walls and other structural considerations shall be no less
restrictive than those used for the construction of the presently
existing private mausoleums in the cemetery.
B.
The Construction Code Official shall determine the
suitability of the substance or material proposed to be utilized in
the construction of the exterior walls, which exterior finished material
shall be of equal quality.
C.
In the event the Construction Code Official shall
deem it necessary to retain an independent expert to aid in the determination
as to the suitability of materials, he/she shall consult with the
Mayor and Council who may retain such expert on behalf of the municipality.
D.
All mausoleums must be constructed in accordance with
the requirements of federal, state, county and local rules and regulations,
standards and building codes, including, but not limited to, fire
prevention, safety and health codes.
No niche or crypt shall be permitted to open
upon or be capable of being opened upon the exterior walls of the
building. There shall be no more than two interments to a crypt; each
interment shall be individually sealed by a concrete slab, mortared
into place with an epoxy grout which would be impervious to air and
liquids.
A.
There shall be access roads to the mausoleum, and
there shall be an on-site parking area adjacent to the mausoleum for
a minimum of 60 public parking sites.
B.
The cemetery management shall hire a full-time parking or traffic attendant whose function will be to facilitate the flow of traffic into the cemetery and off the local roadways, so as not to interfere with local traffic. Failure to provide a full-time parking or traffic attendant or failure to facilitate the flow of traffic into the cemetery and off the local roadways, and/or allow, permit or cause interference with local traffic shall constitute a violation of this chapter, punishable per violation as provided in Chapter 1, Article I, General Penalty. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
C.
The cemetery management shall provide no new entrances
to the cemetery.
[Amended 4-18-1978 by Ord. No. 1137]
All interments shall be individually vented,
and all vent or drain openings shall be suitably screened with nonferrous
screening material of proper mesh fine enough to prevent the possibility
of dissemination of insects, larvae or vermin from one interment to
another or to the outside.
Each crypt is to be sealed, after entombment,
with a cement slab set flush against the concrete and mortared into
place with an epoxy grout which would be impervious to air and liquids.
Accurate records shall be kept by the cemetery management of each
interment, and the Construction Code Official and Board of Health
shall be notified immediately of each interment for the purpose of
inspecting the sealing of the crypt. The cemetery management shall
pay to the Borough the fee of $20 per crypt for said inspection. In
the event it shall be necessary for the Construction Code Official
or Board of Health to engage independent expertise, the cemetery management
shall bear the cost of said inspection and shall be guided by the
expert's recommendation.
The roof of the mausoleums shall be constructed
of marble, granite or prestressed reinforced concrete. If prestressed
reinforced concrete is utilized, it shall be covered with suitable
material to protect against the elements.
No interment shall be made in any crypt or niche
of a disinterred body unless such disinterred body shall first have
been placed in a hermetically sealed container, such as sheet metal
or other material. If the coffin, casket or other container in which
the body was originally interred shall at the time of disinterment
be contained in a vault, the integrity of which has not been disturbed,
that vault shall remain undisturbed, and reinterment in the crypt
or niche shall be made in that vault, where possible. All such disinterments
shall be subject to inspection by the state and local Board of Health
and shall obtain a permit from said Boards for disinterment.
The mausoleum shall be subject to yearly health and structural inspections by an independent expert in each respective field, chosen by the Mayor and Council. The cost of said inspections shall be borne by the cemetery management. The independent experts shall report to the Mayor and Council who shall notify the cemetery management of any violations within 20 days of receipt of the reports. If said violations are not corrected or correction commenced within 30 days following receipt of the notice or if said corrective work is not completed within 60 days, penalties as provided in Chapter 1, Article I, General Penalty, per day, shall be imposed. If said corrective work cannot reasonably be completed within 60 days, cemetery management may apply to the Mayor and Council for an extension, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Cemetery management shall submit to the Mayor
and Council a maintenance program for the mausoleum, which shall include,
but not be limited to, a twenty-four-hour maintenance person on the
premises at all times to ensure the upkeep of the mechanical and physical
operations of the mausoleum. Said maintenance program shall be subject
to the approval of the Mayor and Council, and the cemetery management
shall adhere to and include in their program all reasonable requests
and/or suggestions of the Mayor and Council.
For purposes of defraying the cost of supervision
of the construction and/or erection of such building by the Construction
Code Official, the applicant shall be required to pay to the Borough
of North Arlington the fee of $10 per crypt and the fee of $5 per
niche, prior to the issuance of any building permit.
No building permit shall be issued by the Construction
Code Official for any new building or structure, nor shall a certificate
of occupancy be issued, unless the applicant provides proof of compliance
with the requirements of federal, state, county and local rules and
regulations, standards and building codes, including, but not limited
to, fire prevention, safety and health codes and the applicable sections
of this chapter.
