[Adopted 4-28-2003 by L.L. No. 5-2003 (Ch. 57 of the 1994
Code)]
The purpose of this article is to regulate activities within
those cemeteries which the Town of Mendon is required to govern and
maintain pursuant to the provisions of § 291 of the Town
Law.
No person shall dig, excavate or in any manner disturb the earth
in any such cemetery, or destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove
any tomb, monument or gravestone or other structure placed in such
cemetery, or destroy, mutilate, deface, injure or remove any fence,
railing or other work for the protection or ornamentation of such
cemetery or any tomb, monument, gravestone or other structure in such
cemetery, or destroy, remove, cut, break or injure any tree within
such cemetery, or shoot or discharge any gun or other firearm within
such cemetery.
A person convicted of a violation of this article shall be subject to penalties as provided in Chapter
9, Penalties and Enforcement, for each such conviction.
[Adopted 4-28-2003 by L.L. No. 6-2003 (Ch. 72 of the 1994
Code)]
The purpose of this article is to regulate the burial of human
remains within the Town of Mendon.
No person shall cause the remains of a human being to be buried,
or establish a burial ground for such purpose, in the Town of Mendon
in any ground not set apart and recognized as a municipal, religious,
or not-for-profit corporation cemetery.
A person convicted of a violation of this article shall be subject to penalties as provided in Chapter
9, Penalties and Enforcement, for each such conviction.