[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Mendon as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Definitions — See Ch. 5.
Penalties and enforcement — See Ch. 9.
[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.