Borough of Oxford, PA
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2023-09-11
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Municipal Code
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Chapter 10 Health and Safety
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Part 5 INTERMENTS
- Foreword
- Ch FWD Foreword
- Adopting Ordinance
- Ch AO Adopting Ordinance
- Municipal Code
- Ch 1 Administration and Government
- Ch 2 Animals
- Ch 3 (Reserved)
- Ch 4 Buildings
- Ch 5 Code Enforcement
- Ch 6 Conduct
- Ch 7 Fire Prevention and Fire Protection
- Ch 8 (Reserved)
- Ch 9 (Reserved)
- Ch 10 Health and Safety
- Ch 10 Pt 5 INTERMENTS
- § 10-501 Interments in Cemetery Only.
- § 10-502 Violations and Penalties.
- § 10-503 Other Remedies.
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 12 Historic District
- Ch 13 Licenses, Permits and General Business Regulations
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Motor Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 16 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 17 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 19 Stormwater Management
- Ch 20 Solid Waste
- Ch 21 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 22 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 23 Swimming Pools
- Ch 24 Taxation; Special
- Ch 25 Trees
- Ch 26 Water
- Ch 27 Zoning
- Appendix
- Apx A Annexation of Territory
- Apx B Bond Issues and Loans
- Apx C Franchises and Services
- Apx D Governmental and Intergovernmental Affairs
- Apx E Plan Approval
- Apx F Public Property
- Apx G Sewers
- Apx H Streets and Sidewalks
- Apx I Water
- Apx J Zoning; Prior Ordinances
- Table of Disposition of Ordinances
- Ch KO Table of Disposition of Ordinances
- Table of Disposition of Significant Resolutions
- Ch KR Table of Disposition of Significant Resolutions
[Ord. 464, 11/9/1970]
It shall be unlawful for any person, association, firm or corporation
to bury or inter any deceased person in any place within the Borough
of Oxford other than in that ground owned by the Oxford Cemetery Association
and commonly referred to and known as the "Oxford Cemetery."
[Ord. 464, 11/9/1970; as amended by Ord. 636, 5/23/1989,
§ 1-6; and by Ord. 810, 12/17/2007]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Ord. 464, 11/9/1970]
The provision of the penalty in § 10-502 shall not in any way restrict or prohibit the Borough from seeking and obtaining a court injunction to prevent an unlawful burial or to disinter persons who have been unlawfully buried.
