[HISTORY: Adopted by the Council of the Borough
of West Chester 6-13-1973. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The burial
or interment of deceased persons, except as may otherwise be provided
by the provisions of this chapter, is hereby prohibited in all locations
within the Borough of West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
B.
It shall
not be unlawful to keep, store, bury or distribute cremated remains
in the Borough of West Chester.
[Added 1-20-2010 by Ord. No. 6-2010]
The Borough Council may, upon proper application
through the office of the Borough Secretary, permit the burial or
interment of bodies of deceased members of the clergy in church-owned
lands within the limits of the borough.
A.
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of
any of the provisions of this chapter before any District Justice
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
($1,000.), together with costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both.
[Amended 5-10-1989 by Ord. No. 11-1989]
B.
The imposition of any penalty for any violation of
the provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the borough from
seeking the abatement of any violation at the full expense of the
person or persons causing such violation.
