For the purposes of this chapter, the terms used herein are
defined as follows:
BURIAL
The opening and closing of a space in the ground for the
interment of a deceased human being.
BURIAL TRANSIT PERMIT
A legal document issued by the Monroe County Health Department
or other authority that authorizes the final disposition of human
remains.
CEMETERY
All lands now or hereafter within the limits of Mount Hope
or Riverside Cemetery, respectively.
CEMETERY MANAGER
That person designated by the Commissioner to have responsibility
for the day-to-day maintenance and operation of the cemeteries.
CEMETERY OFFICE
The personnel at the administrative offices located at Mount
Hope and Riverside Cemeteries.
COLUMBARIUM
A structure, either freestanding or part of another building,
containing niches for the inurnment of cremains.
CREMAINS
The remains of a body after cremation.
CREMATION
The reduction to bone fragments and powder by heat of the
remains of a deceased human being.
CREMATION BURIAL
The opening and closing of a burial space in the ground for
the interment of cremains.
CREMATORY
A structure containing a retort used for the reduction of
bodies of deceased persons to cremains.
CREMORIAL
A memorial that contains one or more receptacles designed
to house cremains.
CRYPT
A space in a mausoleum which is designed to receive a casket.
DEED
A document conveying a right of interment in specific cemetery
property.
DISINTERMENT
The removal of human remains by exhumation, disentombment,
or disinurnment.
DOUBLE BURIAL
The practice whereby two full body burials are permitted
in the same grave space, provided that the owner elects this option
at the time of the first interment. The first grave is then dug to
a deeper depth to permit the subsequent interment of another deceased
individual on top of the first.
ENTOMBMENT
The act of placing human remains in a crypt.
FOUNDATION
The base or footing on which a memorial is installed.
GARDEN
A section of the cemetery containing interment spaces which
may be identified by a particular area or section by name and by the
type, size, design and material of memorial authorized.
GRAVE SPACE OR PLOT
A space of ground in the cemetery that is used for the interment
of a deceased human being.
GREEN BURIAL
A ground interment of the body remains of a deceased individual
that does not involve the use of an outer burial container.
IMMEDIATE FAMILY
Spouse, domestic partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild,
and sibling.
INTERMENT
The disposition of human remains by inurnment, entombment,
or burial.
INTERMENT SPACE
A space intended for the final disposition of human remains,
including, but not limited to, a grave space, mausoleum crypt, columbarium,
and lawn crypt or niche.
INURNMENT
The permanent placement of cremated remains in an urn and
placement of the urn in a niche or crypt.
LAWN CRYPT
Burial vault placed underground prior to actual burial at
the time a section or garden of the cemetery is being developed.
LOT
A parcel or tract of land containing more than one individual
grave site which is intended for use as a burial place for human remains.
MARKER
Flat memorial that is installed flush with the ground.
MEMORIAL
Any physical identification of an interment space. This includes,
but is not limited to, monuments, markers, lettering or vases applied
to community mausoleum and columbaria crypt or niche fronts, private
columbaria, statuary, or cremorials.
MONUMENT
An upright memorial, including large structures like obelisks,
usually made from granite.
NICHE
A space within a columbarium or mausoleum used or intended
to be used for the inurnment of cremains of a deceased person.
OSSUARY
A receptacle used for the communal placement of cremated
human remains without benefit of an urn or any other container in
which cremated remains may be commingled with other cremated remains.
OUTER BURIAL CONTAINER
A container which is designated for placement in the grave
space around the casket, including, but not limited to, containers
commonly known as "burial vaults" or "grave boxes."
OWNER
A person having ownership interest in a parcel of cemetery
property.
OWNERSHIP INTEREST
When dealing with cemetery property, the right of interment,
the right to erect monuments and the right of possession, care and
control of cemetery property and shall not mean ownership in fee simple
absolute.
SCATTERING
The dispersal of cremains that need not be associated with
an interment right or issuance of a deed.
SCATTERING GARDEN
A location set aside within the cemetery that is used for
the spreading or broadcasting of cremains that have been removed from
their container and can be mixed with or placed on top of the soil
or ground cover or buried in an underground receptacle on a commingled
basis.
URN
A receptacle designed to contain human cremains.
URN GARDEN
An outdoor area in the cemetery designated to be used for
the underground burial of human cremains, or placement aboveground
of small cremorials.
URN VAULT
A container designed for placement in a grave space to hold
an urn.
No person shall enter or leave the cemetery except through the
public gates. The cemetery shall be open during the hours determined
by the Commissioner, as indicated by the signs at the gates of the
cemetery. No person, unless authorized by the Commissioner or his
or her designee, shall be within the cemetery when it is closed. Any
person entering the cemetery after closing, without prior authorization
from the Commissioner, will be considered a trespasser. Children under
15 years of age shall not be permitted within the cemetery grounds
or their buildings unless accompanied and supervised by an adult.
The Commissioner or his or her designee shall have the right to refuse
admission to the cemetery and refuse the use of the grounds or any
of the cemetery's facilities at any time and to any person or
persons who are deemed to be in violation of the provisions of this
chapter.
The Commissioner or his or her designee is authorized to promulgate
rules relative to the decoration of in-ground or aboveground interment
spaces. Rules will be posted at the entrance of the cemetery and may
be updated periodically by the Commissioner or his or her designee
as deemed appropriate.
The Commissioner may authorize noninterment-related activities
to occur in the public areas of the cemetery grounds. These activities
require prior written approval through a permitting process. Approval
for such activities shall be made by the Commissioner at his or her
sole discretion. No person shall commit any of the following acts
within a cemetery, except authorized employees or persons with written
permission from the Commissioner:
B. Deliver any public speech, or hold a public march or parade;
C. Hold a wedding ceremony or private party;
D. Conduct an organized game or activity, including activities such
as races, walks, and similar organized activities;
E. Professionally photograph a staged subject;
F. Film any portion of the cemetery grounds;
G. Hold a gathering of more than 25 people;
H. Charge an admission or entry fee for any activity that takes place
within the cemetery grounds;
I. Possess or consume any alcoholic beverage.
The Commissioner shall establish the sale pricing for interment
spaces, fees for cemetery products and services, and charges for the
use or rental of facilities.