[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Directors of the Town of Manchester
as Secs. 5-1 to 5-5 of the 1996 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
CHARTER REFERENCES
Authority to provide for cemeteries — See § 1-3(55).
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Authority to have and regulate cemeteries — See C.G.S.
§ 19a-295 et seq.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the sale of burial rites
in lots in all Town cemeteries.
Burial rites to cemetery lots will be sold only to residents of the
Town, with the following exceptions:
A.
The sale of lots in Veteran's Field shall not be restricted
to residents of the Town;
B.
Sales shall be permitted to former Town residents who
have lived for a period of one year or longer in the Town;
C.
The sale of lots in the Hebrew Cemetery shall not be
restricted to residents of the Town; provided, however, that any nonresident
must be a member of the congregation of Temple Beth Sholom, Incorporated.
A.
Purchase of burial rites to cemetery lots will be restricted
to residents and former residents for their own family use, and lot owners
are prohibited from selling or transferring lots except to the Town.
B.
For purposes of this section, the word "family" shall
be defined as all heirs in a lineal family line, spouses, brothers and sisters
of the record owner.
In the event of transfer of a burial rite cemetery lot back to the Town,
the Town will refund no more than the amount originally paid for the burial
lot proportionately reduced by the number of interments in it.
No portion of the real property owned by the Town and known and described
as the East Cemetery in the Town shall be used for the location of a Town
garage or other Town facility made necessary, in whole or in part, by the
actual or anticipated sale, exchange, lease or abandonment of the park department
garage located at 16 Harrison Street, in the Town.
