Cemetery Rules & Regulations

Cemetery Rules & Regulations

1.  All lots are sold subject to the rules and regulations now in force or which the Cemetery Trustees may hereafter adopt. They shall be used for no other purpose than the burial of the human dead. All lots must be paid for in full before a certificate of interment is issued.

2. No transfer of ownership or interest in a Cemetery plot by an owner to another whether by written bequest or by written document signed by the owner, shall be valid until such transfer shall have been approved by the Trustees in compliance with the Cemetery Rule in effect at the time of the transfer and set forth in a new deed prepared by the Cemetery Trustees to the new owner, signed by the Selectboard and recorded with the Selectboard’s Office.  The maximum number of lots in a cemetery plot that may be transferred in this manner shall be the maximum number of lots allowed to be purchased by one family under the Rules on Sale of burial lots in effect at the time of the original purchase. Any cemetery plot may be sold back to the Town by an owner for resale by the Town.  The Town’s repurchase price shall be the amount of the purchase price paid to the Town by the original owner.

3. All lots are sold subject to General Maintenance and Cemetery employees will do all work thereon. General Maintenance shall include the cutting of the grass upon the lot at reasonable intervals, the raking and cleaning of the lot and filling of depressions. It shall not include maintenance or repair of any monument or wall or reseeding of the lawn.

4. The General Maintenance fee will be turned over to the Trustees of Trust Funds and any interest earned thereon will be used for general cemetery maintenance. Any excess will accumulate for such time, as the said Cemetery Trustees may deem expedient, or in their discretion to apply the same surplus, or any part thereof, from time to time, to ornamenting and preserving the grounds of the said cemetery.

5. No enclosure of any nature, such as fences, copings, hedges or ditches, shall be allowed around any lots. Planting of trees and shrubs shall be prohibited. All plants will be in pots. All artificial flowers must be in containers.

6. No other decorations, except American Flags or flags of Fraternal Organizations, are allowed on a cemetery lot.

7. All potted plants, artificial flowers, and containers not removed by their owners on or before October 31st will be removed by the Sexton of the Cemetery.

8. Monuments and markers shall be permitted and must be placed according to the regulations and with the approval, of the Cemetery Sexton. No monument, marker, cornerstone, or any other obstruction shall be placed on any lot until said lot is paid for in full. Marker of some type must be placed within one year of interment.

9. All interments, including cremations, shall be made in vaults of concrete or material of equal permanence.

10. GREEN BURIALS – Pine Crest Cemetery. The Southwest corner of Section 9, containing 108 plots will be designated for Green Burials. The cost and size of the lots will be the same as full burials.

For internment into this section, the following rules apply: no embalming, no vault, a casket of biodegradable material only, without nails, glue or any other fastener that will remain in the ground. A blanket or shroud may be used in place of a casket but must be of natural material.

All graves must be dug four (4) feet deep with at least three (3) feet of dirt over the casket. No headstones will be permitted. An inscribed flat stone or small field stone to mark the grave is permitted.