[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Warwick 2-13-2003
by L.L. No. 1-2003. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Town of Warwick is adopting a Burial Ground and Cemetery Protection
Law to protect the cemetery and burial grounds located within its borders
from encroachment by commercial and/or residential structures by establishing
regulations requiring Planning Board review for any structure proposed to
be located within 200 feet of such burial ground and/or cemetery and prohibiting
location of any commercial and/or residential structure within 100 feet from
any such burial ground and/or cemetery. The Burial Ground and Cemetery Protection
Law is adopted out of respect for these areas as final resting places, in
order to protect and preserve these areas as significant cultural and historic
sites and to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the
Town of Warwick associated with locating homes or improvements in close proximity
to cemeteries and/or burial grounds.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Refers to and shall include any piece of land where a person is buried,
notwithstanding that the site may not be recognized as a traditional cemetery.
Includes any and all public, private, religious, historic and/or
family cemeteries where deceased persons are buried.
A.
The existing identified cemeteries and/or burial grounds
located within the Town of Warwick are listed below:
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Warwick Cemeteries
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Location
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Lawrence Cemetery
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Address unknown; this is an inactive cemetery
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Morrison
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Address unknown; LaRue in 1869, 7 moved to Warwick Cemetery, 3 stones
remain.
Section ___, Block ___, Lot ___ unknown
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Wood Cemetery
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Co. Rd. 26, Newport Ridge Road; east toward Amity on north side before
Pochuck Creek.
Section ___, Block ___, Lot ___ unknown
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Wilson
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5 Quackenbush prop.; in 1910 Old Mt. Peter Road.
Section 55, Block 1, Lot 73
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 15, Sec 178N
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Deg 74, Min 18, Sec 538W
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Edenville Church Cemetery
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Behind small church (a home now) in Edenville.
Section 28, Block 2, Lot 12
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GPS
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Deg 40, Min 16, Sec 29N
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Deg 74, Min 24, Sec 34N
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Parkhurst/Wheeler-Jessup Cemetery
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Spanktown Road;
Section 7, Block 2, Lot uncertain 78, 54.4, 53, 77
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 18, Sec 20N
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Deg 74, Min 23, Sec 10W
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Robert Carr/Kerr Cemetery
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Mt. Eve Road
Section 6, Block 2, Lot unknown
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 19, Sec 01N
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Deg 74, Min 29, Sec 51W
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Edsal Cemetery
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Liberty Corners Road;
Section 2, Block 2, Lot 35.1 or 35.2
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 17, Sec 40N
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Deg 74, Min 28, Sec 52W
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Aaron McConnell
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Blooms Corners Road;
Section 40, Block 1, Lot 53
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 15, Sec 02N
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Deg 74, Min 26, Sec 08W
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Greenwood Lake Cemetery
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Old Dutch Hollow Road; Ball family, etc.
Section 67, Block 3, Lot 9
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 14, Sec 04N
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Deg 074, Min 17, Sec 06W
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Bradner Graveyard
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South of Bellvale on Mt. Rd to Cascade Pk.
Section 55, Block 1, Lot 74
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GPS
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Deg 041, Min 14, Sec 804N
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Deg 074, Min 18, Sec 439W
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Minthorn Cemetery
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On Minthorn farm; now belongs to the Ackerman family.
Section 31, Block 2, Lot unknown
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Barrett Cemetery
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Address unknown; Ryan property once owned by Horton.
Section ___, Block ___, Lot___ unknown
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Fieldstone Ixexs Sanford Cemetery-Milton L. Sanford
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Address unknown
Section 51, Block 1, Lot 41
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Wm. Sayer
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Address unknown; owned by Paul Martin in 1910 (Sugar Loaf) by James
Harvey Rose
Section ___, Block ___, Lot ___ unknown
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Noble Graveyard
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Noble place, Bellvale to Lakes Road.
Section 58, Block 3, Lot 9
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 15, Sec 10N
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Deg 74, Min 17, Sec 52W
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Roy Graveyard (Roy Cemetery)
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Address unknown
Section 47, Block 1, Lot 93.21
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 17, Sec 05N
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Deg 74, Min 16, Sec 30W
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Minturn Cemetery
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Corner of orchard near Roy Graveyard.
Section 35, Block 1, Lot unknown
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Raynor Cemetery
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Sam Raynor farm.
Section 64, Block 1, Lot 2
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Demarest Cemetery
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Farm of George H. Demarest.
Section ___, Block ___, Lot unknown
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Furman burial ground
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Edenville to Sam Houston Rd.
Section 17, Block 1, Lot 40
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Dutch Hollow Cemetery
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Chester Road, Sterling & Nelson Rd.; Fitzgeralds & Galloways.
Section ___, Block ___, Lot___ unknown
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 16, Sec 35N
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Deg 74, Min 15, Sec 01W
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Locust Hill/Belcher Cemetery
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Bellvale Road; Belcher Lg. Cemetery.
Section 46, Block 1, Lot 7
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 16, Sec 39N
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Deg 74 Min 19, Sec 21W
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Warwick Cemetery
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Route 94S.
Section 43, Lot 1, Block 26
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 14, Sec 273N
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Deg 74, Min 23, Sec 590W
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Sterling Furnace
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Sterling Mine Road.
Section 85, Lot 1, Block unknown
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Kerr Cemetery
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Little York Road.
Section 6, Lot 3, Block 43.22
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 18, Sec 34N
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Deg 74, Min 25, Sec 22W
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Belden Burt Family Cemetery
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Address unknown;
Section ___, Block ___, Lot___ unknown
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Methodist Church Cemetery
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Bellvale Lakes Road.
Section 55, Lot 1, Block 26.1
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Amity Cemetery
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Address unknown
Section 25, Block 2, Lot 2
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 16, Sec 11N
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Deg 74, Min 27, Sec 09W
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St. Joseph's Cemetery in Florida and Beth Shalom
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Beth Shalom.
Section 7, Block 2, Lot 71
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 18, Sec 19N
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Deg 74, Min 22, Sec 56W
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Pine Island Lutheran Cemetery
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Little York Road.
Section 16, Block 41, Lot 21
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 17, Sec 45N
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Deg 74, Min 25, Sec 44W
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St. Stanislowski Cemetery
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Pine Island.
Section 13, Block 1, Lot 17
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GPS
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Deg 40, Min 17, Sec 49N
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Deg 74, Min 27, Sec 49W
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Howell Cemetery at Florida
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Address unknown
Section ___, Block ___, Lot___ unknown
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Van Houten Cemetery at Florida (Wisner)
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Address unknown; (Natchi Van Houten)
Section ___, Block ___, Lot ___ unknown
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Catholic Quarrymans Cemetery
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Kennedy Vail Opera House.
Section ___, Block ___, Lot___ unknown
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Charles Smith Cemetery
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At Mt. Adam
Section ___, Block ___, Lot ___ unknown
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Dewitt Post Cemetery
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Address unknown; open field.
Section ___, Block ___, Lot___ unknown
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Wannamaker Cemetery
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Off Belcher Road
Section 33, Block 2, Lot 45.21
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 17, Sec 946N
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Deg 74, Min 20, Sec 046W
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Timlow Cemetery
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Address unknown;
Section 24, Block 1, Lot 31.22
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 15, Sec 59N
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Deg 74, Min 26, Sec 58W
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DeKay Family Graveyard
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Route 94, past Sanford Village
Section 41, Block 1, Lot 79.2
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 14, Sec 27N
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Deg 74, Min 23, Sec 58W
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Blooms Corner Cemetery
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Blooms Corner Road; on 1903 atlas; Bloom family plot; being maintained.
Section 40, Block 1, Lot 63
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GPS
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Deg 41, Min 14, Sec 50N
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Deg 74, Min 26, Sec 12W
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Houston-Dusenberry Cemetery
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At Edenville.
Section ___, Block ___, Lot ___ unknown
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Lavis Farm Cemetery
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Address unknown
Section ___, Block ___, Lot ___ unknown
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Minthorn Burial Ground
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On VanDuzer farm west of Bellvale
Section 44, Block 1, Lot 46.1
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GPS
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Deg 041, Min 15, Sec 519N
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Deg 074, Min 18, Sec 960W
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A.
No commercial, residential structure and/or well shall
be erected, constructed and/or located within 100 feet of a burial ground
and/or cemetery as identified and/or herein.
B.
The Planning Board, in its sole discretion, as part of
any subdivision site plan and/or conditional use permit application, may require
a residential and/or commercial developer to erect fencing and/or install
plantings to act as a physical and/or visual barrier between a cemetery and
developable areas of a plot which are adjacent or contiguous to a burial ground
and/or cemetery.
C.
The Building Inspector shall not issue a building permit
for any structure that is located within 200 feet of any burial ground and/or
cemetery without first referring the matter to the Planning Board for site
plan review pursuant to the provisions above.
