[Ord. 320, 7/19/1966, § 1]
The following regulations shall apply to cemeteries located
in West Norriton Township and to parts of cemeteries located in West
Norriton Township where cemetery lots are or have been available to
members of the public by permission or for a consideration:
1.
Where a cemetery has been laid out according to a plan showing cemetery
lots, roads, lanes, pathways and other features, the proprietor of
such cemetery shall furnish a true and correct copy of such plan to
the Township Commissioners of West Norriton Township to be kept on
file in the Township Office, within 180 days of the effective date
of this Part 7.
2.
All roads, lanes, and pathways appearing on said plan shall at all
times be maintained in good order, condition and repair in order to
afford ready, convenient and safe access by vehicular or pedestrian
use to all parts of said cemetery.
3.
The entire area occupied by a cemetery shall be maintained by the
proprietor thereof in a neat, clean and orderly manner; trash receptacles
shall be provided and maintained at convenient intervals throughout
the cemetery; and all trash and rubbish shall be periodically removed
from said cemetery or otherwise disposed of.
4.
Where cemetery lots have been sold or conveyed with the right of
sepulture only, the proprietor of such cemetery shall cut and remove
tall weeds, tall grasses or other obnoxious or objectionable vegetation
growth thereon at such intervals as may be necessary at all times
to present an appearance of maintenance, to prevent the propagation
of and to avoid the spreading of such vegetation to other parts of
the Township and to avoid field fires. The clearing of any area in
such cemetery by the use of field fires is prohibited.
5.
Where cemetery lots have been sold or conveyed in fee simple with
the right of sepulture, the owners of such lots shall cut and remove
tall weeds, tall grasses or other obnoxious or objectionable vegetation
growing thereon at such intervals as may be necessary at all times
to present an appearance of maintenance, prevent the propagation of
and to avoid the spreading of such vegetation to other parts of the
Township and to avoid field fires. The clearing of such lots by the
use of field fires is prohibited.
6.
Where a cemetery lot has been sold or conveyed in fee simple with the right of sepulture, the proprietor of the cemetery shall notify the owner thereof, in writing, of any failure on the part of such owner to maintain such lot as required by § 10-701, Subsection 5, of this Part 7; and should any such owner fail, neglect or refuse to so maintain said cemetery lot, the proprietor of said cemetery shall notify the Township authorities in writing of the failure of such owner so to do.
7.
The proprietor of a cemetery shall remove all dead trees and dead
limbs and dead branches of trees from the area occupied by said cemetery.
8.
The proprietor of a cemetery shall provide an adequate, accessible
and convenient water supply for customary cemetery purposes and for
the convenience of the lot holders.
9.
The proprietor of a cemetery shall not interfere with the holders
of cemetery lots, whether held for the purpose of sepulture only or
in fee simple, from the maintenance and improvement thereof either
in parson or by agent, unless such maintenance and improvement infringes
upon the rights of other lot holders or interferes with the physical
features of the cemetery.
10.
The proprietor of a cemetery shall not remove and/or destroy grave
markers, lot monuments, lot markers or other appurtenances of a cemetery
lot without the written consent of the holder thereof being first
had and received.
11.
If the proprietor of a cemetery has, before the effective date of
this Part 7, removed from a cemetery lot any grave marker or monument,
without the consent of a lot holder, and the same can be located within
the confines of such cemetery, the proprietor thereof shall replace
the same at the cost of such proprietor upon written request of the
holder of such lot.
12.
Where cemetery lots are unkempt, where graves are sunken, or where
grave markers or monuments have fallen or are not adequately based
or erect, it shall be the duty of a cemetery proprietor to make diligent
search and inquiry as to the identity of the lot holder and to notify
such holder in writing as to the condition of such lot.
13.
Upon request by a duly constituted official of West Norriton Township,
the proprietor of a cemetery shall exhibit to such official the records
of such proprietor for the sole purpose of informing the Township
of the name or names of the holder of holders of cemetery lots, their
addresses, the location of their lots, whether the same are held in
fee simple or for the purpose of sepulture only, and whether provision
has been made, either by the purchase of perpetual care or otherwise,
for the maintenance of such lots and the grave markers and monuments
located thereon.
[Ord. 320, 7/19/1966, § 2]
[Ord. 320, 7/19/1966, § 3; as amended by Ord. 524,
12/31/1991]
Any person, firm, association or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this Part 7 shall forfeit and pay a fine or penalty
of not more than $600 to West Norriton Township, the same to be collected
by a proceeding before a District Justice in said Township, or recovered
as debts of like amount are now, by law, recoverable, and, in default
of the payment of such fine and costs, shall be liable to imprisonment
of not more than 30 days in the Montgomery County Prison. Whenever
such person, firm, association or corporation shall have been notified
by West Norriton Township, through its duly constituted representatives,
or by service of summons or prosecution, or in any other way, that
such violation has been committed, each day that such person, firm,
association or corporation shall continue in such violation shall
constitute an additional offense punishable by a like fine or penalty.
