[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Township of South Hackensack 12-2-1976 as Ch. 154 of the 1976
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No human body shall be buried within the territorial
limits of the Township of South Hackensack except in a cemetery or
burying ground duly constituted as such under the laws of the State
of New Jersey and for which said cemetery or burying ground a permit
for such purpose shall have heretofore been obtained from the governing
body of the Township of South Hackensack and the Board of Health thereof.
No human body shall be buried or disinterred
in any such cemetery or burying ground except and unless there shall
be a full compliance in every respect in relation thereto with all
the statutes of the State of New Jersey, the rules and regulations
of the State Board of Health and any and all rules and regulations
promulgated by this Board. The language of this section shall be construed
to apply to any statute, rule and regulation of the State Board of
Health or of this Board adopted in the future.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary of this
Board from time to time to make an inspection of any and all cemeteries
and burying grounds within the Township of South Hackensack and ascertain
and determine whether the terms and provisions of this chapter are
in all respects being complied with and, in the event of any violation,
to make such complaint as may be proper or to take such other action
as may be appropriate in relation thereto.
No grave for the burial and disinterment of
a human body shall be opened in any cemetery or burying ground in
the Township of South Hackensack without a permit so to do first being
obtained from this Board. Such permit shall be issued by the Secretary
of this Board upon application, and the Secretary shall be entitled
to charge and receive a permit fee of two dollars ($2.) for each and
every grave opened or to be opened; provided, however, that such permit
and payment of such burial fee shall not be required as to any grave
located in that portion or area of any cemetery or burying ground
the consent for the operation of which said portion or area was granted
by the governing body of the Township of South Hackensack prior to
January 1, 1936.
The Secretary of this Board shall keep full and complete records in respect to any and all burials and disinterments and the opening of any and all graves in any cemetery or burying ground within the Township of South Hackensack and shall, at least once a month, make a report in respect thereto to the Township Committee of the Township of South Hackensack and at such time remit and turn over to the said Township Committee any and all burial fees received for burial permits issued by him or her in accordance with § 220-4 hereof, which said burial fees shall be and constitute the funds of the Township of South Hackensack, to be appropriated and disbursed as other Township funds may be.
Any person, corporation or other organization
operating any cemetery or burying ground within the Township of South
Hackensack shall, within 60 days after the passage of this chapter,
file with the Secretary of this Board a map or plan showing by number
or other designation or description the location of any and all graves
according to the existing layout of said cemetery or burying ground,
and shall appropriately indicate on said map or plan which of said
graves are unused. In the case of any future change, alteration or
relocation in the layout of any such cemetery or burying ground, there
shall be filed with said Secretary a supplemental or additional map
or plan showing such change, alteration or relocation.
Any person, corporation or organization who shall open any grave in any cemetery or burying ground in the Township of South Hackensack without first having obtained the permit so to do or without first having paid the permit fee required under § 220-4 hereof or who shall in any other way violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall, for each violation, be subject to a penalty not to exceed $500 and not less than $5, to be recovered as prescribed by the laws of this state.
