General Information

1. Rights to the burial of the remains of human beings only are sold, including ordinary perpetual care, at such prices as may be determined by the Board of Directors and according to the plans on file in the office of New Hartford Village Cemetery. Owners of burial rights acquire only the right and privilege of burial of the dead. New Hartford Village Cemetery has the right at all times to plan and change the layout and landscaping of the cemetery, which includes but is not limited to, buildings, garden areas, roadways, entrances, water service, hedges, trees and ornamental plantings.

2. A Certificate of Ownership of rights, subject at all times to such Rules and Regulations, as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors, will be issued upon full payment of said burial rights.

3. Transfer of rights in lots or graves may be made only upon approval of New Hartford Village Cemetery. All Assignment Certificates must be signed by an officer of New Hartford Village Cemetery and recorded on its records. An Assignment Certificate may be obtained from the management of New Hartford Village Cemetery. All transfers shall be made subject to the By-Laws and Rules and Regulations of New Hartford Village Cemetery then or thereafter in force.

4. New Hartford Village Cemetery shall have the right at all times to enter upon any lot for the purpose of maintaining, cleaning or policing such lot or for any other reason.

5. No owner of rights shall erect or place any fence, sign, bench or any other structure of any sort on the cemetery grounds except as provided in these Rules and Regulations.

6. An official flagstaff holder will be allowed at owner’s risk on the grave of one who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States. The only other grave marker permitted will be a flush memorial as permitted in these Rules and Regulations.

7. No above-ground vault, mausoleum or columbarium will be permitted except as approved by New Hartford Village Cemetery.

8. All excavations for burial vaults, monuments and grave markers and the opening and closing of all interments and entombments shall be arranged by the cemetery management at the expense of the owner of rights.

9. Owners of rights or visitors are prohibited from plucking or carrying away any flowers – either wild or cultivated – and shall not injure in any way any shrub, plant or tree or mar or damage any monument, marker, fence or other structure within or around the cemetery.

10. No animals shall be permitted in the cemetery.

11. Vehicles are not to turn around upon any of the roads, but shall follow one of the circular roadways to their objective. They shall keep to the right and, when stopping, shall drive as closely to the lawn as possible without driving or parking thereon.

12. Speed of motor vehicles must not exceed fifteen (15) miles per hour.

13. Access to and egress from the cemetery and all graves therein shall be permitted only at the portals specifically provided, maintained and designated for such purposes.

14. Funeral processions upon entering the cemetery shall be under the control and subject at all times to the directions of the management of the cemetery.

15. Subject to the Rules and Regulations, cemetery management is authorized to maintain order; to expel from the grounds any person who violates any rule or regulation, or acts in an unbecoming or improper manner; and to refuse admission to any person when it is deemed such action is necessary.

16. No burial will be permitted until full payment has been made.

17. An order for the opening of a grave must be accompanied by a written authorization from the owner of burial rights, or in the absence of the owner, a member of the owner’s family in the order of priority shown below. “Family” shall mean the owner, the owner’s spouse, the owner’s children, the owner’s parents and spouses of the owner’s children. An authorized representative may act on behalf of any of the above and will be given the same priority as the individual they represent. A funeral director may act as an authorized representative. Whoever signs the authorization then assumes responsibility for the grave selection.

18. When a person to be interred is not a member of the family of the owner of burial rights, New Hartford Village Cemetery will require an order in writing from the owner, or in the absence of the owner, a member of the owner’s family in the order of priority as per paragraph 17 above. An authorized representative of a member of the family may act on behalf of that individual, in the same order of priority.

19. Burial vaults of concrete, non-corrosive metals or other durable materials of the guaranteed types are required. Wooden over-boxes are not permitted. Vaults must withstand deterioration and must support ground and equipment pressures from above.

20. Cremains shall be buried in the following manner: a) Cremains will be buried in an approved cremation vault; b) No more than two (2) cremains may be buried in any one adult grave; c) If a standard casket/vault is already buried in the plot, then the cremains may be placed on top of the vault or to the right or left of the head stone; d) If the cremains are the first to be buried in the plot, then they would be buried at the right or left of the head stone. Every effort is made to be cautious while digging near cremains. The New Hartford Village Cemetery does not assume responsibility that such cremains may be inadvertently uprooted during any additional disinterments.

21. No firearms, refreshments, intoxicating liquors, drugs or narcotics of any kind shall be brought into the cemetery; except that firearms may be used and discharged in the case of a military funeral or in connection with an approved patriotic service.

22. No disinterment will be permitted except on written request of the owner of burial rights, or the owner’s representative, with the proper permits and at the owner’s expense. All disinterments must be made by New Hartford Village Cemetery or its agents.

23. Winter storage of bodies in vaults is available in the chapel of the New Hartford Village Cemetery. The following rules apply: a) The fee is to be paid prior to storage; b) the body in the vault must be properly contained and pouched and c) the body and vault must be removed from the chapel by Memorial Day.