§ 7-04 Plot Usage and Maintenance.
RCNY § 7-04
(a)All plots shall be used as a place of burial for the dead or the remains of deceased persons and for no other purpose whatever.
(b)All grading, landscaping work and improvements of any kind shall be under the direction of and subject to the consent, satisfaction and approval of the Commissioner.
(c)Cemetery personnel may at any time enter upon a plot to keep it neat, to cut grass and to remove weeds, wilted flowers and debris, but nothing herein contained shall obligate the cemetery to render any such service without compensation therefor.
(d)Floral frames, when removed from a plot, unless specific instructions are given to the contrary by those lawfully entitled to them may be disposed of by the cemetery superintendent in any manner he/she sees fit.
(e)No plants, trees, shrubs or grave coverings, or other decorations may be introduced into any plot without the written consent of the Commissioner, and no plants, trees, shrubs or other covering growing within a plot or border shall be cut down or destroyed without the consent of the Commissioner.
(f)Mounds and shrubs are prohibited in the park area and in section 2 of the cemetery.
(g)Artificial flowers and plants are prohibited.
(h)In the event annual care charges have not been paid for five successive years, any empty graves or plots for which these charges remain unpaid shall be deemed abandoned, all rights therein shall be deemed terminated, and burial rights therein may be granted by the cemetery to others.
