Approved By Board of Selectmen on April 5, 1999
Revised December 21, 2009

 

1. Sales of cemetery burial plots are limited to natives, residents or landowners of Shaftsbury unless otherwise approved by majority vote of Board of Selectmen.
    
2. All cemetery plot pricing and sales are to include the following:
    
     a. The lot sale price (endowment care included)
     b. The price for corner markers set in place
     c. The fees for handling, service of sale, preparing and recording the deed with the Town Clerk
     d. Endowment care (perpetual care) is included with ALL SALES
    
   
3. An itemized receipt will be given the buyer of a plot at the close of a sale but no deed will be delivered until lot corner markers are in place.
    
4. All monies owed for plot purchases, fees, or other cemetery-related services must be paid in full before any remains will be accepted for burial in such indebted plot. All disbursements will be made only by written order of the cemetery authority.
    
5. Shaftsbury's cemetery plot prices and prices for other cemetery services are established, placed in effect, and subject to change by the cemetery authority.
    
6. Interment in Shaftsbury's cemeteries is limited to human remains.
    
7. An outside receptacle, in addition to the casket, is required for burials and the receptacle shall be fabricated of sufficiently rigid materials so as to resist collapse caused by weight of the earth, moisture, snow, grave markers, and cemetery maintenance equipment. The materials of which such vaults or containers are fabricated will be left to the good sense and sound judgment of the funeral directors and other persons of concern.
    
8. A reward of two hundred fifty ($250) dollars is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons guilty of damaging any cemetery property.
    
9. All placements of cemetery memorials and headstones are to be first approved by the Cemetery Superintendent. When the foundation holes are dug the correct depth, being a minimum of three feet, the Cemetery Superintendent will issue final approval prior to filling with cement. (for the installation of a monument over three feet, the base will be four feet.) As a result of the time required of the Cemetery Superintendent, a $20 fee will be charged.
    
10. Grave lot dimensions will be 4 1/2 feet X 9 feet.
     
11. Burials between November 1 and April 1 are permitted.
     
      a. Any additional expense of snow removal in clearing driveways walkways, or thawing ground for a burial, is the responsibility of the deceased's family.
      b. Winter burials because of inclement weather, are at the discretion of the Cemetery Superintendent.
     
    
12. All cemetery activity, other than visits or placement of decorations, must first be cleared and approved by the Cemetery Superintendent.
     
13. All vehicles must stay within designated roadways. No equipment of any kind associated with grave opening or closing will be permitted in the vicinity, or in view, while any burial or memorial services are in progress.
     
14. Burial of cremated remains requires the purchase of a regular gravesite. A gravesite may contain the ashes of up to four persons.
     
15. No lot will be resold except to the Town of Shaftsbury at the rate it was originally purchased, less fees.

  ** A copy of these Bylaws will be issued to each lot purchaser who will have the responsibility of reading and adhering to all the bylaws.

Shaftsbury Town cemetery burial rates effective January 1, 2010

Sales of burial spaces per By-Laws,

Price per grave space (4 1/2 x 9 ft.) for casket burial   (lot $250 -Perpetual Care $250)	$500
Price per grave space (4 1/2 x 9 ft.) for cremation burial with limit of four urns per space (lot $250 -Perpetual Care $250)	$500
Corner Markers and installation (Required with each space sale)	At current cost + $25
Service Fees: Deed preparation and handling	$25
Burial fee	$100

 

Maximum size of a plot is eight spaces. Curb-side lots, if available, are 15% additional to the cost of grave space.

BURIAL CHARGES are the same for all town cemeteries:

All lot sale money should be paid by check and made payable to the "Town of Shaftsbury Cemetery Account".

Refer to "Cemetery Regulations and Policies" for deed delivery, provisions and burial requirements.

Dated      April 5, 1999
Revised   December 21, 2009