§ 46-5. Establishment of municipal cemeteries.

A. 

The City Council of the City of Lebanon, acting on its own motion, or upon formal recommendation by the Board of Cemetery Trustees shall have the final authority for the establishment of municipal cemeteries within the corporate limits of the City of Lebanon and shall as the need arises set aside new City-owned ground areas for this purpose.

B. 

Existing cemeteries. The following named existing cemeteries shall be deemed to have been established as municipal cemeteries:

(1) 

Glenwood/Mt. Calvary Cemetery: 117 Dulac Street, Lebanon.

(2) 

Valley/Sacred Heart Cemetery: 258 Mascoma Street, Lebanon.

(3) 

School Street Cemetery (Village Cemetery): 30 School Street, Lebanon.

(4) 

West Lebanon Cemetery: Pleasant Street, West Lebanon.

(5) 

Old Pine Tree Cemetery: Old Pine Tree Cemetery Road, West Lebanon.

(6) 

Mascoma Cemetery: 685 Dartmouth College Highway, Lebanon.

(7) 

Cole Cemetery: 108 Great Brook Road, Lebanon.

(8) 

Upper Valley Jewish Community Cemetery: 267 Mascoma Street, Lebanon (not City-owned, City-maintained per quitclaim deed (statutory form) dated April 18, 1994, bk2085 pg0354).

C. 

Platting of cemeteries. Before any new land is opened for municipal cemetery use and the sale of lots, the City Manager shall have such land area laid out showing the system of streets and avenues, and a numbered system of lots; such platting to be done by a registered surveyor and results thereof to be recorded with the Grafton County Registry of Deeds.

(1) 

Indigent plots. Single grave lot sections shall be established within cemetery areas for the use of the City for the burial of indigent persons.

(2) 

The Board of Cemetery Trustees may designate areas in any cemetery, as space permits, to be laid out exclusively for cremation burials, and may by regulation establish applicable dimensional requirements therefor.

D. 

Lot size established. Lot sizes for municipal cemeteries are hereby established as follows:

(1) 

Each single grave: four feet by 11 feet or 44 square feet.

(2) 

Each infant grave: 24 inches by 44 inches or 1,056 square inches, 7.4 square feet.

(3) 

Each cremation lot: 24 inches by 24 inches, or 4 square feet (applies to Sacred Heart and West Lebanon Cemeteries only).

E. 

Plat Review. The preliminary plan and layout of new municipal cemetery land areas shall first be submitted to the Board of Cemetery Trustees for nonbinding comments and recommendations, and then shall be submitted to the Planning Board for review and approval. Upon approval, the Planning Board shall advise the City Council of its approval with recommendation for adoption.