Hours:
Interment hours are Monday-Friday, 9-4, and Saturdays, 9-12 noon. Interments on Sunday and Holidays will be governed by the Cemetery Board Directives 201.8 and 201.12 and will be assessed an additional fee.
Disinterments will be allowed between 8 am and 5 pm. Provided the provisions of Section 1510 (e) of the Not for Profit Corporation Law are complied with.
All persons shall be allowed access to the cemetery during daylight hours, observing the rules which are in effect and the propriety due the cemetery.
Grave Lot Purchases:
All lots in the Pine Hill Cemetery are sold in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of New York and shall not be used for any other purposes than as a burial for dead human beings.
Except as provided for in Section 1513© of the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law, no lot owner may transfer his or her lot.
The full purchase price must be paid before a deed will be given or burial allowed on the lot.
Lot owners are prohibited from allowing interments to be made on their lots for compensation.
A new deed for purchasing a grave was approved by the Board of Directors. Anyone wishing a new (duplicate) deed could apply but the deed would have to be made out in the name it was first purchased under, unless other proof is given to show a different party is now the owner. All new grave purchases are given a deed along with a copy of the rules and regulations upon full payment. Refer to the cemeteries “Rates and Fees” document for the cost of a duplicate deed.
On occasion, family members will request that grave lots adjacent to a loved one’s grave be reserved for future purchase. When agreeable with the cemetery superintendent, these additional grave lots can be held for a maximum time period of six months. If, after six months, the reserved graves have not been purchased they will be released and available for anyone to purchase.
Burials:
No interment, casket burial or cremation, shall be allowed without permission being first obtained from the Pine Hill Cemetery Corporation. At the time applying for permission, the following information must be furnished:
1. Name of deceased
2. Age of deceased, including date of birth if known
3. Place of birth of deceased, if known
4. Date of death
5. Time and date of interment
6. If not an adult, the name of parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of deceased.
Graves will not be opened between December and April when frost and weather conditions warrant such refusal. Bodies received for interment during this time will be placed in the vault until spring.
All bodies left in the vault after May 1st must have a lot purchased and paid for in the cemetery with prior arrangements.
Interments in a lot are restricted to those entitled to burial therein according to the terms of Section 1512 of the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law. Permission for burial of those not entitled to burial according to the said Section must be filed with the Pine Hill Cemetery Corporation by the lot owner(s).
Casket Burials:
Concrete vaults or contrite grave liners will be required for interments in all graves purchased on or after (current date unless approved previously) in accordance with the provisions of Cemetery Board Directive 201.6.
One human full body remains along with two cremated remains or three human cremated remains of immediate family members will be permitted in each grave. Immediate family members are identified as husband, wife, brother, sister, and/or children.
Cremation Burials:
One human full body remains along with two cremated remains or three human cremated remains of immediate family members will be permitted in each grave. Immediate family members are identified as husband, wife, brother, sister, and/or children.
Cremated remains are not permitted to be scattered in any part of the cemetery.
The interment of cremated remains will be permitted only in appropriate rigid receptacle such as wood, metal, plastic or concrete.
Funerals:
All funerals, processions and vehicles will be under the control of the Superintendent while in the cemetery.
Grave Markers:
No vault or mausoleum shall be built above ground without the permission of the Board of Directors and then only in such a location as they may approve.
No monument or markers shall be permitted which utilize colors other than those of natural stone. All monuments or markers must be constructed of granite, bronze or natural stone.
Only one monument shall be allowed on a lot and it shall be set in accordance with the general plan of the cemetery and shall conform with said plan in size and material.
A plaque may be used as a substitute for a marker. If a monument or headstone is installed, a plaque may be added to the back of the headstone. A plaque may also be on a separate foundation and be placed above the head or foot of the grave.
Monuments for a single lot (4x10) are restricted in size to a thickness of 6” minimum to 18” maximum and a width of 36” maximum. The monument shall be located on the head of the lot with the front face in line with adjacent monuments and 6” from each side of the lot.
Monuments for multiple adjacent lots owned by the same owner are restricted in size to a thickness of 6” minimum to 18” maximum and a maximum width of 12” less than sum of the width of the lots. The monument shall be located on the head of the lots with the front face in line with adjacent monuments, 6” from the side of the end lots.
The bases of all monuments shall be finished true and level so as to fit on foundations without wedging or sprawls.
No monument will be allowed to be delivered in the cemetery until the foundation in installed and ready to receive the monument.
Monument Foundations:
All foundations will be constructed by or under the direction of the Pine Hill Cemetery Corporation.
Work in the Cemetery:
Heavy trucking or other vehicular traffic shall be refused entrance to the cemetery when in the opinion of the Superintendent injury to roads and driveways might result.
All work done in the cemetery shall be done by cemetery employees or under the control or with the permission of the Superintendent or the Board of Directors.
Grave Decorations:
No shrubs or trees are permitted. Flowers may be planted in an area not exceeding
three feet from the head of each lot or grave. This area includes space for a marker.
Urns may be used but must be kept close to the stone. The balance of the grave site
will be seeded with grass and maintained by cemetery.
All Christmas decorations must be removed from graves by March 15th.
Placement of glass blocks or vases as receptacles for flowers, either artificial or grown on graves or plots is prohibited.
The Pine Hill Cemetery Corporation reserves the right to remove all flowers, wreaths or other decorations from lots as soon as they become unsightly. The Pine Hill Cemetery Corporation reserves the right to remove any effigy or inscription which in the opinion of the majority of the trustees or directors is unsightly or dangerous.
The Pine Hill Cemetery Corporation reserves the right to restrict the planting of shrubs and trees and to remove or trim any shrub or tree deemed dangerous to the public or inhibits the maintenance of the Cemetery.
These rules and regulations may be amended by the directors of Pine Hill Cemetery Corporation, but no such amendments shall be effective until approved by the New York State Cemetery Board.