• All lots shall be held pursuant to and subject to Article 14 of the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law and the amendments thereto and shall not be used for any other purpose than as a place of burial for the dead.
• No enclosure of lots by hedges, walls or fences of any kind will be permitted and no mounds over graves in any lot will be permitted.
• The lot owner of each lot shall have the right to erect any proper stone, monument or sepulchral structure only after submitting the required monument application for approval. Head and foot markers must abut against the head and foot of the grave to the end that all head and foot markers shall be in line.
• Each lot owner shall have the right to plant flowers or place cut flowers in proper receptacles in an area one-foot-wide in front of the head stone or monument and bounded in length by the width of the monument or head stone. Plantings or cut flowers on unmarked graves must be placed at the head of the grave and not to exceed an area one by three feet. With the approval of the Superintendent, small evergreens may be planted on lots containing four graves or more.
• If any trees or shrubs situated in any lot shall, because of their roots, branches or otherwise, become detrimental to the adjoining lots, or avenues or paths, upon due notice to the lot holder, the Cemetery Association shall be permitted to enter the said lot and prune or remove said trees and shrubs. or any such part thereof, as are detrimental, unsightly or inconvenient, and it shall be permitted to cut the grass and weeds from such lots as often as it shall deem necessary.
• The following items are not permitted to be placed upon burial plots or in the Cremation Gardens: glass objects, crockery, toys, shells, beads, coins, balloons, solar lights, wind chimes, figurines, stones, mementos, keepsakes and similar adornments. The superintendent shall have the authority to remove any objects or items which, in his judgement, are considered offensive or inconsistent with the cemetery’s solemn environment.
• No rose bushes or leaf shrubs shall be planted on any lot. No glass enclosed flowers or vigil lights shall be permitted. No statuary, not part of the head stone, foot stone or monument, will be permitted. No artificial flowers shall be permitted, except after October 1st and up to April 1st.
• If any effigy, any object, or any structure whatever, or any inscription thereon, shall be determined by the Cemetery Association to be offensive or improper or injurious to the appearance of the surrounding lots or grounds, the Cemetery Association shall have the right to enter upon such lot and remove said offensive or improper object or objects.
• The lot owner shall not alter the grade of any lot without the consent in writing of the Cemetery Association.
• No tomb or vault shall be constructed within the limits of the cemetery, except in or upon such parts of the grounds as shall be designated by the Cemetery Association for that purpose, without the consent of the Cemetery Association in writing.
• Owners of tombs shall not suffer the remains of any person to be deposited therein for hire, and the lot owners shall not allow interments to be made therein for any remuneration; nor shall any assignment or transfer of any lot or interest therein be valid without the consent of the Cemetery Board of the State of New York and of the Cemetery Association in writing.
• All excavations for tombs, vaults, monuments, and graves will be made by the Cemetery Association at the expense of the owner, conforming to a scale of prices as adopted for such work. The Cemetery Association will reseed or sod any such excavations. All foundations for monuments, head stones and foot markers shall be installed by the Cemetery Association, conforming to a scale of prices as adopted for such work. No foundations for any stones on double depth graves will be installed for a period of one year unless special conditions permit.
• Lot owners and their families shall be allowed access to the cemetery at all reasonable times and may improve their lots subject to the rules and regulations herein contained or which may be hereafter adopted, but all improvements shall be at the risk of the lot owner. The Cemetery Association shall not be liable for any loss, damage or injury to such improvements or any property of the lot owner in the cemetery.
• The Cemetery Association shall have the right, at all times, to make such By-Laws and such Rules and Regulations for the government of the grounds as it may deem requisite and proper to secure and promote the general objects of the cemetery not inconsistent with Article 14 of the Not-For-Profit Corporation Law.
• Due to limited space in the cemetery, the cemetery is forced to restrict welfare burials to Town of Warwick residents.

Warwick Cemetery Policy on Cremated Remains

January 2023

The Warwick Cemetery is a community cemetery and a not-for-profit entity which seeks to accommodate those that use its beautiful grounds for the memorialization of their loved ones who have passed away. To that effort, the Cemetery Board seeks to put new rules and policies in place to allow for an orderly and mutually beneficial access of these grounds and facilities for all those who would choose to use it. Over time, the cemetery has needed to change its policies to adjust to the current needs of the cemetery, community and those who are memorialized in it.

As we seek to continue to meet the current needs of the Warwick community and the Warwick Cemetery, being that during this time in history, many have chosen cremation as final disposition, we find it timely to add the following policy and rules to meet the current need;

• Cremated remains may be buried in the ground in any existing plot or newly purchased full sized grave to a maximum of four remains, with payment of current opening fee for each interment (except) from December through April due to frost, at the Superintendent’s discretion.
• The cremation section provides room for cremains with restrictions of a 1×2 flat marker only. Opening must be arranged through the cemetery and current opening fee paid.
• Above-ground columbarium space is allowed only in the cremation garden areas
• All openings of graves or columbarium spaces in the cemetery must be arranged through and opening provided by the Warwick Cemetery Superintendent and appropriate fees paid.