ORDINANCE NO. 121-09-11 OF 2011
AN ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE BY ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE OPERATION, CONTROL, MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF CEMETERIES OWNED, CONTROLLED OR OPERATED BY PENNFIELD CHARTER TOWNSHIP IN CALHOUN COUNTY, MICHIGAN; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF SAID ORDINANCE, AND TO REPEAL ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH.
Here is some of the ordinance headings
3 9-1. Purpose and Intent
3 9-2. Definitions.
39-3. Sale of Cemetery Plots.
39-4. Purchase Price for Cemetery Plots; Indigent Burials
39-5. Grave Opening Charges
39-6. Markers or Memorials; No Monuments
39-7. Interment Regulations
3 9-8. Disinterments
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Cemetery Hours
Unless otherwise specified by the Township Board by resolution, all Township cemeteries shall be closed from dusk to dawn the next morning. During those hours, no person shall be present in a Township cemetery. Such prohibition on being present in a Township cemetery during the time when a Township cemetery is closed shall not apply to the Township Sexton, any Township official, a person accompanied by the Township Sexton or other Township official, or any law enforcement or firefighting official when engaged in the lawful duties of any such office or position.