Rules & regulations

• 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.
• All funeral processions and vehicles will be under the control of the superintendent while in our Cemetery.
• Heavy trucking or other vehicular traffic shall be refused entrance to the cemetery when in the opinion of the trustees injury to roads and driveways might result.

• The Champion Hillside Cemetery reserves the right to remove all flowers, wreaths or other decorations from lots as soon as they become unsightly.
• The Champion Hillside Cemetery reserves the right to remove, after due notice to the lot owner, any embellishment, effigy or inscription that is unsightly.
• The Champion Hillside Cemetery reserves the right to restrict the planting of shrubs and trees without authorization and will remove any tree or shrub deemed dangerous to the public, upon due notice to the lot owner.
• Placing of glass blocks or vases as receptacles for flowers on graves or lots is prohibited for safety reasons of our lawn mowing equipment.
• Please do not use artificial flowers; the wires entangle in the mowing equipment.
• Please do NOT leave behind any containers at the grave sites.

• No monuments or markers shall be permitted which utilize colors other than those of natural stone.
• All monuments or markers must be constructed of granite or bronze.
• One monument shall be allowed on a grave (depending on the size) and set in accordance with the general plan of the cemetery and conform with said plan in size no taller than (36) thirty-six inches in height including the base and material unless otherwise approved by the Board of Trustees.
• The bases of all monuments shall be finished true and level to fit on foundations without wedging or sprawls.
• No monument will be allowed to be delivered in the cemetery until the foundation is installed and ready to receive the monument.
• All foundations will be constructed by the Champion Hillside Cemetery.
• All work done in the cemetery shall be done by the cemetery contractors or under the control or with the permission of the trustees.

All lots in the Champion Hillside 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 purpose than as a burial place for dead human beings. No interment shall be allowed without permission obtained from the Champion Hillside Cemetery Association.

Information required at the time of burial

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, names of parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of the deceased.

Funeral arrival

Funerals must be at the cemetery no later than 4 p.m. in order that workmen have sufficient time to close the grave and remove all equipment.

Weather & winter burials

Cemeteries in New York State are required to perform burials on a six-day basis throughout the year. We are exempt however from performing burials in the event of “severe weather conditions” or other similar conditions. In mild winter weather when the ground is not frozen we will accommodate a family’s wishes for burial. In the event of severe weather with a deep frost in the ground or the snow is extremely deep, the cemetery will not be able to make a burial until the weather permits. The weather will determine whether a burial can be done.

Sundays & holidays

Effective February 12, 2007 S.3305. Interments on Sundays and Holidays will be governed by the Cemetery Board Directives 201.8 and 201.12.

Lot owners are prohibited from allowing interments to be made on their lots for compensation. 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 Champion Hillside Cemetery Association by the lot owner(s).

Except as provided for in section 1513(c) of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law, no lot owner may transfer his or her lot outside of the family.

The full purchase price must be received before a deed is issued or a burial is allowed on the lot.

Bodies remaining in the vault

All bodies left in the vault after May 1st will be removed and interred. If not entitled to burial in a family lot, they will be interred in a single grave. The expense of such interment shall be borne by those who caused the body to be placed in the vault. Only such notice shall be given in this case as shall be practical under the circumstances.

Vault & grave liner requirements

Concrete vaults or concrete grave liners will be required for all interments purchased on or after May 23, 2007 for all graves in accordance with the provisions of the Cemetery Board Directive 201.6. If religious reasons prohibit a vault being used an added cost at burial of $200 will be added to cover the refilling the grave and must be approved by the Cemetery Board.

Cremated remains

Cremated remains will not be permitted to be scattered in any part of the cemetery.

The interment of cremated remains will be permitted only in appropriate rigid receptacles such as wood, metal, plastic or concrete.

Permitted combinations per grave

1. One body and one set of cremated remains per grave; or
2. Two cremated remains per grave; or
3. One infant and one full body per grave.