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(A) The town may charge additional fees for winter burials.
(B) If a winter burial cannot occur due to inclement weather, frozen ground or similar condition, the deceased person may be kept in winter storage until a spring burial can occur. Written permission by the next of kin or authorized agent must be obtained prior to winter storage . All such winter storage costs shall be paid by the estate of the deceased person or the person's next of kin.
(C) No winter burials shall occur without the prior consent of the town.
(Ord. 2023-06, passed 4-19-2023)
(A) Flowerpots, urns and grave blankets may be placed and maintained at the headstones of graves no earlier than May 1 and must be removed no later than October 1 of each year. Decorations will be permitted for holidays falling outside of these dates , but only for one week prior and one week following the holiday. Veteran flags and flag holders shall be governed by the Veteran's Administration rules and guidelines.
(B) All ornamental items must be placed on the monument or foundation. One shepherds' hook is allowed per gravesite so long as it is in line with the foundation.
(C) Items that hinder the free use of a lawn mower, other gardening apparatus, or are determined as inconvenient or hazardous to the groundskeeper are prohibited. Items not allowed include but are not limited to aggregate, gravel, boarders, bricks, glass, fencing, trellises, and artificial lawn or garden ornaments such as artificial animals, pottery, statues, and the like.
(D) The Town Council reserves the right to remove any items which become litter on any plots. This also applies to the removal of old flowers, plants or shrubberies that have not been maintained.
(E) No grading, leveling, or excavating within a cemetery shall be allowed without the prior permission of the Town Council. Furthermore, no tree, shrub, landscaping or similar plantings shall occur without the prior permission of the Town Council.
(F) No flowers, shrubs, trees or vegetation of any type shall be planted outside of an urn. Any of the foregoing items planted without town approval will be removed by the town.
(G) The Town Council reserves the right to remove or trim any existing trees, plants or shrubs located within a cemetery in the interest of maintaining proper appearance and the use of the cemetery.
(H) The town shall have the right and authority to remove and dispose of any and all growth, emblems, displays, containers and other items that through decay, deterioration, damage or otherwise become or are unsightly, a source of litter or a maintenance problem.
(I) Surfaces other than earth or sod are prohibited.
(J) All refuse of any kind or nature including, but not limited to, dried flowers, wreaths, paper and plastic flower containers must be removed from the cemetery within ten days after a burial.
(K) No glass containers or items are allowed.
(L) Except for markers, memorials, flowers, and urns expressly allowed by this chapter, and veteran flags as authorized by law, no other item (including, but not limited to, ornaments, signs, trellises, statues, benches, landscaping, bricks, stones, grave border materials or other structures) shall be installed or maintained within Maple Grove Cemetery; nor shall any grading, digging, mounding or similar alteration of the ground or earth occur except as authorized by this chapter or by the town.
(Ord. 2023-06, passed 4-19-2023)
Every person who enters, remains in and travels within Maple Grove Cemetery does so at their own risk. The town is not responsible for any injury, accident or other calamity that might occur to any person present in Maple Grove Cemetery. Furthermore, the town is not responsible for any damage or vandalism to, theft of or deterioration of any burial monument, headstone, flower urn or other item placed at or near a cemetery plot, burial site or anywhere in Maple Grove Cemetery. The purchaser or transferee of any cemetery plot or the equivalent (and all subsequent transferees, assigns, heirs, or beneficiaries) hereby releases, waives, indemnifies and holds harmless the town for, from and against any injury, damages, causes of action, claims, costs and expenses associated with, relating to and/or involving the cemetery plot or similar right, any headstone, monument or similar items, and any matter related to the cemetery involved. Such waiver, release and hold harmless provision shall apply not only to the town, but any town employee, officer, official or agent.
(Ord. 2023-06, passed 4-19-2023)
Cemetery plots or burial spaces that have been sold and have remained vacant for 40 years or more from the date of their sale shall automatically revert to the town upon the occurrence of the following events:
(A) Notice shall be sent by the Clerk-Treasurer by first-class mail to the last known address of the last owner of record informing him/her of the expiration of the 40-year period and that all rights with respect to said plots or spaces will be forfeited if he/she does not affirmatively indicate in writing to the Town Clerk-Treasurer within 60 days from the date of mailing of such notice of his/her desire to retain such burial rights; and
(B) No written response to said notice indicating a desire to retain the cemetery plots or burial spaces in question is received by the Clerk-Treasurer from the last owner of record of said plots or spaces, or his/her heirs or legal representative, within 60 days from the date of mailing of said notice.
(Ord. 2023-06, passed 4-19-2023)
The Clerk-Treasurer shall maintain records concerning all burials, cemetery plots, issuance of burial permits and any other records of the town related to the Maple Grove Cemetery, and the same shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable business hours.
(Ord. 2023-06, passed 4-19-2023)
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