a. On any City-owned and/or operated cemetery, it shall be unlawful for any person in any manner to: 1) injure the fence or enclosure of any City-owned and/or operated cemetery; 2) injure any lot enclosure or tombstone material erected at any grave; 3) remove any shrubs, flowers or other things in such cemetery; 4) cut any tree, shrub, post, or in any manner injure same; 5) injure the grass, herbage, streets, walks, ornaments or other things in the cemetery, whether belonging to the City or individuals; 6) trespass upon its bounds; 7) congregate therein for sports or amusements; 8) conduct himself in a boisterous, loud or indecent manner; 9) mistreat any person therein or use profane or indecent language; 10) disturb any burial party or individual being there for a lawful purpose; 11) enter such grounds with refreshments or intoxicating liquors; 12) ride or drive on the grass or pluck any flower, either wild or cultivated, or remove any plant or flower, either growing or with which any grave shall have been decorated, unless done by the owner or family member of such grave; 13) enter the cemetery otherwise than through the regular gate provided for that purpose; or 14) disturb anyone working therein for any legitimate purpose.
b. It shall be prohibited and classified as a civil violation for any owner, keeper or harborer of any domesticated animal to fail to remove any excreta deposited by that animal within any City-owned and/or operated cemeteries. It shall also be prohibited and classified as a civil violation for any owner, keeper or harborer of any domesticated animal to allow or permit such animal to enter any grass area of any City-owned and/or operated cemeteries, except a service animal providing assistance to a person with disabilities may enter any area of the cemeteries.
(Ord. BG80-63, S8-24, 7/15/80; Ord. BG2003-37, 7/1/2003; Ord. BG2005-14, 5/17/2005; Ord. BG2012-7, 4/3/2012; Ord. BG2024-4, 3/19/2024)