A. Injury To Property:
1. It is a class B misdemeanor, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code, for any person to tie or attempt to tie any horse, animal or motor vehicle to any monument, gravestone, tablet, marker, tree, shrub, fence or enclosure on the premises of the cemetery for the purpose of injuring, defacing or attempting the removal of same.
2. It shall be an infraction, subject to penalty as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code, for any person to injure, deface, break, destroy or remove any headstone, tombstone, monument, tree, shrub or any other property in the cemetery. (1979 Code § 8-234; amd. 1998 Code)
B. Landscaping By Private Persons: It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or maintain any fence, corner post, coping or boundary of any kind, to place benches, to plant any shrubs or trees upon any lot or lots, street, alley or walkway in the cemetery or to grade the ground or land thereof without first obtaining approval from the city council and cemetery groundskeeper. The maintenance department shall, whenever required, furnish the true lines of any lots according to official survey, shall prevent and prohibit any markings of the same except by official landmarks, and shall prevent and prohibit any grading thereof that might destroy or interfere with the general slope of the land. (Res. 2002-1, 2-6-2002, eff. 3-1-2002)
C. Placement Of Markers: It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, place or cause to be placed any marker or monument on any lot in the cemetery in violation of the rules and regulations promulgated by the city council regarding the placement, construction and design of all such markers. (1979 Code § 8-236)