CHAPTER 97: MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
Section
General Provisions
   97.001   Definitions
   97.002   Scope
   97.003   Exemptions and amendments
   97.004   Enforcement
   97.005   Statements of sales agents
   97.006   Use of guards and responsibility of damage
   97.007   Charge for unusual repairs necessitated by acts of God and the like
   97.008   Change in address of plot owners
   97.009   Design and construction of memorials
   97.010   Admission
   97.011   Consent required for opening of caskets
   97.012   Roadways and replatting
Interments and Disinterments
   97.030   Compliance with applicable law
   97.031   Permit and general regulations
   97.032   Removal for profit prohibited
   97.033   Relocation allowed
   97.034   Opening of plot
   97.035   Errors in placement
   97.036   Responsibility for permits and embalming
   97.037   Payment required
   97.038   One body per plot
   97.039   Purchase and transfer of interment rights
Control of Plot Work and Decoration
   97.055   Work to be done by town
   97.056   Floral regulations
   97.057   Removal of floral frames
   97.058   Removal of misplaced articles
   97.059   Plants
   97.060   Design and construction of plot boarders
Public Conduct
   97.075   Use of walkways required
   97.076   Trespassing prohibited
   97.077   Flowers, animals and the like
   97.078   Loitering prohibited
   97.079   Disorderly conduct
   97.080   Rubbish
   97.081   Automobiles
   97.082   Notices and advertisements
   97.083   Pets
   97.084   Hours open
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 97.001 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context indicates or requires a different meaning.
   CEMETERY. The burial park for earth interments.
   GRAVE. A space of ground in a burial park used, or intended to be used, for burial.
   INTERMENT. The disposition of human remains by burial.
   MEMORIAL. A marker, tablet, headstone or tombstone name plate.
   MONUMENT. A memorial of concrete, granite or other approved stone that extends above the surface of the lawn.
   PLOT. Space in the cemetery used, or intended to be used, for the interment of human remains. The term includes and applies to one or more than one adjoining grave.
   TOWN. Includes the staff representing Florence Memorial Park.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-101) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
§ 97.002 SCOPE.
   This chapter applies to the municipal cemetery.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-102)
§ 97.003 EXEMPTIONS AND AMENDMENTS.
   The town may provide an exemption from this chapter for all interments, headstones, plot borders and plantings in existence prior to February 5, 1990, and may amend or repeal this chapter.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-103) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
§ 97.004 ENFORCEMENT.
   The Chief of Police and the Director of Public Works and other employees as the town may designate, may enforce all rules and regulations and exclude from the cemetery any person in violation of the cemetery rules. The town and its designated employees shall have charge of the grounds and buildings and at all times shall have supervision and control of all persons in the cemetery, including the conduct of funerals, traffic, employees, plot owners and visitors.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-104) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
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