A. Authority To Regulate; Procedure:
1. The city council may promulgate by resolution such additional rules and regulations concerning the care, use, operation and maintenance of the cemetery as it shall deem necessary.
2. The mayor may, from time to time as the city council deems necessary, direct and publish a booklet of rules and regulations for the convenience of the purchasers of lots in the city cemetery. Such rules and regulations shall constitute a part of the terms and conditions under which owners and users may utilize the cemetery and shall form a supplement to this chapter after they have been adopted as official by resolution of the city council.
3. Any changes in the rules and regulations shall be adopted by the city council before such changes shall be official. (1980 Code § 8-237)
B. Lots Sold: Every lot or single grave sold is subject to rules and regulations that have been or may be adopted. The rules and regulations shall be subject to such changes as are found necessary for the protection of lot owners, the remains of the dead and the preservation of the cemetery. (1980 Code § 8-227)
C. Traffic Control:
1. The provisions of the city traffic ordinances relative to the operation of vehicles and conduct of pedestrians shall be in effect in the cemetery, except as herein otherwise modified by this chapter.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to ride or drive within the city cemetery at a speed greater than five (5) miles per hour. (1980 Code § 8-230)
D. Children: Children under the age of sixteen (16) years shall not be allowed in cemeteries unless accompanied by their parents or other adults, except for the purposes of attending authorized funerals or, in the company of adults, placing flowers on the grave of a deceased relative or friend, or performing any other customary evidence of respect in accordance with their religious principles. (1980 Code § 8-231; amd. 2002 Code)
E. Animals: No animal shall be allowed in any cemetery, except in the confines of a vehicle and must be at all times retained within the confines of said vehicle while the vehicle remains in the cemetery. (1980 Code § 8-232)
F. Decorum: Cemetery grounds are sacredly devoted to the interment and repose of the dead. Strict observance of decorum due such a place shall be required of all persons. (1980 Code § 8-233)
G. Errors In Opening Graves: Under no circumstances will the city assume responsibilities for errors in opening graves when orders are given by telephone. (1980 Code § 8-229)
H. Religious And Fraternal Organizations: The city may contract with religious and fraternal organizations to designate a reasonable portion of the cemetery in which burials may be restricted to members of such religious and fraternal organizations and their families. (1980 Code § 8-226)