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(A) The Town Clerk shall be notified at least two working days (exclusive of holidays) before a funeral, unless the service is for an immediate burial request.
(B) No lot or grave shall be opened, closed, filled, sodded or revegetated, except by town employees, under the direction of the Town Manager or designee.
(C) No burial of the remains of other than the immediate family of the owner of the lot shall be permitted until a signed written notice is filed by the owner, his or her heirs or his or her assignees in the office of the Town Clerk.
(D) One casket may be interred in each lot. Instead of a single casket, up to four cremains may be interred in a single space. In divisions (F) through (J) below, one cremains can be added to a lot with an existing casket, but those cremains must be those of an immediate family member, which for the purposes of this chapter must be a spouse, parent or child of the occupant within the casket.
(E) No animals shall be buried in the cemetery.
(F) No disinterments shall be allowed without permission of the state in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations, and without the permission of the owner of the lot or the surviving next of kin of the deceased. If the consent of such persons cannot be obtained, an order of the County Court shall be sufficient.
(G) Arrangements for disinterment shall be made with the Town Manager. No disinterment shall be made, except by town employees or as otherwise provided for by law.
(H) The town shall not be liable for any injury or damage, including, but not limited to, damage to monuments, markers, caskets, liners and vegetation for a disinterment.
(I) All caskets and urns will be enclosed in an approved concrete, stone or fiberglass outer burial container.
(J) No burials will be permitted on Sunday or holidays without the prior approval of the town or on the recommendation of the state’s Department of Public Health and Environment Department.
(Prior Code, § 360.4) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015) Penalty, see § 95.999
(A) Every grave shall be marked with a permanent marker or monument.
(B) No marker or monumental work shall be permitted on weekends or holidays without prior approval of the Town Manager.
(C) The Town Manager shall be notified four days before a monument or marker is placed on lot(s) to allow sufficient time for the gravesite(s) to be located.
(D) The town shall assume no responsibility for the correct location of any monument or marker, and any changes resulting from incorrect placement will be made at the lot owner’s or monument firm’s expense.
(E) Monument and marker firms or installers shall be held responsible for any damage done by them to other monuments, markers, grass, trees, walkways, roads and the like in the cemetery.
(F) All monuments and markers shall be constructed of marble, bronze, granite or other permanent materials specifically approved by the town.
(G) All monuments and markers shall be set at the head of the lot.
(H) Vertical or ground level monuments and markers will be allowed herein, as they are developed.
(I) Vases included on flat, ground level monuments and markers, shall be of the “flip down”, inverted, type construction to facilitate flush consistency with the monument or marker when inverted.
(J) Only one monument or marker will be allowed for each lot, even if more than one cremains exists in said lot.
(K) No lot shall be marked or defined by any fence, coping, railing, hedge or embankment, nor shall any lot be filled above the established grade.
(L) The use of tiles, bricks, gravel, crushed rock, shells or other similar materials are prohibited.
(M) No monument or marker will be permitted which is cut in the silhouette of dogs, cattle, any animal or any grotesque figure.
(N) A 5-inch concrete platform will surround the edge of the monument or marker.
(Prior Code, § 360.5) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015) Penalty, see § 95.999
(A) (1) Planting of live flowers, bushes or trees of any kind is prohibited on the lot and will be removed by the Public Works Department.
(2) Artificial or fresh cut flowers may be placed on the lot in a metal or plastic vase at any time.
(B) Glass containers are prohibited.
(C) Artificial or fresh cut flower sprays, wreaths and evergreens may be placed on the lot, but must be placed in a location as not to interfere with the routine maintenance of the lot, such as on the marker, monument or concrete platform.
(D) All decorations will be discarded when dead, faded, broken or otherwise in unsightly condition.
(E) Small U.S. flags and memorial flags and military service markers are permitted on the lot.
(F) All other decorations are prohibited.
(Prior Code, § 360.6) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015) Penalty, see § 95.999
The town shall care for and maintain all roads, walks, pathways, grass, ground, shrubbery and improvements in the cemetery; provided, however, that, lot owners are to maintain all monuments and markers erected on their lots.
(Prior Code, § 360.7) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015)
(A) All funerals, upon arrival at the cemetery, shall be under the direct supervision of the Town Manager or designee, which may include other town staff or licensed mortician.
(B) The Town Manager shall not permit the interment or other disposition of any body in the cemetery unless the body is accompanied by a burial, removal or transit permit.
(C) Permits shall be filed with the county of record.
(Prior Code, § 360.8) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015)
(A) Nothing herein shall be construed to affect or alter the rights of persons who, prior to the adoption of this chapter, were interred in the cemetery.
(B) The Town Clerk shall maintain a list of all prior interments, within the limits of reasonably available interment information.
(Prior Code, § 360.9) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015)
The town shall not be liable for any injury or damage to any cadaver, personal effects, monument, marker, landscaping, improvement or other structure or item in the cemetery resulting from any cause beyond its reasonable control.
(Prior Code, § 360.10) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015)
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