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(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)
The interment of any deceased person within the corporate limits of the town, except in the duly authorized cemetery by authorized personnel of the town, is prohibited.
(Prior Code, § 360.11) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015) Penalty, see § 95.999
(A) The cemetery shall be open to the public from sunrise to sunset.
(B) Visitors are reminded that the grounds are sacredly devoted to the interment of the dead, and that strict observance to appropriate decorum will be required of all.
(C) The Chief of Police, or the Chief’s designee, is authorized to limit the access of those wishing to express opinions of descent to a specific event as provided in C.R.S. § 18-9-108.
(D) No person or persons shall be allowed to desecrate the cemetery by removing, destroying or defacing the flowers, shrubs, trees, monuments, markers or anything or object placed therein for the beautification of the cemetery; or by allowing any livestock and domestic animals to gain access to the cemetery.
(E) Taking flowers, unless those from next of kin, is strictly prohibited.
(F) Visitors must keep vehicles only on designated roadways.
(G) The town shall have the right to refuse any portion of any parcel of the cemetery for the use of any specific person or activity. No advertisement of any form will be permitted in the cemetery, only discreet informational tags of service rendered in dimensions of no more than two inches by three inches.
(Prior Code, § 360.12) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015) Penalty, see § 95.999
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