(a) Council will use reasonable care in engaging competent and experienced cemetery employees and in seeing that they do their work with customary carefulness, but it hereby disclaims any responsibility or liability for accident or damage to headstones, vases and monuments resulting from ordinary hazards of cemetery work, nor does it assume any liability for accident to persons or property due to defects of machinery, implements, tools and equipment used in cemetery work.
(b) Grave surfaces shall be kept level with the surrounding terrain.
(c) Subject to the approval of the Board of Cemetery Trustees, the planting of shrubs and flowers will be permitted on cemetery lots. Any planting made in violation of this rule may be removed without notice. It is advisable to make the necessary arrangements at the cemetery before planting material is purchased.
(d) The Board may direct that any work done within cemetery grounds for remuneration be performed by cemetery employees, under its supervision.
(e) If any tree or shrub standing on any lot, by means of its roots, branches or otherwise, becomes detrimental, dangerous or inconvenient to adjacent lots or walks, or if it becomes unsightly, the Board shall remove such tree or shrub, or any portion thereof, as it judges best.
(f) No person shall remove turf for a flower bed or other purpose without first obtaining the Board's permission.
(g) The cemetery will maintain, as nearly as may be practical, the planting of trees and shrubs that are contained in the landscaping and general background of the cemetery, but does not undertake to maintain plantings or original growth of trees and shrubs on individual lots.
(h) No fence, hedge, enclosure or curbing of any kind will be allowed on burial lots.
(i) Glassware, cans, crockery, boxes, baskets, shells or watering pots left on graves or lots are detrimental to the appearance of the cemetery and the Board shall remove such articles from the graves and lots. (Ord. 1024. Passed 6-22-72.)
(j) No person shall deposit debris, rubbish or any other waste material of any kind anywhere within cemetery limits. (Ord. 13-012. Passed 4-17-13.)
(k) An order for special work in anticipation of Memorial Day must reach the Board not later than May 1.
(l) Undertakers and others, on entering and while in the cemetery, will be under the control and subject to the direction of the Board or its designees.
(Ord. 1024. Passed 6-22-72.)