A. Interments:
1. Interments and disinterments are to be completed by Ogden City personnel only.
2. Funeral orders must come from a licensed funeral home, with the exception of cremation burials. A copy of the death certificate is required for all interments, cremation burials and disinterments.
3. In accordance with subsection 6-3-3D of the Ogden municipal code, green burials are not allowed in the Ogden City Cemetery.
4. Ogden City reserves the right to correct any and all interment errors, up to and including, the moving of vaults to the correct location.
5. One adult vault per grave space is allowed.
6. Aboveground burials and/or burials inside headstones or as part of a headstone are prohibited.
B. Flowers And Grave Decorations:
1. Ogden City reserves the right to maintain perpetual care provisions. Pending interference with maintenance of cemetery grounds, temporary floral arrangements and grave decorations are permitted. Private plantings are not permitted in the cemetery. Ogden City reserves the right to remove any and all floral decorations, private plantings, shrubs, trees, or plants placed in the turf areas of the cemetery.
2. Flowers associated with funeral services will be removed by Ogden City personnel one week following the funeral service. Weathered or unsightly grave decorations, and arrangements or decorations interfering with maintenance of cemetery grounds, will be removed by Ogden City personnel.
3. Weather permitting, Ogden City will perform a complete removal of all floral arrangements and grave decorations in March and June of each year. Shepherd's hooks and other temporary floral decorations will remain in place so long as they are situated immediately adjacent to the headstone marker.
4. Ogden City reserves the right to prevent the removal of trees, shrubs, and plants.
C. Headstones:
1. Upright markers are allowed in the cemetery with the exception of the Memorial Park section.
2. Minimum height of a headstone or grave marker is a six inch (6") concrete border on all sides. During the course of interment or disinterment, moving of monuments, headstones, and bench markers is the responsibility of family of the deceased.
3. Bench style headstones are permitted with permission of the Ogden City Cemetery sexton or his or her designee. Bench style headstones must be made of stone, rock, or granite, must be a maximum of two (2) pieces excluding the base, and may not include a back. Dimensions of the marker may not exceed fifty inches (50") length on a double grave, twenty five inches (25") on a single grave and may not exceed twenty four inches (24") height and depth. A continuous, unbroken six inch (6") concrete base border must be attached to the bench prior to placement.
4. Permanent copings, rock beds, shrubs, trees, flowers and other foliage are prohibited in the mow strip and will be removed if preventing perpetual care provisions.
5. All permanent headstones, benches and other grave markers must be manufactured by a licensed monument company or supplier and may only be made of stone, rock, granite, or bronze. All stones placed in the cemetery must be manufactured off site. On site mixing or pouring of concrete is prohibited. Statues and other structures may not be attached to headstones in the Memorial Park section of the cemetery.
6. Vases and vase holders must be placed separately and are prohibited from being included with the headstone, marker or concrete border.
7. Existing grave markers are grandfathered and are not subject to removal or replacement unless necessary for convenience or hazard. In the event of such removal for convenience or hazard, the new marker may be returned as originally constructed. Any replacement of existing markers must be approved by Ogden City Cemetery personnel.
8. Care and maintenance of headstones and grave markers is the responsibility of the family of the deceased.
9. Ogden City reserves the right to prohibit the placement of any headstone, bench, or monument that does not comply with this policy. All work within the cemetery must be preapproved by cemetery personnel. (Eff. 4-21-2016)