A. No person owning a burial right in the city cemetery or any person or firm selling headstones to persons owning burial rights in the cemetery shall plant, grade or do any work in the cemetery except by written authority had and obtained from the city recorder or sexton. The city council shall, by resolution, designate the type of headstones, grade of ground, plantings and other improvements which may be permitted in the city cemetery. No headstone of any kind shall be placed in or on a lot on which perpetual care has not been paid for, and it shall be the duty of the sexton to see that no such headstones of any kind are placed in the cemetery where perpetual care is maintained, except where permission is first had and obtained. In no event shall any headstone be placed in the cemetery unless the headstone is constructed with a four inch (4") to six inch (6") plate extending horizontally from the base of the headstone and may not be wider than forty inches (40") for a single grave or eighty inches (80") for a double grave in order that maintenance of the cemetery may be facilitated. One headstone is allowed per person, per grave; military footnotes are the only exception. No person shall place headstones during the months of December through March and one week prior to, during or one week following Memorial Day. Unauthorized placement of headstones will be subject to removal. (Ord. 2015-21, 7-7-2015)
B. Any person that purchases a headstone to be placed in the cemetery bears all responsibility for any damage that may occur after being placed in the cemetery. This includes potential damage from the operation of cemetery equipment, vandalism, vault and headstone companies, accidents, acts of nature, etc. Headstones are placed at your own risk. The city is not responsible for damage to any item placed on a headstone such as flower stands, wire baskets, decorations or anything placed on headstones that could potentially be damaged.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to be buried in the cemetery unless the casket is placed in a city approved vault made of concrete or another material that has similar structural properties as concrete. No wood shall be used in the construction of any part of any vault. Exceptions to the provision of this section may be granted for infant or cremation burials only. In such instances, the design and construction of the burial vault shall be approved by the city. (Ord. 2014-31, 8-5-2014)