(a) The grade of all cemetery grounds shall be established by the Village. The Director of Public Service shall, as nearly as practicable, bring the surface of all cemetery lots, graves or burial spaces to the existing established grades.
(b) No interment may be made unless the body or remains is accompanied by a burial permit.
(c) The location of burial spaces upon a cemetery lot shall be designated by the Director of Public Service.
(d) Monuments, monumental urns, headstones and flush markers shall be set with reasonable uniformity of and as to line, grade and setting. To maintain such uniformity the Director of Public Service is authorized to enter upon any cemetery lot, grave, or burial space to reset any such structure at the expense of the Village.
(e) No monument, headstone or flush marker shall be placed nearer than three (3) inches to each burial space lot line except when monuments, headstones, or flush marker are placed side by side. The Director of Public Service may permit a monument, headstone, or flush marker to be centered over more than one burial space only if the burial spaces are owned by the same owner of record.
(f) Only one (1) monument, headstone or flush marker, and one pillow stone may be placed upon any one (1) burial space. No monument, headstone or marker shall exceed seventy-two (72) inches in height and shall be four (4) to twelve (12) inches (from front to back). In the case of a military headstone the same guidelines will be followed as for all other headstones. If a headstone already exists at a burial space, a military foot stone may be added to the grave in lieu of a pillow stone, The location, size and inscription of any headstone or marker shall first be approved by the Director of Public Service.
(g) Raised or flush headstones or markers shall conform to the requirements of subsections (e) and (f) of this section.
(Ord. 45-2022. Passed 12-14-22.)