(a) A person desiring to purchase a grave or crypt should visit the cemetery. Cemetery personnel will aid the purchaser in making a selection.
(b) No grave or crypt shall be used for any purpose other than for the burial of a deceased human being. Vaults meeting the approval of the City Manager or his designee, must be used for all interments, except for burial of ashes.
(c) Only one monument, except in the Memorial Sections of the cemetery, is allowed per grave. The monument shall be placed at the head of the grave. Footstones may be added if the footstone is installed flush with the ground. If a family lot is purchased, footstones may be installed above ground at the discretion of the City Manager or his designee.
(d) A maximum of two grave identification markers are allowed per grave; either (1) a monument and a footstone; or (2) two footstones.
(e) Government markers may be placed on graves of eligible veterans per Federal regulations.
(f) All monuments shall be set upon a foundation installed by the City per the fee set by Section 921.02. The foundation will not be installed by the City until the soil has properly settled following the burial. The City Manager or his designee shall determine when a monument may be placed within the Cemetery.
(g) The City Manager or his designee shall have the authority to remove any and all broken monuments, memorial stones, or grave markers from the graves and place them in storage. Broken monuments will be kept in storage by the City for one year, and if not claimed by the heirs within that time, the broken pieces will be disposed of.
(h) Monuments, memorial stones and grave markers are not the property of the City and their maintenance and repair are the responsibility of the lot owner or heir.
(Ord. A-2566. Passed 5-27-08; Ord. A-2657. Passed 9-13-10.)