(a) All grading, landscaping work, and improvements of any kind, and care of all plantings, trimmings, removals of trees, shrubs, and herbage of any kind and all interments, inurnments, disinterments, disinurnments, and removals at the cemeteries shall be made under the direction of the Village.
(b) No enclosure of any kind, such as a fence, coping, hedge, shrub, bush, or ditch, shall be permitted around any grave. Grave mounds shall not be allowed and no grave shall be raised above the established grade.
(c) The general care of the entire grounds and graves of the cemeteries is assumed by the Village. The Village may assign the oversight and management of the general care of its cemeteries to any of its employees and/or agents ("designee").
(d) The Village or its designee shall direct all improvements within the grounds and upon all graves before, as well as after, interments have been made therein. The Village or its designee shall direct all planting, sodding, surveying, and general improvements.
(e) No person other than the designee or the authorized personnel of the Village shall be allowed to perform any work within the cemeteries without a written permit from the Village.
(f) If any inscription or object is placed on any memorial, monument, or other structure, and it is determined by the Village to be offensive, the Village shall have the right to enter upon such grave to remove, change or correct the offensive inscription or object at the expense of the owner.
(g) No glass objects are permitted on the grounds of the cemeteries.
(h) If any tree, shrub or plant standing upon any grave, by means of its roots, branches, or otherwise, becomes detrimental to adjacent graves or avenues, or if for any other reason its removal is deemed necessary, the Village shall have the right to remove such tree, shrub or plant, or any part thereof, or otherwise correct the condition existing in its sole and absolute discretion.
(i) No person shall pluck or remove any plant or flower, either wild or cultivated from any part of the cemeteries.
(Ord. 2023-51. Passed 9-11-23.)