(a) Purpose and definition. In order to protect cemetery areas within the village from injury, damage, or desecration, these regulations are enacted. The term CEMETERY as hereinafter used in this section shall include all cemetery property, grounds, equipment, and structures, both privately and publicly owned, which are located within the village.
(b) Authority to establish rules and regulations. The cemetery property owner shall have the authority to establish reasonable rules and regulations to regulate and govern the operation of any cemetery in accordance with state law and this code of ordinances. The cemetery property owner shall reserve the right to prohibit and regulate the planting or placement of any flowers, plants, vines, shrubs, trees, flower pots, urns, or other objects on cemetery property. Placements of any such plantings, containers, or objects shall be in accordance with established regulations of the cemetery property owner.
(c) Specific regulations.
(1) Disturbing cemetery property. No person shall cut, remove, damage, or carry away any flowers, plants, vines, shrubs, or trees from any cemetery lot or property except the owner of the cemetery lot or a person with the cemetery lot owner’s consent or any cemetery employee or representative engaged in official cemetery duties for the cemetery owner; nor shall any person without proper authority remove, deface, mark, or damage in any manner any cemetery markers, headstones, monuments, fences, or structures; nor shall any person without proper authority remove, damage, or destroy any vases, flower pots, urns, or other objects which have been placed on any cemetery lot; nor shall any person move or remove any cemetery equipment without the owner’s consent.
(2) Protection of cemetery property. No person shall trap in any cemetery without specific written authorization or the owner; nor shall any person kill, injure, or disturb, or attempt to injure or disturb, any animals, birds, or waterfowl, wild or domestic, within any cemetery in any manner except as provided by this code of ordinances; nor shall any person climb any tree, break, cut down, trample upon, remove, or in any manner injure, deface, write upon, or in any manner damage any tree, shrub, flower, flower bed, turf, grassy area, soil, building, structure, equipment, official notice, sign, or other property within any cemetery. No picnic, parties, or similar gatherings are permitted.
(3) Motor vehicles. Motor vehicles are restricted to the roads and drives and parking areas. Except for authorized maintenance vehicles, no person shall operate an unlicensed or licensed motorized vehicle on any cemetery property outside of areas specifically designated as parking areas or areas where the operation of such vehicles is specifically permitted. It shall be unlawful for a person to engage in any off-roadway operation of a motorized vehicle on cemetery property without the owner’s consent.
(4) Speed limit. No person shall operate any motorized vehicle in any cemetery in excess of 15 miles per hour unless otherwise posted.
(5) Parking. No person, without the owner’s consent, shall park any motor vehicle in any cemetery on any grassy or seeded area, or upon any location except a designated parking area; nor shall any person park a motor vehicle on cemetery property for any purpose except engaging in official cemetery business. Any unlawfully parked motor vehicle may be towed or removed by the cemetery property owner at the vehicle owner’s expense.
(6) Littering prohibited. No person shall litter, dump, or deposit any rubbish, refuse, earth, or other material in any cemetery without the owner’s consent.
(7) Pets. Pets, including animals of any species, and horses are prohibited in any cemetery.
(8) Sound devices. No person shall operate or play any amplifying system or sound device in any cemetery without the owner’s consent.
(9) Authorized notices. No person shall post, paste, fasten, paint, or attach any placard, bill, notice, sign, or advertising matter upon any structure, tree, or other natural object in any cemetery, except cemetery regulations and other signs authorized by the owner. No person shall remove, deface, or damage in any manner any official sign or notice posted in any cemetery.
(10) Loitering prohibited. No person shall loiter or cause a nuisance or engage in any sport or exercise on any cemetery property without the owner’s consent.
(11) Alcoholic beverages prohibited. No person shall consume or have in his or her possession any open container containing an alcohol beverage upon any cemetery property within the village unless the property is specifically named as being part of a licensed premises.
(12) Play vehicles prohibited. No person shall operate or make use of a play vehicle upon any cemetery property without the owner’s consent. As used in this section, a play vehicle shall mean any coaster, skateboard, roller skates, sled, toboggan, unicycle, or toy vehicle upon which a person may ride.
(13) Presence after hours prohibited. No person shall be present upon any cemetery property without the owner’s consent during posted hours when the cemetery is not open to the public.
(Prior Code, § 11-3-4)