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The grounds of the Union City Cemetery are sacredly devoted to the interment of the human dead. It is with this purpose that the following rules and regulations are established for the government of the grounds of the Union City Cemetery. The Director or his or her authorized designee shall demand strict observance of these regulations to promote the decorum which should characterize such a place.
(A) No person shall operate a vehicle within the cemetery grounds at a speed in excess of ten miles per hour.
(B) No person shall permit a dog or other pet to run loose within the cemetery grounds.
(C) No person shall leave animal waste on the cemetery grounds.
(D) No person shall use or be under the influence of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs of any kind within the Union City Cemetery grounds.
(E) No persons carrying a firearm shall be permitted on the cemetery grounds except law enforcement officers and those authorized to conduct military funerals.
(F) No person shall change the grade of any burial site.
(G) No person shall leave any glass containers of any kind on the cemetery grounds.
(H) No person shall leave or employ another person to leave landscaping stone, timbers or landscape lighting or edgings at any burial site.
(I) No one shall be in the Union City Cemetery after dark.
(J) No person shall install or employ another person to install any monument foundation without the specific authorization of the Director or his or her designee. All monument foundations are to be installed by persons selected and authorized by the Director or his or her authorized designee.
(K) No person shall leave or install a homemade marker.
(L) No person shall leave decoration of any kind on the portion of the site that is mowed; however, this shall not apply to decorations left at a burial lot between May 20 and June 15 of a given year.
(M) No person shall leave any vase, urn, statue or other personal property with a height greater than 36 inches.
(N) If a grave site is unmarked, one of the following may be placed there:
(1) Temporary cross.
(2) Urn with flowers.
(3) An appropriate statue.
None of the above shall be more than 36 inches high and must be removed when a permanent marker is placed.
(O) No person shall place boxes, shelves, toys, metal designs, chairs, ornaments, settees, pumpkins, Easter eggs, Christmas trees or other such items on burial lots.
(P) No person shall dig at the grave site or plant trees, shrubs, flowers or any other growing thing. All plantings made in violation of this rule will be removed and the lot will be reseeded as necessary without notice.
(Q) No person shall place a shepherd's hook at a grave site unless it is placed against the monument or over the monument and not in the path of mowing. Hooks must be maintained and kept straightened. Hooks that do not meet these requirements will be tagged, removed from the lot and kept for 60 days. Hooks that are not claimed after 60 days will be discarded.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Temporary marker. At time of interment, a temporary marker shall be placed on the grave for identification purposes. This temporary marker consists of the decedent's name, year of birth, and year of death. This marker shall be returned to the Union City Cemetery office upon installation of a permanent monument. This temporary marker is not designed for continued re-use and is the property of the Union City Cemetery and, as such, is not to be sold, given away or otherwise removed from the cemetery grounds.
(B) Monument Order. Any person desiring to have a monument or foundation placed in the cemetery shall complete and submit a monument order specifying the size of the foundation required and describing the monument to be placed, in detail, with the dimensions and design of that monument specifically described. Any words or pictures to be added on the monument shall also be described in detail.
(C) Fees. All fees required by this chapter shall be paid prior to the commencement of work on the placement of the foundation or monument.
(D) Installation. Foundations and monuments may be installed by the following:
(1) Cemetery staff. The Union City Cemetery staff reserves the right to prepare and pour foundations for monuments upon authorization of the Director or designated representative.
(2) Monument companies. Monument companies with worker's compensation insurance, and general liability insurance certificates on file with the City Clerk may be authorized to install foundations and monuments at the discretion of the Director or his or her authorized designee upon issuance of a specific permit for this purpose. It is the responsibility of the company installing the foundation and monument to meet the standard of performance for work of this nature in the industry, as well as the requirements of this chapter. The Director or his or her authorized designee has the right to reject the installation of a foundation or a monument that is not properly installed and to require that the foundation or monument be removed and installed correctly. Costs of the removal of foundation or monument, as well as the costs of reinstallation, are the responsibility of the person, firm or corporation installing the foundation or monument or the person hiring the work done.
(E) Monument placement. The monuments shall be placed centered on the grave. The monument must be located on the grave of the decedent named on the monument, with the exception of memorials. Memorial monuments may be permitted; however, placement of such a monument constitutes the usage of a grave site.
(F) Monument restrictions. The Director or his or her designated representative has the sole discretion to approve or reject any monuments presented for placement on the cemetery grounds that are not consistent with the stated purpose of providing a sacred place for the repose of human remains within the cemetery.
(1) Any monument, effigy, inscription or structure determined to be offensive, improper, or injurious to the surrounding grounds shall be corrected or removed.
(2) The Director or designated representative and the Park and Cemetery Advisory Board shall have the right to review all monument design, composition, and size, in view of the burial lot location, to determine whether or not the proposed monument fits within the existing plan of that area.
(3) Sections of the cemetery grounds may be designated and reserved by the Park and Cemetery Advisory Board for specific types of monuments.
(4) One monument is permitted on a grave location. One monument shall be placed in the two foot head space of the grave and centered upon the grave or graves.
(a) When using infant pillow marker monuments, two markers may be placed in the same foundation, providing the border restrictions are met.
(b) Military plaques shall be installed flush with the ground, in a foundation, and centered upon the grave or affixed to the back of an upright monument on the grave.
(c) Large family lot monuments shall require additional grave purchases for the sole purpose of placement for the oversized monument. The monument must be centered on the grave or graves.
(d) Designated section restrictions shall apply to monument placement, dependent on the size of the monument.
(5) All monuments shall be sealed with an adhesive setting compound. This includes a monument fitted directly onto a foundation as well as a monument to a hearth and then to a foundation. Additional requirements may be implemented when necessary to secure a specific monument given the weather and the nature of the materials involved.
(G) Vases.
(1) Vases must be installed by a monument company that has a certificate of worker's compensation insurance and general liability insurance on file with the Clerk of the City, and is otherwise approved by the Director or his or her designee.
(2) Vases shall be installed as prescribed below in the following specified locations in the cemetery:
(a) Vases permanently affixed onto hearths only.
(b) Vases shall be installed in foundations only.
(c) Existing vases in foundations may remain in the closed section; however, placement of new vases in these sections shall be in conformity with this chapter, which requires that all new vases must be installed on a hearth.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Defined. An infant includes any child under the age of three years old or under three feet in length.
(B) Location. Infants may be interred in one of two sections; Baby Section (smaller five x five foot graves) or in any available regular size grave in the cemetery.
(C) Interments. Only one interment shall be permitted per grave.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Disinterments shall be performed on weekdays at the convenience of the Director or his or her designated representative. It is the responsibility of the mortuary or funeral home involved to contact all persons that could contest the disinterment prior to applying for a disinterment permit at the local County Health Department.
(B) A casket disinterment permit from the Coroner of Randolph County or a court order shall be presented to the Director or his or her designee prior to commencing work on the disinterment.
(C) No disinterment shall proceed without the presence of the following persons:
(1) Director of the Union City Cemetery or designated representative; Funeral Director;
(2) Any other person required under the disinterment permit.
(D) An ash disinterment does not require a permit or witnesses.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10) Penalty, see § 10.99