(A) Rules established. The town owns and operates the town cemetery in accordance with the laws of the state and town. The following rules shall also govern the cemetery and its maintenance, operations and grounds.
(1) Employees of the town are not expected to work on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, except when absolutely necessary in the preservation of order, and as specified in the cemetery rules and regulations. Consequently, funerals on Sundays and holidays will be permitted only in emergencies.
(2) Employees of the town are not permitted to do any work for lot owners except upon order of the Cemetery Superintendent, but are required to be civil and courteous to all visitors.
(3) All fees or charges for services are payable at the Town Clerk’s office as herein stated and patrons of the cemetery are requested not to pay any fee or gratuity to any employee.
(4) Persons within the cemetery shall use only the avenues, roads, walks and alleys, and no one is permitted to walk upon or across lots or lawns unless it be necessary to do so to gain access to one’s own lot. The cemetery expressly disclaims liability for any injuries sustained by anyone violating this rule.
(5) Persons visiting the cemetery or attending funerals are strictly prohibited from picking flowers, wild or cultivated, breaking or injuring any tree, shrub or plant or from writing upon, defacing or injuring any memorial, fence or other structure within the cemetery grounds.
(6) Motor cars and vehicles must be kept under complete control at all times. When meeting a funeral procession, they must stop until the procession passes. They must not pass a funeral procession going in the same direction. Motor cars must not be left with the engine running, and the emergency brakes must be set when the driver is not in his or her seat. Mufflers must not be opened, nor the horn sounded within the cemetery.
(7) The following activities are prohibited:
(a) The driving of motor cars or other vehicles through the gates or in the cemetery at speeds exceeding five miles per hour;
(b) Driving any motor car, vehicle or animal across or upon any grave, lot or lawn or parking or leaving the same thereon;
(c) Parking or leaving any motor car or vehicle on any road or driveway within the cemetery as such location or in such position as to prevent any other car or vehicle from passing the same, and if so parked or left, the management will remove the car or vehicle; and
(d) Making a complete or partial reverse turn of any motor car or vehicle on any road or driveway within the cemetery.
(8) Children under 15 years of age are not permitted within the cemetery, or its buildings, unless accompanied by proper persons to take care of them.
(9) Receptacles for waste materials are located at convenient places; therefore, the throwing of rubbish on the drives and paths, or on any part of the grounds, or in the buildings, is prohibited.
(10) (a) The placing of boxes, shells, toys, metal designs, ornaments, chairs, settees, vases and similar articles upon plots will not be permitted, and, if so placed, the management reserves the right to remove them. The following are exceptions:
1. Memorial Day, when flowers, metal boxes, ornaments, glass vases and similar objects will be allowed; however, they must be removed within three days;
2. On Christmas, when blankets and decorations will be allowed, and they must be removed by January 15; and
3. All other exceptions must be cleared by the Cemetery Superintendent or Town Manager.
(b) Personal property removed by the Town Manager will be retained for 30 days after removal so that property owners may claim their property if they so desire.
(11) It is of the upmost importance that there should be strict observance of the proprieties in the cemetery. Therefore, all persons within the cemetery should avoid conduct unbecoming a sacred place, as follows:
(a) Loud or boisterous talking;
(b) Being about the grounds or in any of the buildings;
(c) Bringing lunches or refreshments into the cemetery or consuming them on the grounds;
(d) Peddling or soliciting the sale of any commodity within the cemetery;
(e) Placing of signs or notices or advertisements of any kind within the cemetery;
(f) Bringing dogs into the cemetery or any of the buildings; and
(g) Bringing firearms into the cemetery except by a military escort accompanying a veteran’s funeral or attending memorial services.
(12) It is the duty of the Town Manager to see that the rules and regulations are complied with and it is his or her duty to see that order is maintained and to protect and promote the best interests of the cemetery. To that end, he or she is authorized to make temporary additional rules which may be needed, from time to time, to meet emergencies which are not covered by these rules and regulations.
(13) Special cases may arise in which the literal enforcement of a rule may impose unnecessary hardship. The Town Manager, therefore, is given the necessary powers to make exceptions, suspensions, or modifications of any of these rules and regulations, without notice, when in the judgment of the Town Manager such action appears necessary; and such temporary exception, suspension or modification shall in no way be construed as affecting the general application of such rules and regulations.
(Prior Code. § 11-203)
(B) Enforcement of rules. The town is hereby empowered to enforce all rules and regulations and to exclude from the cemetery any person violating the same. The town shall have charge of the grounds and buildings, including the conduct of funerals, traffic, employees, plot owners and visitors and at all times shall have supervision and control of all persons in the cemetery.
(Prior Code, § 11-209)