[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.400), 5-18-1992]
There is hereby created a Board consisting of four (4) members
thereof known as the "Dexter Cemetery Board".
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.410), 5-18-1992]
Said Board shall consist of four (4) members, two (2) of which
shall be members of the Board of Aldermen of this City and two (2)
shall be citizens of the City of Dexter.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.420), 5-18-1992]
The two (2) members of said Board who are Aldermen of this City
shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years and said term shall
be staggered and shall serve until their terms expire or their successors
have been appointed. The two (2) members of said Board who shall be
citizens of the City shall serve terms of four (4) years and said
terms shall be staggered.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.430), 5-18-1992]
Said members shall be appointed by the Mayor of this City and
such appointments shall be approved by a majority vote of the Board
of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.440), 5-18-1992]
Said Board shall have the supervision and control over the management
and affairs of the Dexter Cemetery and shall have the power to promulgate
rules and regulations for the management, upkeep, control and operation
thereof, subject to the will of the Board of Aldermen of this City.
The revenue from the sales of graves and grave openings shall be deposited
to the general fund account and all disbursements shall be made from
the City of Dexter Street Department.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.450), 5-18-1992]
Said Board may organize by its selecting one (1) of its members
to act as President or Chairman and one (1) member of said Board as
Secretary who shall keep the minutes and records of the proceedings
of said Board. The City Treasurer shall act as its Treasurer. All
checks drawn against the Cemetery Fund aforesaid shall be signed by
the President and countersigned by the Treasurer.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.470), 5-18-1992]
All tombstones erected and installed in the City Cemetery in
the City of Dexter, Missouri, shall have footings of not less than
four (4) inches in height and shall be buried so that the top of such
footings shall not extend above the surface of the ground.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.480), 5-18-1992]
It shall be unlawful for any person to bury a casket in a permanent
concrete or metal exterior container, the design of which has been
previously approved by the Cemetery Committee of the City of Dexter,
Missouri.
[Ord. No. 3591 §§1 —
2(26.490), 5-18-1992; Ord. No. 3706 §1, 7-18-1994]
It shall be unlawful for any person to plant trees, shrubs or
flowers or erect fences or any structure other than a headstone or
a foot marker at the Dexter City Cemetery except that mausoleum crypts
will be allowed on lots designated for that purpose by the Dexter
Cemetery Board.
[Ord. No. 3878 §1, 6-2-1997]
A. It shall
be unlawful to place any glass bottle, vase or other glass container
in the Dexter Cemetery.
B. Containers
for ground-level floral arrangements are restricted to plastic floral
cones. Floral cones shall be placed at a distance not to exceed six
(6) inches from the base of any headstone.
C. Any person who violates this Section may be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for up to ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment as provided in Section
100.220 of the City Code.
[Ord. No. 3548 §1, 9-3-1991; Ord. No. 4223 §1(26.500), 4-7-2003]
A. The charges
for spaces at the City Cemetery shall be as follows:
1. Grave
lots: two hundred dollars ($200.00).
2. Mausoleum
lots: six hundred seventy-five dollars ($675.00).
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The purchase of such a cemetery lot shall be evidenced by a
deed from the City of Dexter to the purchaser.
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