[Ord. No. 177 §1, 7-21-1986; Ord. No. 313 §9, 10-1-1990]
As used in this Chapter, the following words and phrases will
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning.
The cemeteries owned and managed by the City, including Lightner's
Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, and Old Eislebin Cemetery, including
any new land added thereto at any time in the future.
Any person, firm, corporation or association.
Any person who has resided within the City limits of the
City of Scott City, Missouri, for a continuous period of five (5)
years immediately preceding his or her purchase of a lot or any person
who has paid real property taxes to the City of Scott City, Missouri,
within the five (5) years immediately preceding his or her purchase
of a lot.
[Ord. No. 177 §2, 7-21-1986]
All provisions of the City Code now in force or hereinafter
enacted, relating to and defining public offenses in the City, shall,
insofar as the same shall be applicable, be in full force and effect
in the City Cemetery.
[Ord. No. 177 §3, 7-21-1986; Ord. No. 907 §1, 10-18-2010]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, other than duly
authorized Officers, Officials or employees of the City, to enter
into or be upon the cemetery grounds of the City from one (1) hour
after sunset until 5:00 A.M. of any day without first obtaining the
permission of the Cemetery Manager. It shall further be unlawful at
all times for any person to enter or leave the grounds other than
by the established or open entrances or gateways.
[Ord. No. 177 §4, 7-21-1986]
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle in
said cemetery faster than ten (10) miles per hour.
[Ord. No. 177 §5, 7-21-1986]
No person shall drive or move any vehicle within the cemetery
except over a roadway open for vehicular traffic, or obstruct any
path or driveway within the cemetery open to vehicular traffic. No
person shall use the cemetery grounds or any driveway therein as a
public thoroughfare or drive any vehicle through said grounds except
for purposes of making deliveries in the cemetery or visiting a grave
site.
[Ord. No. 177 §6, 7-21-1986]
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of any rubbish,
trash, or waste materials, litter, or debris of any kind in the City
Cemetery.
[Ord. No. 177 §7, 7-21-1986]
No person shall remove, molest, injure, mar, deface, throw away
or destroy any headstone, monument, survey marker, corner marker,
tomb, vault, or mausoleum, or decoration on any cemetery lot in said
cemetery, or open, disturb or molest any grave or place of burial
therein. This shall not prohibit acts by Cemetery Officers or employees,
or public officials, in carrying out their duties.
[Ord. No. 177 §8, 7-21-1986]
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to plant any
tree, shrub or any plant in the cemetery except those permitted by
the Cemetery Manager. It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person
to cut down, injure, break or destroy any tree, shrub or other plant
growing in the cemetery or to pick, pluck or cut any flower or decorative
plant except as authorized by the Cemetery Manager, or direction of
the City Council.
[Ord. No. 177 §9, 7-21-1986]
The placing of cut flowers or plastic flowers over individual
graves shall be permitted; however, the City may remove, without notice,
all flowers, real or artificial, that remain over fifteen (15) days.
[Ord. No. 177 §10, 7-21-1986; Ord. No. 852 §1, 4-6-2009]
Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, shall appoint a
City Cemetery Manager who shall be a resident of the City of Scott
City, Missouri. Said City Cemetery Manager shall be paid compensation
as set by the Council and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor
and City Council. The City Cemetery Manager shall be an independent
contractor with the City and not a City employee.
[Ord. No. 852 §2, 4-6-2009]
The City Clerk, or at her direction, the City Collector, shall
be responsible for collecting all money from the sale of the lots
within the cemetery. The Clerk shall keep a permanent book of records
of all funds received from the sale of cemetery lots and shall annually
on June thirtieth (30th) make a report in writing to the City Council
showing receipts and disbursements from the sale of lots.
[Ord. No. 177 §11, 7-21-1986; Ord. No. 852 §3, 4-6-2009]
The Cemetery Manager shall be available at all times to arrange
the sale of cemetery lots and columbarium spaces and shall be available
to funeral homes for the purpose of marking graves for burial and
to monument companies for setting markers and for lettering dates
on existing markers.
[Ord. No. 177 §12, 7-21-1986; Ord. No. 852 §4, 4-6-2009]
The Cemetery Manager shall, at least annually, report to the
City Council any necessary maintenance and upkeep required for the
cemetery including, but not limited to, landscaping and repair of
headstones and shall recommend appropriate actions to the council.
[Ord. No. 177 §13, 7-21-1986]
The City Council shall insure that the grass in the cemetery
is regularly mowed, either by mowing the grass with the City equipment
and employees or by hiring an independent contractor to mow the grass.
[Ord. No. 177 §14, 7-21-1986; Ord. No. 317 §1, 10-1-1990; Ord. No. 731 §1, 7-7-2003; Ord. No. 873 §1, 12-7-2009; Ord. No. 1239, 5-17-2021]
Lots in the City cemetery shall be sold to non-residents of
the City of Scott City, Missouri, for the sum of one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) per lot. Lots to residents of the City of Scott City,
Missouri, shall be sold for the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00)
per lot. However, the purchase of all lots in the City cemetery shall
be evidenced by a certificate signed by the Mayor and countersigned
by the Clerk, under the seal of the City, specifying that the purchaser
to whom said certificate is issued is the owner of the lot or lots
described by numbers, as laid down on such plat, for the purpose of
internment. Each owner is to receive a copy of cemetery rules. However,
no resident shall be permitted to purchase a lot in the City cemetery
unless said person is current on all real estate taxes, personal property
taxes or other legitimate debts due to the City of Scott City. No
former resident shall be permitted to purchase a lot in the City cemetery
unless that person has paid all real estate taxes, personal property
taxes and other legitimate debts due to the City of Scott City while
said person was a resident of the City.
[Ord. No. 916 §1, 2-22-2011]
A.
The
following uses are prohibited in all Scott City Cemeteries:
1.
All above ground mausoleums.
2.
Headstones or monuments in excess of sixty (60) inches tall and ninety-six
(96) inches wide.
3.
Footstones, which are above ground level.
4.
Fencing around any cemetery lots.
5.
Benches, except in areas retained by the City for use by the general
public.
6.
The burial of any animal, parts thereof or remains thereof, burial
of any family mementos or personal affects not placed within the casket
of the deceased.
[Ord. No. 1149, 5-6-2019]
7.
Erection of any signs or placement of any personal property, not specifically allowed under Section 155.160 of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 1149, 5-6-2019]
8.
No person shall cause any excavation or disturbance of the cemetery
grounds unless authorized by the City Administrator to dig graves,
straighten headstones or fill in depressions.
[Ord. No. 1149, 5-6-2019]
[Ord. No. 783 §1, 6-20-2005; Ord.
No. 1149, 5-6-2019; Ord. No. 1239, 5-17-2021]
Spaces in the Scott City columbarium shall be sold to non-residents
of the City of Scott City for the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)
per space and to residents of the City of Scott City for the sum of
three hundred dollars ($300.00) per space. The sale of all spaces
in the columbarium shall be evidenced by a certificate signed by the
Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk, testifying that the purchaser
to whom said space is issued is the owner of said space described
thereof by numbers or as laid down on such diagram of the columbarium
for the purpose of entombment. Each owner is to receive a copy of
the cemetery rules. All space in the Columbarium shall be used for
the purpose of entombment of human ashes only.
[Ord. No. 420 §1, 12-20-1993]
A.
All
spaces in the City cemetery conveyed to a purchaser shall be for the
sole and exclusive use of the purchaser of the space and the purchaser's
immediate family, and for no other person or persons.
B.
Owners
of any City cemetery spaces shall not allow interments to be made
in their spaces for a remuneration. In addition, except as hereinafter
provided, owners of a City cemetery space shall not transfer or assign
any space, or interest in a space. However, owners of City cemetery
spaces may transfer any such spaces to members of the owners' immediate
family or may transfer such spaces to the City for the original purchase
price paid by the owners to the City for the purchase of the space.
No transfer or assignment of a space can be made after an actual interment
in it.
C.
No
person shall be allowed to purchase more than five (5) spaces in the
City cemetery.
[Ord. No. 1239, 5-17-2021]
[Ord. No. 731 §2, 7-7-2003]
A.
There
shall not be allowed inside the boundary of the City cemetery any
glass, porcelain, ceramic, tile or other breakable material or items.
B.
Grave
"blankets" are not allowed except during the period of November fifteenth
(15th) to January fifteenth (15th).
C.
Items
are only allowed on grave markers that can be affixed in such a fashion
to avoid interference with maintenance equipment and must be designed
so that winds or weather will not alter their original placement.
D.
Shepherd
hooks (of which only one (1) is allowed per grave site) must be placed
in the back of the marker and hung over the front side of the marker.
E.
There
shall not be allowed the planting of flowers, shrubs, plants, trees
or other vegetation on any lot or grave. Seasonal flowers are allowed
provided they are attached to the marker or within one (1) foot of
the maker and will not interfere with maintenance equipment.
F.
Cemetery
caretakers will exercise discretion as to the removal of improperly
placed articles.
