For the purpose of this article, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Hillcrest Cemetery and the Oakland Cemetery, and the
provisions of this article shall apply to both cemeteries.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The Town Manager shall have full charge and
control of the cemeteries and shall generally exercise full and complete
authority in all matters pertaining to the cemeteries, subject to
such restraints as the Town Council may see proper to impose.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 6-6, Cemetery
caretaker, and Sec. 6-7, Employment of laborers, etc., of the 1981
Code, which immediately followed this section, were deleted 6-18-1991
by Ord. No. 1991-1.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
The Town Manager, under the direction of the
Cemetery Committee of the Town Council, shall superintend all improvements
made in and upon cemeteries.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
It shall be unlawful for any lot or grave site
owner to sell or offer for sale, remove or attempt to remove any sound
or living trees, plantings or sod used to beautify or preserve the
cemeteries from a cemetery lot unless the removal of such trees, plantings
or sod shall be necessary for the purpose of opening a grave site
or shall be deemed necessary by the Town Council. Any person convicted
for a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of not
more than $100.
It shall be unlawful for any person, except
authorized Town personnel, to plant any trees, shrubbery, flowers
or other growing vegetation in or on any section in the cemeteries.
Any person convicted for a violation of this section shall be subject
to a fine of not more than $100.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
The Cemetery Committee of the Town Council shall
have the power to establish and promulgate rules and regulations not
in conflict with the provisions of this Code or other ordinances of
the Town relative to the cemeteries. Such rules and regulations shall
be subject to the approval of the Town Council. It shall be unlawful
for any person to fail, neglect or refuse to comply with such rules
and regulations so established, promulgated and approved. Any person
convicted of a violation of this section shall be subject to a fine
of not more than $100.
The purchase price of a lot, section or grave
site in the cemeteries shall be paid to the Town Treasurer, who shall
forthwith cause to be delivered to the purchaser of the lot in question
an instrument signed by the Mayor and the Town Clerk.
Lots and grave sites in the cemeteries shall
be sold only with provisions for perpetual care. Lots and grave sites
in the cemeteries shall be sold at prices established by the Town
Council.
No person shall inter, disinter or reinter a
body within the cemeteries without first obtaining a permit to do
so from the Town Office. No such permit shall be issued until the
purchase price of the cemetery lot has been paid in full or arrangement
has been made with the Town Office for such payment.
No person shall set or install any grave marker
or footstone, tombstone or other stone in the cemeteries unless he
shall first have secured a permit therefor from the Town Clerk.
Any person desiring a permit as required in § 60-13 shall file an application therefor with the Town Clerk. Such application shall indicate the location in the cemetery of the proposed grave marker or footstone, tombstone or other stone, shall contain a statement of its dimensions and specifications and shall set out such other information as may be required.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1]
Upon the filing of an application, as provided in § 60-14, the Town Clerk shall, if he finds that the proposed grave marker or footstone, tombstone or other stone will be in compliance with this article, issue a permit for the setting or installation thereof. The payment of a fee as established by Town Council shall be prerequisite to the issuance of such permit.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
Before starting any work towards the setting or installation of a grave marker or footstone, tombstone or other stone pursuant to a permit issued as provided in § 60-15, the holder of the permit shall give notice thereof to the General Superintendent, who shall inspect the grave marker or footstone, tombstone or other stone being installed and after installation is completed, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not compliance has been had with the requirements of this chapter.
[Amended 6-18-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-1; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
If, upon inspection made as provided in § 60-16, it shall be ascertained that the grave marker or footstone, tombstone or other stone in question has not been set or installed in accordance with this article, the General Superintendent shall order the requisite corrections to be made, and if such corrections are not made within a reasonable time, the grave marker or footstone, tombstone or other stone in question shall be removed.
All stones are to be set in the cemeteries in
a straight and orderly manner. If any new stone is set within 14 inches
of an existing stone, the foundation of the new stone shall come over
and meet with the foundation of the other stone so as to eliminate
any grass space between the two stones.
Footstones and grave markers in the cemeteries
shall be set at ground level, and the width of a footstone or grave
marker so set shall not exceed 16 inches. All foundations for tombstones,
footstones or grave markers shall be of concrete, shall be at ground
level height and shall be excavated in solid bearing soil and in no
case less than eight inches thick.
A grave stone set in a section of either cemetery
containing fewer than eight grave spaces shall not be more than 14
inches wide at the base. Such stones shall be on a concrete foundation
of not less than eight inches in depth, and this foundation is to
be not less than three inches nor more than four inches greater than
the stone which is placed upon it as it surrounds the stone or marker.
The foundation shall be brought to present grade so that no grass
or vegetation will be permitted to grow around the stone.
A tombstone set in the center of a section of
either cemetery containing eight or 10 grave spaces shall have a foundation
of concrete not less than eight inches in depth and not to exceed
four inches in width greater than the stone placed upon it as it surrounds
the stone, and such stone, together with the four-inch-wide ledge,
shall not exceed 36 inches in width.
All work done by any workman in the cemeteries
with reference to setting of tombstones, footstones or grave markers
shall be done in a good workmanlike manner, and it shall be in conformance
with the usual requirements for such work.
