[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Soldiers Grove as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-8-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
The cemetery located in the Village of Soldiers Grove shall
be know as the "Forest Hill Cemetery." The control and management
of the cemetery owned and operated by the Village shall be vested
in the Village Board, and said Board shall formulate such rules and
regulations as it shall deem expedient from time to time for planting
of trees, shrubs, flowers, the erection, repair and rearrangement
of markers, headstones and monuments, and otherwise provide for the
management, protection and control of said cemetery in a manner as
authorized by Chapter 157 of the Wisconsin Statutes, and other statutes
applicable thereto now in existence or as hereafter passed.
The Board may sell and convey platted lots on such cemetery
lands recorded, expressly restricting the use to burials and upon
such other terms, conditions, and restrictions as the Board directs.
Conveyances shall be signed by the President of the Board and the
Village Clerk, and before delivering the Clerk shall enter in a book
kept for the purpose the date and consideration and the name and address
of the grantee. No deed shall be delivered until payment of the purchase
price, and such amount as shall be fixed by the Board for perpetual
care.
Burial permits shall be issued by the President of the Board
and the Clerk shall attest the same, such permits to be issued upon
written application therefor, which application shall be accompanied
by a fee to be fixed by the Board for the opening of the grave. In
case vaults are desired, requiring unusual services on the part of
the Sexton, or in case other improvements are desired, such as foundations
for monuments, markers, etc., an additional deposit shall be made
as may be required to cover the expense incurred and any excess shall
be returned to the applicant.
The Village Treasurer of said Village is hereby designated as
the legal custodian of all cemetery funds and is directed to keep
and maintain a separate fund to be known as the "Cemetery Fund," and
the Treasurer shall credit to such fund all the moneys received by
him or her for or through said cemetery. Moneys received by the Treasurer
for perpetual care shall be kept at interest for the upkeep of tracts
for which paid, and all moneys in the treasury belonging to said cemetery
shall be placed at interest except such amount as shall be necessary
for a working fund.
No person shall plant in the cemetery, trees or shrubs, nor
erect wooden fences or structures, or offensive or dangerous structures
or monuments, or markers, or maintain them if planted or erected in
violation of regulations; and the Board may require any person owning
or controlling a lot to do anything necessary to comply with the regulations
by giving reasonable notice in writing if the person is a resident
of the county; and if the person shall fail to comply within 20 days
thereafter, the Board may cause it to be done and recover from the
person the expense. Each member of the Board and the Sexton shall
have constable powers in enforcing regulations.
The Board may annually assess upon the lots not exceeding $2
per lot, excluding drives and walks, for cleaning and care of the
lots. Notice with a copy of § 157.11 of the Wisconsin Statutes
shall be mailed forthwith to each lot owner or person having charge
of a lot, at his or her last post office address, directing payment
to the Treasurer within 30 days and such assessment shall be personal
charge and liability.
The Board may fix and determine the sum reasonably necessary for perpetual care and general care and improvement in reasonable and uniform amounts, and may collect the same as provided in § 84-6, the time to be given for payment to be one year.
When uniform care of a lot has been given for two consecutive
years or more, for which assessments are unpaid, after notice as provided
herein, the right to interment is forfeited until delinquent assessments
are paid. When uniform care has been given for five consecutive years
or more and the assessments are unpaid, title to all unoccupied part
of the lot shall pass to the Village and may be sold, the proceeds
to be paid to a fund for perpetual care of the occupied portion.
No person shall build a structure for corpses, wholly or partially
above the ground, except in compliance with the regulations of the
State Board of Health and as provided by the laws of the State of
Wisconsin pertaining thereto.
The following rules and regulations are adopted for the Forest
Hill Cemetery:
A.
Trees, bushes and planted flowers are prohibited except those maintained
or planted by the authorized caretaker of the cemetery.
B.
Flowers in urns or pots may be placed only on grave marker or monument
base.
C.
The Village is not responsible for urn or pot breakage.
D.
Flowers and other memorials located on/in the ground must be removed
by the third Monday in April of each year, in preparation for the
mowing season.
E.
No wooden boxes, wire containers, glass jars or other such foreign
objects may be placed on or about lots.
F.
No fences, hedges or enclosures on or around lots.
G.
Items placed in violation of these regulations may be removed and/or
destroyed without notice.
H.
Lot prices shall be determined from time to time by the Village Board.
I.
Grave opening fees shall be determined from time to time by the Village
Board.
J.
Casket and burial vault are required.
K.
No burning of any kind or nature or for any purpose shall be done
in the cemetery.
L.
No person shall be in possession of any alcohol in the cemetery;
any alcohol found on the cemetery grounds shall be confiscated and
destroyed.
Any person who violates this article shall be required to forfeit
not less than $25 nor more than $100 for a first offense, and not
less than $50 nor more than $200 for each subsequent offense, together
with the costs of prosecution and in default of payment shall be committed
to the county jail until such forfeiture and costs are paid, not exceeding
30 days. In addition to such forfeiture, or in lieu of any such forfeiture,
the Village may remove from the cemetery any property placed in violation
of the rules and regulations of the cemetery.
