[R.O. 2006 §140.010; CC 1980 §510.010; Ord. No. 493, 5-17-1965]
According to Sections 79.430 and 79.440, RSMo., the Board of
Aldermen is empowered to make rules and regulations and pass ordinances
governing the City Cemetery. The purchaser of a lot in the City Cemetery
has a right in fee simple for the sole purpose of interment. The number
of lots owned by the same person is limited to ten (10). The lots
are not to be purchased for resale.
[R.O. 2006 §140.015; Ord. No. 988, 5-16-2005]
A. No alcoholic
beverages are allowed in the City cemetery.
B. The cemetery
is closed between dusk to 6:00 A.M. No person shall be present in
the cemetery during said hours.
C. Any person
violating the terms of this Section shall be subject to a fine not
to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[R.O. 2006 §140.020; CC 1980 §510.020]
The planting of trees, shrubs, flowers, etc., is prohibited
except by permission of the Cemetery Superintendent or other person
in control of the Cemetery under the direction of the Board of Aldermen.
[R.O. 2006 §140.030; CC 1980 §510.030]
All flowers, wreaths and other decorations placed on graves
on the following days will be allowed to remain there for a minimum
of six (6) days: Easter; Memorial Day; Mother's Day; Father's Day;
Fourth of July. Flowers and decorations placed at Christmas time must
be removed by March first (1st). Flowers and other decorations placed
on graves at any other time than those above mentioned days may be
removed at any time. The following will be not allowed: fences, coping,
hedges or other enclosures. Wooden, iron, concrete or other crosses,
tablets, metal wreaths, trellises, shepherd hooks with hanging baskets,
bird houses, etc., shall not be placed upon graves or lots. No permanent
vases.
[R.O. 2006 §140.040; CC 1980 §510.040; Ord. No. 493, 5-17-1965]
Graves shall not be mounded but kept filled and leveled to conform
with the surrounding ground levels. The settling of stones and markers
of all kinds shall be in accordance with specifications furnished
by the Cemetery Superintendent. Burial vaults with exposed marble,
granite, or any other exposed tops will not be allowed. A preformed
slab that is three (3) inches larger than the base on all sides is
required. This slab shall not be placed in wet cement unless a thin
layer of sand or fine rock separates the two (2). A minimum of twelve
(12) inches of concrete is required for all monuments. Monuments of
four (4) feet or larger shall have pier holes drilled diagonally to
the depth of at least thirty (30) inches. An additional pier shall
be placed in the middle of the footing and shall also be thirty (30)
inches deep.
[R.O. 2006 §140.050; CC 1980 §510.050; Ord. No. 965, 8-16-2004; Ord. No. 1072, 8-18-2008]
The sale prices of cemetery lots are fixed as follows:
Residents of Troy
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Residents of Lincoln Co.
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Non-residents of Lincoln Co.
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$300.00
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$500.00
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$700.00
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[R.O. 2006 §140.060; Ord. No. 498A, 2-20-1984]
All burials in the City of Troy Cemetery except the burials
of cremains, shall be in vaults or concrete boxes. The Cemetery Superintendent,
upon request, may allow the burial of cremains in the same grave with
another body. Separate grave markers will not be allowed in such cases.