[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
There shall be a permanent Cemetery Fund that is to be set apart and known as the "Granby Memorial Cemetery Fund", which for brevity may be referred to as the "Cemetery Fund". The Cemetery Fund shall not include any amounts received from tax revenue.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012; Ord. No. 805, 7-26-2016]
A. 
A Cemetery Committee, appointed by the City of Granby Board of Aldermen, upon recommendation by the Mayor, is hereby designated and appointed Ex-Officio Trustee and/or Custodian of the said Cemetery Fund. Cemetery Committee members shall be a resident of the City of Granby, or live within the 472 phone exchange area and shall have general knowledge of fiduciary responsibilities of a trustee and Granby Cemetery guidelines and ordinances. There shall be no more than five (5) members of the Cemetery Committee and each shall comply with their duties as set forth herein, all laws of the State of Missouri, ordinances set forth in the Granby Municipal Code and standard fiduciary duties.
[Ord. No. 834, 11-27-2018]
B. 
The Cemetery Committee and Chairman shall adhere to the following guidelines:
1. 
Upon the first meeting after the general election in April the Cemetery Committee shall select a Chairman of the Committee, Secretary of the Committee, Treasurer of the Committee and establish a budget for the year. Said results and minutes of initial meeting shall be submitted to the City Aldermen at the following Aldermen meeting.
2. 
The Committee shall have a monthly meeting, with minutes prepared by the Secretary of the Committee and shall submit said minutes to the Board of Aldermen along with a proper accounting of cemetery funds collected and a report of lots sold, including lot numbers and sections, names of purchasers and amount of the sale of lots.
3. 
The Committee Chairman shall attend the first regular Aldermen meeting of the month, and any other meetings that the Board of Aldermen deems necessary to attend. The Chairman shall stand ready to discuss the monthly committee minutes, accounting and reports and to discuss general cemetery business as the Board deems necessary.
4. 
The Board of Aldermen may adopt additional guidelines, policies and procedures to ensure proper reporting and accounting of the cemetery funds and adherence to City ordinances and State statutes.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
Any money paid to the Granby Memorial Cemetery Fund, or any other organization designated to the Granby Memorial Cemetery intended for the perpetual care of the Granby Cemetery or lot therein, shall be accepted by the Cemetery Committee and made a part of the Cemetery Fund.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
The Cemetery Board shall be authorized to create and manage any accounts necessary for the perpetual care of the Granby Cemetery including, but not limited to, any funds held in trust at Community Bank and Trust, formerly Bank of Neosho, Neosho, Missouri.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
The Cemetery Fund shall be expended by the Cemetery Committee for the preservation, care, upkeep and adornment of such cemetery, for the repurchasing of cemetery lots previously sold or for no other purpose.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012; Ord. No. 805, 7-26-2016]
A. 
The unsold cemetery lots and graves contained in the cemetery shall from time to time be sold to such persons. The City Clerk shall cause to be executed and delivered to such purchaser a proper cemetery deed covering such lot or grave, which said deed shall be signed by the Chairman of the Cemetery Committee and attested by the City Clerk and the Seal of said City of Granby shall be thereunto affixed.
B. 
The Cemetery Committee Chairman, when his/her signature is duly attested by the City Clerk of the City of Granby, is hereby designated to be the proper official to sign such cemetery deed and thereby convey the title to any lot or grave in such deed described to the purchaser thereof. All such titles, however, shall be subject to all appropriate rules and regulations which are now in force or which may from time to time hereafter be adopted relating to the proper care, maintenance and beautification of the said cemetery by the City of Granby or Cemetery Committee to have charge of the said cemetery.
C. 
A copy of all cemetery deeds and transfer documents shall be kept at City Hall.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
Upon the sale of any cemetery lot, the Cemetery Committee shall set aside and deposit in a perpetual trust fund an amount deemed necessary for the perpetual care, maintenance, management and beautification of said cemetery perpetual.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
The title to Granby Memorial Cemetery shall be held by the City of Granby described as follows to wit:
Part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 7, Township 25, Range 30, Newton County, Missouri, described as commencing 19.50 feet North and 319.10 feet West of the center corner of the Northwest Quarter (Southeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter) of said Section 7; thence South 10°12' East 110.06 feet; thence South 79°16' East 429.72 feet to the True Point of Beginning; thence continuing South 79°16'00" East 213.21 feet to the approximate center of a public road; thence with the approximate center of said road South 20°33' West (record) South 20°32'10" West 172.97 feet (measured); thence North 74°07'29" West 142.54 feet (record) North 74°10'04" West 142.62 feet (measured); thence North 04°06' West 163.15 feet (record) North 04°04'37" West 163.19 feet (measured) to the True Point of Beginning, subject to the right-of-way of Main Street along the Easterly line thereof and subject to any other easements or rights-of-way of record. And
Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 7, in Township 25, of Range 30; thence West along the South line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 7 a distance of 400'; thence North 371'; thence North 65°05' East 154.6'; thence East 260' to a point on the East line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 7; thence South along said line a distance of 435' to the place of beginning. And
That part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 7, Township 25 North, Range 30 West, described as beginning at a point at the Northwest corner of the Granby Memorial Cemetery as now located, said point being 826.10 feet East and 653.88 feet North of an iron pin established as the Southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the said Section 7 by the engineers for the American Smelting and Refining Company who subdivided said land into miscellaneous tracts; thence North 0°14' West for 719.89 feet; thence South 82°10'30" East for 213.52 feet; thence South 10°12' East for 110.06 feet; thence South 79°16' East for 429.72 feet; thence South 4°06' East for 503.75 feet; thence West 686.32 feet to the point of beginning, containing 10.32 acres.
forever remain vested in the said City and at no time disposed of by sale or otherwise. Neither shall the Board of Aldermen of the said City at any time abdicate or delegate to any society, excepting the Cemetery Committee, the absolute and unrestrained management thereof, but any delegation of the care, maintenance or beautification of the said cemetery shall at all times be upon condition that such delegation may when deemed prudent by the Board of Aldermen and the welfare, security and proper care of said cemetery so demand be revoked with or without notice as the exigencies of the occasion may to said Board's sole discretion seem proper.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
The care, maintenance, management and beautification of said cemetery shall be delegated to the Cemetery Committee as set forth herein and only to such persons whose responsibility and prudence shall to the said Cemetery Committee seem unquestioned and only for such time as such persons shall demonstrate a capacity for the proper care, maintenance, management and beautification thereof.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
In addition to the proceeds of the sale of lots hereinbefore declared a part of the said capital or principal sum of the said Cemetery Fund the said Trustee and/or custodian may and, when offered, shall accept donations to said fund from any source and give his/her receipt therefor and such donations shall be promptly turned over to the Cemetery Committee.
[Ord. No. 954, 5-8-2025]
A. 
Maintenance Fees. There shall be assessed a one (1) time fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for perpetual maintenance of the Granby Memorial Cemetery upon the sale of any cemetery grave site as provided in Section 140.200(A) of the City of Granby Code of Ordinances. If such fee was not assessed at the time the grave site was purchased, then prior to the marking of any grave, there shall be assessed a one (1) time fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for perpetual maintenance of the Granby Memorial Cemetery in conjunction with any marking fee assessed pursuant to this Section.
B. 
Marking Fees. There shall be assessed a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the marking of any grave site.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
A. 
The price of single grave sites in the cemetery of the City of Granby, Missouri, shall be set at the sole discretion of the Cemetery Committee.
B. 
Persons who are neither residents of, nor owners of, real property in the City of Granby, Missouri, may be considered by the Committee when determining the amount of the price of graves and lots in the cemetery of the City of Granby, Missouri.
C. 
The burial of cremated human remains shall be permitted in the City Cemetery subject to any policy of the City. Burial of cremated human remains shall receive the prior approval of the City's designee. A grave site owner(s) is allowed to bury up to two (2) cremated human remains on a single grave site. Burial of cremated human remains shall be on a site purchased by the deceased or on a site on which a notarized affidavit consenting to such burial has been obtained from the owner(s) thereof.
D. 
All burials, except the burials of the ashes of cremated bodies, shall be in vaults or concrete boxes.
E. 
All lot corner markers and all grave borders shall be flush with the ground and are subject to the approval of the Cemetery Committee. Concrete or brick walls are not permitted marking plots.
F. 
Internment of a body other than the documented owner of the cemetery lot or person previously designated by the documented owner shall require written consent for such burial from the lot owners.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
All graves or lots sold shall be subject to the regulations now of record or hereafter provided by City ordinance, as to type of markers, shrubbery, and other regulations affecting graves or lots in the City Cemetery of the City of Granby, Missouri, and of the laws of the State of Missouri. All record keeping shall be kept in accordance with laws of the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012; Ord. No. 931, 6-27-2024]
A. 
Henceforth all monuments and grave markers erected in the City Cemetery of the City of Granby shall be installed on a concrete base not less than six (6) inches deep. The top of said base shall be ground level. In the event any person or persons fails to comply with this Article, the Cemetery Committee or Chief of Police is hereby authorized and empowered to remove any marker or monument erected in violation of this Chapter. The City of Granby shall have the authority to move any marker incorrectly placed.
B. 
A temporary grave marker reflecting the lot number will be placed by the City of Granby if no permanent grave marker has been installed after a six (6) month waiting period.
C. 
Neither the Cemetery Committee nor the City of Granby and its employees shall be responsible for the placement setting of grave markers or monuments. The person or entity ordering or providing such marker shall be responsible for arranging the placement of the grave marker or monument, subject to approval of the Cemetery Committee. Delivery of any such marker or monument shall not be to the City of Granby or its offices, and the City of Granby will not accept delivery of such marker or monument.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
At all times except as specified, artificial flowers or similar decorations may be placed upon or maintained upon a grave in the cemetery of the City of Granby, Missouri. Said arrangement must be placed next to the headstone so that it will not interfere with the mowing of said cemetery. Additional decorations may be maintained at Christmas and continuing thereafter until February first (1st). The caretaker of said cemetery is hereby authorized and empowered to remove artificial flowers or other similar decorations in poor condition and to dispose of them forthwith if they are placed on the graves in violation of the above regulations.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
A. 
No person, persons, firms or corporation shall use said cemetery for any purpose other than the burying of dead, visiting and maintaining the graves and for any other proper cemetery purpose.
1. 
Loitering shall not be permitted in said cemetery.
2. 
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to enter or be found in said cemetery after dark.
3. 
Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable in accordance with Granby Municipal Code.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
No obstructions such as trees, statuary, benches, etc., shall be placed on or around the graves without the approval of the City of Granby, Missouri, and the Cemetery Committee pursuant to City policy.
[Ord. No. 753, 1-24-2012]
No glass containers or figurines of ceramic, plastic, metal, porcelain or similar material will be allowed in the cemetery and will be removed for the safety of the caretakers, employees of the City of Granby, Missouri, and the public.