[R.O. 1993 § 140.010; Ord. No. 84-1873 § 2, 12-10-1984; CC 1988 § 6-1]
Except with respect to Sections 145.200 and 145.440, the placing of cut flowers, plastic flowers, or other grave decorations over or on individual graves shall be permitted without restriction from November 1 to April 1 of each year. The City shall not be responsible for the care of any such flowers, decorations or other ornaments placed in the cemetery.
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Editor's Note: Except as provided for Memorial Day weekend in § 145.200 and for Maple Park Cemetery in § 145.440.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.020; Code 1972 § 7-7; Ord. No. 84-1873 § 4, 12-10-1984; CC 1988 § 6-2]
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to plant any tree, shrub or other plant in the cemetery except those permitted and approved by the City Council. The planting of trees and appropriate shrubbery shall be done by the City to harmonize with a general landscaping scheme.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.030; Ord. No. 84-1873 § 4, 12-10-1984; CC 1988 § 6-3]
It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of any rubbish, trash, waste materials, litter or debris of any kind in the City Cemetery. The City hereby retains the right, as incorporated by reference, in its deeds of conveyance, to remove any object or construction placed or permitted in violation of this Section or other applicable ordinance of the City.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.040; Code 1972 § 7-15; CC 1988 § 6-4]
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In Oak Park Cemetery, no monument types shall be allowed except as indicated in this Section in block 49 and block 63 on up.
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Monuments shall be made of granite, or approved government markers in the case of veterans.
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All monuments shall be flush with the surface to allow for complete and unrestricted use of lawn-mowing equipment.
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Monuments shall be of a minimum thickness of four (4) inches and shall have a flat sawed bottom. Single grave markers shall be twenty-six (26) inches long and fourteen (14) inches wide. Double grave markers shall be forty-four (44) inches long and fourteen (14) inches wide.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.050; Code 1972 § 7-32; CC 1988 § 6-5]
It shall be unlawful for any person to injure, deface or in any manner trespass upon any cemetery or burying ground belonging to the City or to any private association or to in any way injure any monument, gravestone, fence, tree, shrub, flowers or any other improvement placed thereon or therein by any person. It shall be unlawful to unhitch or feed teams or to ride horses, or to turn stock loose in any of the roadways or streets in or about cemetery.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.060; Code 1972 § 7-33; CC 1988 § 6-6]
The City Council may receive special voluntary gifts, donations or bequests to be specifically applied to the betterment of the cemetery.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.070; Code 1972 § 7-34; CC 1988 § 6-7]
The Sexton shall have the charge and supervision of the ground used for burial purposes, and shall preserve the same from trespass of persons or animals, and shall use due diligence to prevent the injury of any monument, gravestone, fence, trees, shrubbery, flowers or any other improvement placed by any person on such ground. He/she or his/her assistants are hereby given the exclusive authority to excavate and dig graves within the cemetery enclosure.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.080; Code 1972 § 7-35; CC 1988 § 6-8]
It shall be the duty of the Sexton of Maple Park Cemetery to cut and remove the grass and weeds as often as the same may be necessary, or when directed to do so by the City Manager, from the walks, drives and lots of the cemetery. He/she shall at all times keep the gravestones in proper position and remove all surplus dirt and rubbish from the cemetery. He/she shall plant and care for trees of such kind and number as the City Manager may direct and require, when furnished him/her by the City.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.090; Code 1972 § 7-36; CC 1988 § 6-9]
The Sexton shall have the use, free of rent, of all buildings located on the cemetery tract, and shall have the use of all that portion of the same not used for burying purposes on such terms as the City Council may provide.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.100; Code 1972 § 7-39; Ord. No. 85-1891, 7-8-1985; CC 1988 § 6-10]
The Sexton, in the burial of persons buried as paupers, shall require a permit from the City Manager, and shall be allowed to locate the grave of every person not the owner of a lot in fee simple.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.110; Code 1972 § 7-4; CC 1988 § 6-11]
The City reserves the right to enter upon any lot and change the surface level thereof to conform with the surrounding ground and to do any such work considered by it to be for the betterment of the cemeteries as a whole.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.120; Code 1972 § 7-5; CC 1988 § 6-12]
The City shall take reasonable precautions to protect lot owners and the property rights of owners within the cemeteries from loss or damage, but it expressly shall not be liable for loss or damage beyond its control, and particularly from damage caused by the elements, an act of God, common enemy, thieves, vandals and the like, whether the damage be direct or consequential.