The purchase price for rights to lots and graves and the cost
of transfer of rights will be set by resolution of the Township Board
and may periodically be altered to accommodate increased costs and
needed reserve funds for cemetery maintenance and acquisition.
[Amended 9-19-1999 by Ord. No. 235]
(a) All memorial markers must be of stone, granite, marble, bronze, or
equally durable composition purchased from and set by an accredited
memorial dealer, or subject to Township Board approval. Memorials
made or consisting of wood are prohibited.
(b) All monuments must be located upon a suitable foundation. All foundations
shall be constructed by or under the direction of the sexton who shall
be reimbursed for this work by the memorial company.
(c) Family monuments shall be permitted only when the holder of the certificate
of burial rights owns a minimum of four adjacent graves in a row.
Said family monument shall not exceed four feet in length and 16 inches
in width and shall be set in the middle of the four graves in line
with previously set memorial markers. Where a family monument is present
the individual markers shall be 24 inches in length by 12 inches in
width or less in line with the family monument.
(d) Single individual monuments shall be set in line with previously
placed memorials and shall not exceed 28 inches in length and 16 inches
in width. Limit one marker to a grave.
(e) Where two people are interred in adjoining graves a double monument
may be set in the middle of the two graves in line with previously
placed memorials and shall not exceed 36 inches in length and 16 inches
in width.
(f) There shall be a limit of one individual marker per burial site with
the exception of service markers at ground level.
(g) Memorial markers for individual cremains graves, in areas set aside
specifically for such burials, shall not exceed 20 inches in length
and 10 inches in width and shall be limited to flush markers. Double
markers may be centered across two cremains graves but may not exceed
24 inches in length and 12 inches in width and shall be limited to
flush markers in line with previously set memorial markers. Memorial
markers for three cremains graves in a row shall be limited to 36
inches in length and 12 inches in width and for four cremains graves
in a row shall be limited to 42 inches in length and 12 inches in
width and shall be centered on the grave sites in line with previously
set memorial markers and shall be limited to flush markers.
(h) Military memorial markers for cremains graves, in areas set aside
specifically for such burials, shall not exceed 24 inches in length
and 12 inches in width or eight inches in length and five inches in
width attached to a suitable foundation of not less than 20 inches
in length and 10 inches in width flush to the ground in line with
previously set memorial markers.
(i) Nothing [shall be] permitted on the grave except monuments and service
markers at ground level.
Unused graves shall be re-sold only by the owner or heirs, upon
notification to the Township Clerk.
The Township Clerk shall maintain all cemetery records including
burials, issuance of burial permits, cemetery lot certificates and
deeds, and any cemetery funds, separate and apart from any other records
of the Township. All such records shall be open to public inspection.
[Amended 4-14-2016 by Ord. No. 253]
Any person, firm, association, partnership or corporation who
violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to
be responsible for a municipal civil infraction as defined by Michigan
statute, which shall be punishable by a civil fine determined in accordance
with the following schedule:
Type
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Minimum Fine
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Maximum Fine
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1st offense within 3-year period*
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$100
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$500
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2nd offense within 3-year period*
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$150
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$500
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3rd offense within 3-year period*
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$300
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$500
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4th or more offense within 3-year period*
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$500
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$500
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*
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Determined on the basis of the date of commission of the offense(s).
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Additionally, the violator shall pay costs, which may include
all expenses, direct and indirect, to which the Township has been
put in connection with the municipal civil infraction. In no case,
however, shall costs of less than $9 or more than $500 be ordered.
In addition, the Township shall have the right to proceed in any court
of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of obtaining an injunction,
restraining order, or other appropriate remedy to compel compliance
with this chapter. Each day that a violation exists shall constitute
a separate offense.
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