To establish procedures for the city to control the use, planning, financing and maintenance of the Lorenzo Cemetery in a practical manner and esthetical condition while giving consideration to the Lorenzo Cemetery Association.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
The Lorenzo City Cemetery shall be closed between the hours of 9:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
(b) 
The Lorenzo City Cemetery shall be open between the hours of 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. to those persons having an interest in the upkeep of occupied burial plots; those persons inspecting plots with the view toward purchase; those persons attending a funeral; those persons employed to conduct a funeral; those persons employed to maintain and care for the cemetery; or those persons employed to stake or open a grave for burial purposes.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
No person shall open a grave for burial purposes or commence funeral activities at the Lorenzo Cemetery without first obtaining a permit from a city official and paying a staking fee as provided in the fee schedule, and the plot to be opened has been properly staked by a city official. The permit shall not be issued until the plot has been staked in a manner, which will define the opening to be made. This section shall not apply when employees of the city open the grave.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02; Ordinance adopting Code)
Any person desiring to have a grave opened by the city for burial purposes shall notify the city within 24 hours of the time that such opening is requested to be completed and pay an opening fee as provided in the fee schedule.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02; Ordinance adopting Code)
Any person other than those defined in section 1.08.002 who enter upon the premises of the Lorenzo City Cemetery shall be guilty of an unauthorized trespass for unlawful purposes and shall be held in violation of this article.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be fined a sum as provided for in the general penalty provision found in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
The city chief administrator shall have all necessary authority to enforce cemetery regulations.
(b) 
The city may designate members of the cemetery board of directors and grant them necessary authority to implement certain maintenance procedures.
(c) 
The city shall strive to agree on matters of maintenance and administration with the Lorenzo Cemetery Association within reason.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
Any person disobeying these regulations may be excluded from the cemetery grounds. The cemetery shall be used only for the burial of human remains. The city reserves the right to refuse to inter the remains of any person if, in its judgment interment would not be to the best interest of the City of Lorenzo Cemetery and its many owners or the principles, plan, or ideals on which the cemetery was organized.
(b) 
Persons upon the grounds from sunset to sunrise will be reported to the police as trespassers.
(c) 
Exception to this regulation will be workers involved in activities related to an interment or modification.
(d) 
Emergency conditions resulting in temporary change or alterations to these regulations to allow proper burial procedure will be presented to the city’s authorized agent for consideration.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
No person other than authorized personnel shall drive a vehicle on any lot of the Lorenzo Cemetery grounds.
(b) 
No vehicle may be driven at a speed greater than 5 miles per hour within the Lorenzo Cemetery.
(c) 
Vehicular traffic will be restricted to the roadways.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
No sign shall be erected or placed on any fence connected to the Lorenzo Cemetery that advertises any lot, vault, or burial accessory or services for sale.
(b) 
No commercial advertising of any kind shall be permitted in or on Lorenzo Cemetery grounds or fences.
(c) 
No owner may allow interments for remuneration.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
With the exception of military guards of honor during a military service, and peace officers, no person shall be in possession of a firearm on the Lorenzo Cemetery grounds.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
Prices for the sale of Lorenzo Cemetery lots shall be as established by the city, and purchases shall be arranged through the city and/or its authorized agent. Deed shall be issued only by the city. Lots in section A and D shall not be sold without approval of city and the Lorenzo Cemetery Association.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
Any sale of a cemetery lot, or portion thereof, shall be completed only after written approval from the city.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
When arranging interment services, the authorized representative/agent will follow these instructions:
(1) 
Complete grave service order.
(2) 
Verify the location and ownership with the city and/or their representative.
(3) 
Collect the interment fee and space fee if not already owned.
(4) 
Make final preparations for burial.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
The digging of all graves for interment will be permitted subject to the supervision and direction of the designated person assigned by the city. On all interments arrangements must be made with the city or designated person.
(b) 
The backhoe operators shall carry liability insurance to cover any damage that may occur while digging a grave.
(c) 
All work must cease within the Lorenzo Cemetery boundaries when an interment begins.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
Funeral directors, florists, and stone masons shall be responsible for the activities of all agents and employees.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
Setups must receive careful attention; as careful as any other detail of the funeral. For this reason, the following will be adhered to:
(1) 
The grave will be dug on the day, or the previous day of the service, unless otherwise permitted by the authorized personnel.
(2) 
All dirt will be taken from the gravesite, unless conditions do not permit.
(3) 
No equipment or dirt trailers are to be left at or near the grave, and they are not to be in sight of the service.
(4) 
Following the service, process of closing the grave will not begin until the family and friends have left the grave and/or the funeral director has given the permission to begin.
(5) 
Grave will be filled, or leveled, on the same day of the service with topsoil only.
(6) 
Flowers should be placed in a careful and thoughtful manner.
(7) 
Any tracks or damage caused by digging of the grave shall be filled and smoothed as soon as possible with topsoil.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
Temporary metal markers may be utilized until they become so deteriorated they pose a problem to safety or maintenance, at which time they are subject to removal by the city. Exception to this is for those of bronze set below the surface of the ground or on a granite base.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
The usage of markers of good taste and accord with the established pattern of esthetic appeal is encouraged.
(b) 
No glass or ceramics flower receptacles shall be allowed.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
Only granite, marble, limestone or bronze may be used as a monument. A monument extending above the grade level shall be of such size that when erected on a lot, no end shall be placed within one inch of the lot line, and not nearer than 8 inches of an existing monument. A monument that does not protrude above the grade level may extend to the property line.
(b) 
No monument or marker over 4.5 ft. tall allowed.
(c) 
No curbs of any material will be allowed on any lots purchased after May 6, 2002 unless special permission is given by the city. This special permission will be given only if lower maintenance costs will prevail.
(d) 
No grave covers of cement, gravel, rock, or any material other than topsoil will be allowed on any lots purchased after May 6, 2002 unless special permission is given by the city. This special permission will be given only if change will lower maintenance costs.
(e) 
Monument companies must submit a complete list of work to be done in the Lorenzo Cemetery on that day, such as last dates to be cut, setting of monuments and which lot it is to be set on, etc. This list should be written on monument company stationary showing name of monument company owner, mailing address, and telephone number, and submitted to the city office or their representative, before the work starts.
(f) 
No permanent work whatsoever shall be performed on any lot prior to the issuance of a permit. No permit shall be issued without direction from the lot owner, a surviving next of kin or legal representative. This shall apply to all forms of work, including the cutting of inscriptions and setting of marker. Exceptions to this would be work authorized by the Lorenzo Cemetery Association to preserve and protect existing monuments and gravesites and removal of unauthorized materials, plants or structures as approved by the city administrator.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
If any vegetation should by reason of branches or roots become detrimental to an adjacent lot, or become unsightly, or result in inconvenience to public, the city will have authority to remove vegetation.
(b) 
The city, may remove, without recourse, any other obstruction with the exception of monuments such as curbs, fences and etc. that become unsightly or detrimental to maintenance of the cemetery.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
The city may fill and level any gravesite and maintain as necessary.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
No trees, shrubs, shall be planted by any individual. All flowers must be maintained by person planting or are subject to removal by maintenance personnel. If pots are used for the placing of live flowers, pots must be of an unbreakable material.
(b) 
Gifts of trees and shrubs may be made, subject to the following conditions:
(1) 
The cemetery association must approve the placement of any tree or shrub in the cemetery and it must be in keeping with the general landscape of the cemetery. No fruit or nut bearing trees or shrubs will be allowed.
(2) 
No plaque or designation will be permitted to be placed at the site of the gift.
(3) 
The cemetery association and city will always maintain control over such gifts and should a tree, shrub, or plant that has been given as a gift die or be deemed to be in any way out of keeping with the landscape of the cemetery, the city or association reserve the right to have that item removed.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
Funeral design and floral pieces shall be removed from gravesite by the lot owner or family prior to becoming wilted or unsightly. If such are not removed within a reasonable length of time, such shall be removed by maintenance personnel and disposed of without recourse.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
The city reserves the right to refuse a funeral director to conduct a service of interment if the director is delinquent in the payment of fees to the city arising from previous services.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
The service itself shall be under the supervision and direction of the funeral director employed by the lot owner who agrees to look solely to the director in regard to complaints regarding the conduct of the service.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
Gravesites must be located by the family or legal representative and written authorization executed enabling the city to open the site.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
Not more than one interment shall be permitted in one grave except in the situation itemized below.
(1) 
Parent and small child in one casket.
(2) 
Small sibling children in one casket.
(3) 
Two cremations.
(A) 
One cremated remains shall be allowed in a traditional burial ground burial space occupied, or to be occupied by a casket (and then only where the property in question will in the city or cemetery association’s judgment, physically accommodate the extra interment).
(B) 
The cremations shall be buried at the head of the space in a manner that does not or will not hinder access to the casket.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
City cemetery association shall not be liable for disturbance of ground space in which the cremated remains are interred in its judgment, such disturbance is necessary or helpful in preparing or replacing water line, marker placement, or in any other maintenance or cemetery operating function.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
With the exception of buried cremations and infants, every earth interment in the Lorenzo Cemetery shall be enclosed in permanent steel or concrete vault or two-piece concrete or steel box.
(b) 
Cremations will be enclosed in at least a Styrofoam or higher quality container. No cardboard allowed.
(c) 
No wooden or multi-piece concrete boxes will be permitted in the Lorenzo Cemetery.
(d) 
The City of Lorenzo/Lorenzo Cemetery Association reserves the right to reject and refuse installation of any ground receptacle, which in its judgment does not reflect high-grade craftsmanship.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)
(a) 
When removal is directed from a gravesite to another location all rights to the former sight shall revert to the city.
(b) 
Removal shall be done in strict conformity with all requirements of the law. The next of kin or legal representative shall make a written, notarized application for removal. All arrangements for removal shall be made with the next of kin or legal representative after approval by the city or its authorized representative.
(Ordinance 03-06-02 adopted 6/10/02)