(a) Monument
sales companies, agents or employees shall comply with any and all
rules and regulations for placing monuments, markers and other memorials.
A design or sketch with the dimensions for the foundation and placement
of the marker or monument or other such memorial may be required with
the application. No memorial will be allowed on any grave or plot
until the plot is fully paid for and the proper fees have been paid.
The City reserves the right to reject and remove any memorial which,
after being erected, does not comply with the established standards.
(b) No
monument or grave marker will hereafter be placed in the City cemeteries
when made of materials other than granite, marble or bronze unless
otherwise approved by the City Manager.
(c) No
foot markers shall be erected above ground level. Only flat, flush
foot markers shall be allowed.
(d) No
corner markers shall be erected to extend above the ground.
(e) No
coping or other lot or grave enclosures shall be erected.
(f) Freestanding
crosses with a minimum of a four-inch square granite base, statues
on a four-inch square granite base, as well as monoliths, shafts and
columns, are permitted, unless specifically prohibited in designated
blocks or portions thereof by the rules and regulations for the City
cemeteries.
(g) Mausoleums
are prohibited unless specifically permitted in designated blocks
or portions thereof by the rules and regulations for the City cemeteries.
The edge of a mausoleum must be at least 18 inches from the property
line of another owner and no other burial shall be permitted upon
the area of ground required by the mausoleum. Exact placement of a
mausoleum must be approved in advance by the City Manager.
(h) Sarcophagi
and ledger stones are prohibited.
(Adm. Reg. 1-99 § 25, 6-30-99)
(a) A
memorial (customarily a family monument or marker) to be placed on
a lot consisting of two or more burials shall be located in the center
of the lot.
(1) When the memorial is located in the center of the lot, and if upright
individual grave markers on the east side of the center memorial would
abut the foundation of the center memorial, then the grave markers
shall be flush markers.
(2) Unless otherwise provided by specific provisions for specific blocks,
monuments or markers to be placed on individual grave spaces shall
be located on the west end of the grave space.
(3) No head markers or monuments shall act as foot markers.
(b) Unless
otherwise limited or allowed by specific provisions for designated
blocks, monuments and markers and other memorials shall not exceed
three-fourths of the width of the space or lot.
(c) Monuments,
markers and other memorials may be of any height but may be limited
by the specific provisions of designated blocks or portions thereof,
except that such restrictions shall not apply to markers erected by
the federal government for service personnel.
(d) The
placing of temporary memorials, except those placed by a funeral home,
is prohibited. Temporary memorials may be removed by cemetery personnel
for maintenance.
(e) Flush,
flat grass markers of granite or standard bronze set flush with the
established grade of the plot may be placed on any plots in the cemetery.
Upright markers are permitted in the following cemeteries only:
Calvary/St. Anthony;
Cremation Garden, designated plots only;
Crown Point;
Masonic;
Municipal, Block 6 and 10, Block 5 – designated plots
only;
Oddfellows (IOOF);
Orchard Mesa Cemetery, Blocks A, B, C, F and G;
Veterans.
In Block 6 of Municipal Cemetery, one monument for each two
grave sections will be permitted. In Veterans Cemetery, the only permitted
markers are regulation veterans’ headstones. An upright stone
is allowed for a full size space with a veteran’s flat marker
designating the burial of cremains.
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(Adm. Reg. 1-99 § 26, 6-30-99)
(a) Foundations
for memorials must be built of concrete, solid masonry or granite
to the satisfaction of the City Manager’s designee. Foundations
for above-grade memorials shall be the length and at least the width
of the memorial to be placed. The foundation shall be at least four
inches deep. The top of the foundation shall be flush with the ground
and have a six-inch square apron around the memorial.
(b) Monument/memorial
placement is the sole and absolute responsibility and liability of
the company, person, employee or agent selling and placing the monument.
Such liability and responsibility shall include safety of the public
and cemetery personnel as well as liability for damage to other monuments,
memorials, plantings, trees and cemetery equipment while in, on or
installing a monument or memorial.
(c) Monument
companies’ installer(s) shall fully cover foundation holes,
if left unattended, with a material strong enough to withstand 300
pounds of weight and must place orange safety cones around the hole.
(d) Where
an existing foundation must be removed in order to add a new burial,
the cost of replacing the foundation and memorial shall be the owner’s
responsibility.
(e) Bases
for monuments, markers or other memorials must be squared. No wedging
will be permitted. The base must be rock pitch (rough cut) at least
four inches above the ground. If smooth cut, the corners must be rounded.
The City accepts no responsibility for any damage incurred to such
bases.
(f) Vases
or urns made of metal or other nonbreakable material may be attached
to the granite or marble base, or may be placed into the foundation.
(Ord. 4607, 10-16-13; Adm. Reg. 1-99 § 27, 6-30-99)
(a) Persons
engaged in erecting monuments shall not attach ropes to other monuments
or trees. They shall not scatter any material, to include soil or
waste material, over adjacent lots or to leave the same on the ground
longer than is absolutely necessary. They are required to set work
as soon as possible after entering the cemetery. They shall be financially
responsible for any damage done by them to other monuments, the grass,
trees, or any other object whatsoever in the cemetery. Monument companies
shall annually file with the City Manager’s designee a certificate
of liability insurance in an amount determined by the City Council,
which in no event shall be less than $500,000. The monument companies
shall also annually file proof of Colorado employee’s liability
(or worker’s compensation insurance). If there are no employees,
a waiver of worker’s compensation, in a form as required by
the City Attorney, shall be permitted. If the certificate of liability
insurance or proof of the worker’s compensation coverage for
a monument company is not on file with the City or if the insurance
policies are not in effect, then the monument company shall not do
any work or activity in a City cemetery.
(b) Monument
installers within the immediate vicinity of a funeral shall suspend
their labors until the conclusion of the funeral service.
(c) Monument
companies and others, including but not limited to stone masons, monument
purveyors and employees or agents thereof, are prohibited from placing
their names on any work, monument or memorial.
(d) No
memorial work shall be done in the cemetery on Sundays or holidays.
Advance approval shall be required from the City Manager’s designee
for memorial work to take place on the Saturday before Memorial Day.
The placement of floral pieces, flowers, flags or other nonpermanent
commemoration is permissible without advance authorization.
(e) City
Manager’s designee may deny a monument company to do any work
or activity in a City cemetery if the designee determines that it
is not in the best interest of the cemetery.
(Ord. 4607, 10-16-13; amended during 2009 recodification; Adm. Reg. 1-99 § 28, 6-30-99)
The City shall not be liable for damage(s) or injury to any
monument, memorial or marker from mowing and trimming activities occurring
within the cemetery.
(Adm. Reg. 1-99 § 29, 6-30-99)