Town of Louisa, VA Miscellaneous Regulations

§ 60-23 Removal of flowers and other decorations.

At such time as flowers, wreathes, emblems, etc., used at funerals or placed upon or on lots, grave sites or tombstones or markers at other times become unsightly and/or faded, as determined by the Town, and in no event later than 30 days after the placement of the same upon or on said lots, grave sites, tombstones or markers, the same shall be removed. The Town assumes no responsibility for the protection or maintenance of such items placed upon or on said lots, grave sites, tombstones or markers. The Town reserves the right to remove at any time glass jars, tin cans, or any other item deemed unsightly by the Town from any lot, grave site, tombstone or marker.

§ 60-24 Damage to lots or structures.

The Town shall not be financially responsible or otherwise responsible for any damage to any cemetery lot, grave site, tombstone or marker, except where said damage is due to the intentional act or gross negligence of a Town employee. Further, the Town shall have no responsibility whatsoever, financial or otherwise, for damage to any objects or articles, including flowers, placed on any lot, grave site, tombstone or marker, nor for flowers or articles removed from any such lot, grave site, tombstone or marker, any person placing the same upon any such lot, grave site, tombstone or marker assuming any risk for damage to or loss thereof.

§ 60-25 Placement of items on lots restricted.

The placement upon lots, grave sites, tombstones or markers of any boxes, shells, toys, metal designs, ornaments, chairs, settees, vases, glass jars, tins or iron or earthenware jars or jugs and similar articles is not permitted.

§ 60-26 Sale and conveyance of lots.

The following provisions shall apply to the sale of lots within the cemeteries and deeds of conveyance thereto:

All deeds of conveyance of cemetery lots from the Town, purchased from the Town on or after the effective date of this article, and subsequent deeds of conveyance of the lots herein described, shall contain the following provision:

“NO TRANSFER OF BURIAL RIGHTS WHETHER BY WILL OR BY INTESTACY SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOTED ON THE CEMETERY RECORDS AT THE TOWN OFFICE OF THE TOWN OF LOUISA.”

For any lot sold, transferred or conveyed by the Town after the effective date of this article, the deed of conveyance to said lot shall reserve to the Town a right of first refusal to repurchase the lot, if the owner thereof determines to sell the same, at the same purchase price as said owner paid the Town, or the Town's then-current selling price for lots, whichever shall be greater. No deed of conveyance or other instrument of conveyance of any such lot by any owner shall be deemed effective to transfer ownership of said lot, unless and until the Town shall execute said deed waiving its right of first refusal therein reserved.

The provisions contained in this section shall not apply to lots standing in the name of owners, other than the Town, on the effective date of this article, except where the Town should reacquire title to any such lot(s).

§ 60-27 Conformance to construction specifications.

All workers employed by any party in the construction of vaults, erection of monuments, landmarks or any other works shall perform the work according to approved specifications, or as may be directed by the Town. Any worker failing to conform to the applicable sections of this chapter in performing any such construction shall not be permitted thereafter to work in the cemeteries.