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Cemetery Rules & Regulations

Rules and Regulations for your Guidance & Protection.

A. Cemetery

  1. No flower receptacle may be placed on any burial space unless approved by the Cemetery for material, design, size, and position on lot
  2. All in-ground vases must be turned down from November 1st to April 1st.
  3. Plants will be allowed from Friday to Tuesday for Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
  4. Artificial and fresh cut flowers are permitted in Cemetery approved vases from April 1st to November 1st.
  5. Memorial  Day decorations, including fresh cut flowers, plants, crosses, flags,  etc. will be allowed from the Friday preceding Memorial Day until two  weeks after Memorial Day. All decorations not in Cemetery approved vases  will be removed and discarded.
  6. Grave  blankets and wreaths are allowed from November 15th to March 1st. If  wreaths and blankets become unsightly because of deterioration before  March 1st, they will be removed and discarded.
  7. Only one metal decorative holder may be placed per marker and shall be located next to the marker foundation.
  8. The Cemetery reserves the right to remove any unsightly decorations or decorations that do not conform to regulations.
  9. No other items, holders, figurines, trinkets or other similar decorations shall be allowed.
  10. Maximum  foundation width in Garden of Cross, Resurrection, Last Supper and  Prayer (Lots 1-24) is 3.5 feet for a single grave or 7 feet for two  graves. These markers must be flush with the ground.
  11. Maximum  foundation width in Garden of Prayer (Lots 25-96) is 4 feet for a  single grave and 8 feet for two graves. These markers can be upright or  flush.

B. Garden or Chapel Mausoleums & Niches

  1.  Fresh cut flowers or artificial  flowers will be permitted only in permanent mausoleum vases. Vases shall  be removed by Cemetery personnel between November 1st and April 1st.
  2. Plants may be placed from Friday to Tuesday for Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
  3. Memorial  Day decorations are permitted from the Friday prior to Memorial Day  until two weeks after Memorial Day. All decorations not in the Garden of  Memories Mausoleum vases will be removed and discarded.
  4. The Cemetery reserves the right to remove unsightly decorations or decorations that do not conform to regulations.
  5. The  use of decorations which are either placed on the floor, or  freestanding easels, or on wrought iron stands, or which are attached  directly by wire, tape, glue or such other similar method, is strictly  prohibited.

C. General Regulations

  1. No dogs or other animals, except guide dogs, shall be permitted in the Cemetery.
  2. The possession or consumption of illegal drugs or alcoholic beverages within the Cemetery is strictly forbidden.
  3. No  boxes, shells, toys, glassware, sprinkling cans, receptacles, or  similar items (other than vases or monument adornments meeting the  Cemetery's specifications which have been placed with the Cemetery's  permission) will be permitted to be placed on or near any interment  space or elsewhere within the Cemetery, and if placed, the Cemetery may  remove any such items.
  4. The Cemetery is not responsible for theft or damage to any personal  property, including artifacts, personal effects, etc. placed on or near  interment spaces or elsewhere in the Cemetery.
  5. No  benches, chairs or like items shall be permitted to be brought upon the  Cemetery grounds, unless authorized in writing by the Cemetery.
  6. No  person shall be permitted to enter or leave the open Cemetery except by  the public entrance(s), which will remain open during the hours  permitted by sunrise and sunset.
  7. Any  person entering the Cemetery other than during the posted visiting  hours, without prior authorization from Cemetery management will be  considered a trespasser.
  8. Automobiles  shall not be driven through the grounds in excess of a safe speed, and  shall always be driven on the right side of the Cemetery roadways.  Automobiles are not allowed to turn around on the driveways or roadways,  and are not allowed to park or to come to a full stop in front of an  open grave unless in connection with a graveside service.
  9. All  floral decorations, whether natural or artificial shall be subject to  the Cemetery's written policies concerning same as are posted or on file  and available for inspection in the Cemetery's office. The Cemetery may  remove all floral designs (artificial or natural), flowers, weeds,  trees, shrubs, or plants of any kind from the Cemetery as soon as, in  the judgment of the Cemetery management, they become unsightly or  diseased, or if they do not conform to the Cemetery's policies.
  10. No  person shall be permitted to use profane or boisterous language or in  any way disturb the quiet and good order of the Cemetery.
  11. The  Cemetery reserves to itself and to those lawfully entitled thereto, a  perpetual right of ingress and egress over interment spaces for the  purpose of passage to and from other interment spaces. Except as may be  necessary to gain access to other interment spaces within the Cemetery,  persons within the Cemetery grounds shall use only the avenues, walkways  and roads. All persons are strictly forbidden to break or injure any  tree or shrub, or mark any landmark, marker or memorial or in any way  deface the grounds of the Cemetery.
  12. No  trees, shrubs or other plants may be planted by anyone other than the  Cemetery, except with the express written permission of the Cemetery. In  the event any such planting is allowed, the Cemetery reserves the right  to perform, whatever maintenance it deems necessary to preserve the  appearance of such landscaping, including complete removal of that  landscaping if, in the opinion of the Cemetery, it should become  unsightly.
  13. No person shall remove any plant or flower, either wild or cultivated, from any part of the Cemetery.
  14. Visitors and owners may not hire Cemetery employees nor pay them any monies to perform any services.
  15. No  person or persons, other than law enforcement authorities or Cemetery  security personnel, shall be permitted to bring or carry firearms within  the Cemetery, except a military guard of honor and then only when in  the charge of a military officer and during a military service, and upon  prior approval of the Cemetery.
  16. The  Cemetery grounds are sacredly devoted to the burial of the human dead  and the provisions and penalties of the law, as provided by state  statute, will be strictly enforced in all cases of wanton injury,  disturbance and disregard of these Rules and Regulations.

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