§ 194-12. Memorials.  


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  • A. 
    No monument or other memorial may be brought into a cemetery until a sketch or a blueprint showing the design, material, finish, size and inscription thereon is first submitted to the Sexton for approval.
    B. 
    Workpersons engaged in the erection of memorials, monuments, markers and vaults of any description shall be subject to the control of the Sexton. Any workperson failing to conform to the directions of the Sexton shall not be allowed to continue his/her work.
    C. 
    Notice of the intent to set a monument shall be given at least one day in advance of the work.
    D. 
    The building of monument foundations shall only be in accordance with the specifications for same as promulgated by the Sexton.
    E. 
    The erection or installation of monuments or memorial markers shall not take place on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays.
    F. 
    The lower base of all monuments must be dressed to a true level on the bottom so as to bear evenly at all points upon the foundation without the use of chips, sprawls, or underpinnings. A bed of cement must be spread evenly over the top of a foundation and the base lowered into it.
    G. 
    Upright monuments shall only be allowed in those areas of a cemetery designated therefor by the Sexton. No chains or ropes may be attached to trees or other objects for the installation of monuments.
    H. 
    All monument foundations shall be installed clear of graves and shall be constructed to a depth equaling that of a single-depth grave, except where a concrete vault is used and a marker foundation may be constructed at the end of same. Bridging or constructing any foundation for a monument over a grave is prohibited. The provision and installation of all markers and monuments and the bases and foundations therefor shall be at the cost and expense of the gravesite owner.
    I. 
    The following provisions shall apply to the West Meadow Cemetery only:
    (1) 
    Upright monuments in Section D may be of variable heights not to exceed four feet in height. No monument shall be wider than 36 inches at its widest point when placed on a gravesite containing less than three contiguous plots.
    [Amended 6-10-2008 by Ord. No. 0709-1]
    (2) 
    No memorial, whether upright monument or flush marker, shall be less than four inches in thickness at its narrowest dimension, nor more than a maximum of 14 inches. Upright monuments in the nonveterans' section added in 2009, known as Section F, may be of variable heights, not to exceed 48 inches in height, including the base. No monument shall be wider than 36 inches at its widest point, when placed on a single-grave monument lot. No monument shall be wider than 54 inches at its widest point when placed on a double-grave monument lot.
    [Amended 2-23-2010]
    Editor’s Note: This ordinance also provided for an effective date of 3-17-2010.
    (3) 
    Upright monuments shall be made only of granite. Memorial flush markers shall be made only of granite or bronze. No monumental work, once installed, shall be removed from a grave unless approved by the Sexton.
    (4) 
    Only one upright monument shall be allowed for each monument lot and only one flush marker per grave will be permitted. On a flush marker lot, two flush markers will be permitted per grave.
    [Amended 2-23-2010]
    Editor’s Note: This ordinance also provided for an effective date of 3-17-2010.
    (5) 
    Each grave shall have a concrete vault of a type approved by the Sexton and installed in accordance with his/her direction. The provision and installation of vaults shall be at the cost of the gravesite owner.
Amended 6-28-1977; 9-12-1989