Skip to main content
Loading…
This section is included in your selections.

A. Deposit of Materials. No person will deposit any rubbish, filth, waste or other unclean or unsightly substance in the city cemeteries.

B. Vehicle Operation Limitations. It is unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle, motorized or nonmotorized, in a city cemetery except on the established roadways in accordance with all applicable local and state laws. Vehicles may not exceed a speed of ten (10) miles per hour. No vehicle may enter the cemetery except for the purpose of attending funerals, visiting graves or other activity approved in advance by the city clerk. Any damage caused to vehicles while operating within the cemeteries is not the responsibility of the city.

C. Hazardous Conditions. The city reserves the right to remove or to demand that the permittee or designated agent remove any tree, shrub, plant, fencing or other structure, enclosure, decoration, headstone, tomb, marker or monument located on any individual grave space which becomes dangerous or detrimental to the operations of a city cemetery or interferes with or encroaches upon adjacent grave spaces.

D. Property Damage. It will be unlawful for any person to destroy, mutilate, cut, remove, break, deface or injure any trees, shrubs, plants, ornaments, walks, sidewalks, fences, gateposts, monuments, markers or other things used in or belonging to a city cemetery.

E. Animals. It is unlawful to ride or drive any animal upon, over or across the lands or lots of any cemetery except on established vehicle ways; or to hitch or tie any animal to any trees, shrubs, plants or other ornament within any cemetery, or permit any animal to be pastured in the cemetery. It is unlawful to bury any animal remains in the cemetery.

F. Noise. It is unlawful for any person, except a city employee or contractor in the performance of their duty in caring for a city cemetery, to make any unreasonable noise or disturbance within a city cemetery. [Ord. 13-21 § 2; Ord. 01-23 § 2.]