Cemetery Rules

 

Sexton’s Office Hours

Monday – Friday       7:00 am – 3:30 pm

 

Cemetery Hours of Operation

Monday – Sunday     7:00 am – 9:00 pm

Conduct

Visitors to the cemetery are reminded that the grounds are sacredly devoted to the interment of the dead, and that strict observance of the decorum which should characterize the place will be required.
No person shall:

 

1.          Enter the cemetery except through an established entrance.

2.          Deposit rubbish or debris on a walk or drive or any part of the cemetery grounds.

3.          Pick or mutilate any flowers, either wild or domestic, or disturb any tree, shrub, or other plant material, or remove same from the grounds.

4.          Kill, wound or trap any bird, fish or animal, or feed or otherwise disturb them or remove the eggs of any bird from the cemetery grounds.

5.          Permit any domestic animals to enter or remain in the cemetery.

6.          Consume refreshments or liquors on the cemetery grounds, or carry same on the premises.

7.          Carry or discharge firearms upon the premises, except when authorized to do so at a military burial service.

8.          Deface, mutilate or otherwise injure or commit damage to any monument or enclosure or burial lot owned by others.

9.          Peddle or solicit for flowers, plants or monuments within the cemetery grounds.

10.      Erect signs, notices or advertisements of any kind within the cemetery grounds, unless authorized by Sexton.

 

Traffic Regulations

All traffic laws of the City of Marquette that are applicable to the operation of vehicles in the cemetery and not inconsistent herewith shall be strictly observed.
No person shall:

 

1.      Drive a vehicle in excess of 15 miles per hour on any cemetery road.

  1. Drive off the established roads unless permission to do so is given by the Sexton.
  2. Park or allow an automobile to come to a full stop in front of an open grave unless such automobile is attending a funeral.
  3. Make any unnecessary noise, such as loud talking, yelling, blowing of horns, whistles, etc.
  4. Cause any vehicle to be within the cemetery grounds except during the hours established for the cemetery grounds to be open.

Planting, Decorating and Improvements

To create and preserve the maximum beauty of the entire Cemetery, the following rules shall be observed:

 

  1. The cemetery management reserves to itself the sole right to plant and maintain all permanent plantings within the cemetery. Lot owners desiring special permanent planting on their lots, if in the sections permitting monuments, may make their request to the Sexton, who may permit such planting to be done at the lot owner's expense; such planting shall immediately become the property of the cemetery. All plantings so installed shall be in conformance with a prepared and approved plan and subject to the satisfaction and approval of the Sexton.
  2. Seasonal and perennial plants will be limited to the width of the monument (or markers, if no family monument) and will not exceed 12 inches in depth. Permanent urns will not be permitted. Failure to maintain urns presently installed will be cause for removal thereof.
  3. Winter decorations may be maintained on graves until March 1st at which time they shall be removed by cemetery employees. Rubbish, refuse and unused containers shall not be left on lots, but shall be placed at the edge at the nearest accessible row. The City reserves the right to remove all floral designs, flowers, trees, shrubs, plants, or herbage of any kind, from the cemetery as soon as, in the judgment of the Sexton they become unsightly, dangerous, detrimental, or diseased, or when they do not conform to the established standards.

 

Monuments

  1. For the purpose of these rules and regulations, the word monument shall mean a memorial consisting of granite or marble bearing the name or names of a family or families, consisting of a base and the upper portion or main section known as a die.
  2. Monuments shall be designed with reference to the topography and location of the monument to the surrounding area. No more than one monument shall be erected on any lot, and no monument shall be erected on a lot platted for less than two graves. Monuments erected on two grave lots shall not exceed 38 inches in length or 14 inches in width, and those erected on three grave lots shall not exceed 46 inches in length or 14 inches in width. On lots of four graves or more, the area of the base of any monument shall not occupy more than six per cent (6%) of the lot area.
  3. Except where permitted, otherwise at the time of the sale of a lot, no monument shall be placed upon any lot unless such lot has been paid for in full.
  4. No corner posts are permitted.

 

Markers

  1. For the purpose of these rules and regulations, the word "marker" shall mean a singular stone of granite or marble, or a bronze plaque, with the name of the individual identification appearing on it.
  2. Single non-flush markers shall consist of one piece and shall not be less than 14 inches nor more than 24 inches in length, nor less than 8 inches or more than 12 inches in width. Upright markers shall not exceed 16 inches in height.
  3. Multiple non-flush markers will not exceed the number of the graves in the lot and will consist of either double or triple markers, and will not be less than 36 inches or more than 46 inches in length, and will be inches in width.
  4. These restrictions will not affect existing markers previously installed or any replacement or duplication on the same lot.
  5. Except as otherwise provided here, all markers on any one lot shall be of identical materials above the foundation, as far as practicable, as to style, size and finish.
  6. These measurements and requirements will not apply to government issue markers.

 

Monument and Marker Materials

  1. No material except granite, a good grade of white marble, cut stone from recognized monument quarries or standard bronze will be used for markers or monuments. Bronze may be used for markers extending above the grade only if attached to a granite base. The use of two or more kinds of material varying in color or texture will not be permitted on any one lot. No materials except granite or standard bronze will be used for flush markers.
  2. Duplication of markers as to materials, size and finish is permitted. But unless such duplication is made, then only flush markers may be installed, which will conform in width and length to the marker to be replaced.

 

Foundations

  1. All monuments and markers will be placed on foundations of solid masonry of not less in width and length than the base of the monument or maker to be installed upon.
  2. Construction of all foundations will be done only by cemetery employees, and must be paid for in advance.

 

Funerals

The Sexton, or one of his assistants, is expected to attend every interment, and to see that the rules, regulations and strict properties of the place are observed. No burials will be made on Sundays or legal holidays except with the permission of the Sexton. Workmen engaged in the vicinity of a burial shall suspend their labors during services at the grave.

 

Interment

No interment shall take place without a Burial Permit, nor until all laws, ordinances, rules and regulations relative to burials have been complied with. The City shall not be liable for such Burial Permit or responsible for the accuracy of the data, or for the identity of the person to be interred or entombed. No grave shall be opened unless the grave space has been paid for, with the exception of indigent cases, or unless the funeral director assumes the responsibility of payment for such grave space. Funeral Directors making arrangements for burials will be responsible for all interment charges if not paid by the owner or his agent. If the deceased to be interred is not the owner or is not a member of the lot owner's immediate family, written consent of the owner, owners, or authorized agent, must be filed with the Sexton before interment may be permitted.

 

General

Each earth interment shall be made enclosed in an approved vault, the actual installation of which will be made by the employees of the Cemetery. Orders from funeral directors will be construed as orders from lot owners. No graves will be opened except by workmen employed by the cemetery. No vaults or other materials will be delivered to the cemetery on Sundays or City observed legal holidays except by permission of the Sexton.

 

Disinterment

  1. Disinterment and removal of a body will not be made without a disinterment permit, notice in writing to the Sexton, and the permission in writing of the lot owner and next of kin of the deceased. Graves shall not be opened for inspections except for official investigation by proper legal proceedings.
  2. After the close of any funeral service at the grave and after the placing of a body in the receiving vault, it will not be permissible for anyone to open the casket or to touch the body without the consent in writing of the legal representative of the deceased or a Court Order for that purpose.