§ 26-3. Restrictions on use.

(a)

Enclosures. No curbing, fencing, or enclosure of any sort shall be erected on, in, or around any burial lot in the cemetery, but the city reserves the right to erect curbing along the walks and driveways, if it so desires.

(b)

Plantings. The planting of flowers and shrubs or any other effort to improve or beautify any lot within the municipal cemetery shall be done only after the plans for such work have been submitted to the municipal cemetery committee and approved by that committee. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit the decoration or adornment of any grave site with potted or cut flowers or plants.

(c)

Stones and monuments. Owners of cemetery lot easements numbers 1 through 262 shall have the right to erect proper stones or monuments marking the burial site, except that no slab shall be set except in a horizontal position and flush with the ground.

(1)

Headstones shall not exceed two feet in height above the ground and 18 inches in width and shall be set in a solid concrete foundation.

(2)

Monuments of cut stone or marble shall not exceed ten feet in height and the erection of the monuments must be authorized and supervised by the municipal cemetery committee.

(Code 1982, § 14-103; Ord. of 4-9-1991, § 1)