§ 26-4. General regulations.
(a)
Trees and shrubs. No tree or shrub shall be planted, removed, cut down, or destroyed within the borders of any burial lot, walks, or lawn spaces, without the consent of the municipal cemetery committee.
(b)
Injury to monuments. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, deface, or in any manner injure any monument, headstone, or ornament thereof within the municipal cemetery.
(c)
Discharging firearms. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot any gun, pistol, or other firearm within the municipal cemetery except at a funeral ceremony.
(d)
Depositing offensive matter. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit on any part of the cemetery or any land adjoining it any dead carcass or any putrid or offensive matter whatever.
(e)
Disorderly conduct. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct himself in a boisterous or disorderly manner within the perimeter of the municipal cemetery.
(f)
Entering cemeteries at night. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter the municipal cemetery or walk upon or across the cemetery between sunset and sunrise without the written consent of the municipal cemetery committee.
(g)
Advertisements. It shall be unlawful for any person to post any advertisement or sign, or to solicit any work in the municipal cemetery.
(h)
Unauthorized interments. It shall be unlawful for any person to inter any dead body in any part of the municipal cemetery without the express authorization of the municipal cemetery committee.
(i)
Disinterment. Disinterments shall be made only when authorized by the municipal cemetery committee and the county board of health.
(j)
Maintenance. Notwithstanding section 26-2 (h) above, the owner of each burial plot shall have the ultimate obligation to maintain it in a neat and attractive condition at the owner's sole expense, to include without limitation: flower beds weeded, old flowers removed, and grass clippings, gravel and any other debris removed from the grave plot.
(Code 1982, § 14-104; Amend. of 6-12-2007, § 1)