OPERATIONS
1. Dates and Times Cemetery will be Open - The cemetery will be open from 8:00 a.m. until sundown daily. It shall be unlawful for any person to be in the cemetery during any other hours without the permission of the cemetery sexton.

2. Office Hours - The cemetery office shall be open from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The cemetery office will be closed on all legal holidays except Memorial Day. It will be the policy of the City of Lander that the sexton or his assistant not be contacted at home. We feel our regular business hours are adequate. PROPERTY OWNERSHIP

3. Reservation of Burial Plots - A plot or plots may be reserved only by written agreement with the cemetery sexton upon such terms and for such period as shall be mutually agreed not to exceed one year. The final sale price of any plot so reserved will be the price established at the time of sale and not the price prevailing at the time of reservation.

4. Cemetery Certificate - Ownership of a plot or plots within the cemetery shall be evidenced only by a Cemetery Certificate of Sale issued and signed by the City of Lander Clerk upon full payment of the purchase price. Such certificate shall be issued in the name of one person only.

5. Nature of Plot Ownership - Ownership of a cemetery plot consists of the right of interment and any rights necessarily implied therefrom unless otherwise noted on the Certificate of Sale. Not more than one body shall be interred in one plot, with the exception of cremated remains and small infants. The bodies of small infants may be buried in an occupied plot if the container will allow two feet of cover over the container when completed.

6. Subdivision of Plots - A cemetery plot cannot be divided into smaller portions than that originally set forth in the Cemetery Certificate of Sale thereof.

7. Transfer of Plots - No transfer or assignment of plot or interest therein shall be valid until the consent of the City has been endorsed on the Certificate of Sale thereof. BURIAL PROCEDURES

8. Notification - The cemetery sexton shall approve all times and dates of scheduled services and shall be notified as soon as possible in advance of the need for the opening of a cemetery plot and of all proposed burial arrangements. Such notification may be given orally but must be followed by written instructions to the sexton not less than 24 hours prior to the scheduled burial time.

9. Scheduling - It is the policy of the City of Lander that there shall be allowed Saturday burial services. It shall be the responsibility of the Cemetery Sexton or his supervisor to make arrangements and supply necessary people to work these services. The employees performing these services may have the option of receiving the applicable pay or comp time. Saturday services may necessitate additional Police escorts and the police department may have to call in off duty officers for this purpose. These officers shall be paid a minimum of four hours pay. Due to the fact that Saturday services will in turn cost the city additional monies for employee compensation, the rates for a Saturday service opening shall be ajusted for added expenses. Except in cases of an emergency people who are making arrangements for services, shall make such arrangements for services during regular working hours as are set forth in these rules and regulations. No interments, disinterments or funeral services shall be permitted on Sundays or holidays without the prior approval of the sexton and/or the Mayor of the City of Lander. Such permission will not be granted absent an emergency and the additional fee mentioned above will be charged.

10. Removal and Preplacement of Monuments for Interment - If in the opening or closing of a grave it becomes necessary for the sexton to remove or replace an existing monument or its foundation, the same will be performed at the expense of the monument owner and neither the sexton, his employees, nor the city shall be liable for any resulting damage to the monument or foundation which shall be repaired at the owner's expense. If any such movement, replacement or repair is required the funeral director or family in charge will be notified prior to the opening or repair.

11. Permit Required for Opening - No grave may be opened in the cemetery without a cemetery permit first having been obtained from the cemetery sexton endorsed upon the permit over his signature, the dates of opening and closing of the grave and a copy of said permit presented to the City Clerk.


GRAVE CONSTRUCTION

12. Regulations for Cemetery Work - Persons erecting monuments or doing work of any kind in the cemetery will be held responsible for any damage done and shall conform to the following: (a) Before doing work of any kind it shall be necessary to obtain directions and consent from the sexton who shall have complete supervision. (b) All work shall be done as rapidly as possible and in accordance with the trade standard of proper methods for handling and setting of monuments. No rubbish or materials of any kind shall be scattered or placed upon any other burial space or cemetery road and shall be immediately removed by those responsible after completion of the work. (c) In the erection of monuments any necessary posts, ropes or wires shall be secured in the alley ways. No ropes nor wires shall be attached to other monuments or to trees. In unloading monuments, planks shall be used where necessary to protect the grass.

13. Enclosing of Caskets - All human bodies must be in a casket or container durable enough to support the weight of the body, must have handles or straps for handling and must meet state statutes. Any casket or container six feet long or longer, in every interment shall be enclosed in a permanent grave reinforcement of fiberglass, steel or concrete. Vault bases are desirable, however fiberglass, steel or concrete domes will be accepted.

14. Un-Embalmed Bodies - Un-embalmed bodies must be enclosed in an air tight casket or vault.

15. Foundations - All monuments, headstones, or permanent markers shall be set on a concrete base which will extend a minimum of six inches from the edges of the monument, headstone or marker at ground level and will not extend over the property purchased by the owner. Mausoleum or tomb foundations shall meet the specifications for such structures. Stationary vases of metal, marble concrete, etc., or statues, or figurines may not be installed on the foundations, but, must be installed on granite bases, or other material as approved by the sexton at least four inches above the foundation.

16. Monument Placement - All monuments or headstones must be in line with surrounding monuments or headstones. Where permitted, footstones must be mounted flush with the ground. Monuments or headstones should be placed so that the name can be read from the nearest road on outline graves and from the alley on all others (this will require some monuments being placed at the foot of the grave).

17. Temporary Markers - Temporary markers, pending placement of a permanent marker shall be allowed for no more than one year. The sexton shall have the right to remove temporary markers which have been left in place for more than one year and return them to the funeral director furnishing the temporary marker.

18. Composition of Markers - In the best interest and for the protection of grave owners, memorials of cement, wood, artificial wood, tin, iron or other material not permitted by the sexton, will not be permitted to be erected in the cemetery.

19. Erection of Fences, Copings, Hedges, Retaining Walls, Etc, Prohibited - No person shall erect a fence, coping, corner post, hedge, retaining wall or other boundary marker upon any grave, lot or plot.

20. Cemetery Responsibility - The cemetery will not be responsible under any circumstances for any loss or damage to any marker, monument, mausoleum, vase or other fixture placed on any burial plot where such loss or damage shall be caused by thieves, vandals, windstorms or any act of God.

GRAVE DECORATION

21. Duration of Placement of Decorations - All grave decorations of any description which are permitted by these regulations, will be allowed to remain as a grave decoration so long as they are in proper containers, appropriately affixed to the grave, are not threatening to blow loose upon other graves and in the sole discretion of the sexton do not obstruct the general maintenance of the cemetery and do not detract from its overall beauty. Grave decorations not meeting these requirements will be removed by the cemetery sexton. Every effort will be made to store any valuable decorations for a period not to exceed two weeks after which the sexton may dispose of such items. However, the City shall not be liable for any items which are not so stored or which are disposed of after storage.

22. Holidays - Notwithstanding other regulations herein, the following provisions concerning grave decorations shall be in effect on the designated holidays: (a) MEMORIAL DAY DECORATIONS - All temporary decorations and artificial flowers assembled on the grass or grave spaces shall be picked up starting five (5) days after Memorial Day. Cemetery vases and cans sold by local florists and retailers will be allowed for this five (5) day period only. (b) CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS - Christmas wreaths and grave blankets placed on graves within the cemetery may be permitted to remain until March 1.

23. Securing Grave Decorations - All grave decorations, which are not a permanent part of the monument must either be of sufficient weight to prevent them from being blown about by the wind, or must be secured to the monument, headstone or grave marker so as to prevent such occurrence. For general safety, glass containers, spikes, nails, pipes, wire or any other such articles will not be permitted in the cemetery for the purpose of holding or securing arrangements, bouquets or other such displays

24. Prohibited Grave Decorations - The placing of any box, can, toy, ornament, sign, card or other similar article upon any grave shall not be permitted without the permission of the cemetery sexton. Any such items found on graves without permission will be removed by the sexton. Neither the City nor the sexton shall be liable for such decoration or its removal.

25. Planting of Trees or Shrubs - Planting of any tree, plant or shrub upon any cemetery plot is prohibited without written permission of the sexton. The sexton shall have the power to remove any such tree, plant or shrub which is installed without permission or which is detrimental in any way to any adjoining lot, road or walk. Neither the sexton nor the city shall be liable for the item or its removal.

PROHIBITED ACTS

26. Advertising Prohibited - No advertising of any kind shall be permitted in the cemetery.

27. Noise Restrictions - During funeral services, all construction, loud talking or other activity on cemetery property that might interfere with services is prohibited.

28. Firearms - Except for firearms used in connection with the ceremonies of a military burial, none shall be permitted in the cemetery without special written consent of the cemetery sexton.

ENFORCEMENT

29. Authority and Enforcement - The cemetery sexton shall have the power to prevent improper assemblages and boisterous and unseemly conduct. The cemetery sexton shall have the power to enforce all ordinances, rules, and regulations pertaining to the cemetery and to exclude from the cemetery any person or persons found in violation thereof. The cemetery sexton shall have charge of the cemetery grounds and buildings and at all times shall have supervision and control over all persons in the cemetery. adopted by Ord 334 1952 Amended by Ord 338 1952