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Home My WebLink AboutNO ORD# I . . . .. . f4/ AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SEBASTIAN CEMETERY, PENALTY fOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA, as follows: 1. The following rules and regulations for the cemetery of the City of Sebastian are hereby established: (a) The cemetery shall be open daily from 8:00 A.M. until sunset. (b) All graves must be located by Sexton or person in charge (City Clerk). (c) Graves must be at least five feet deep at lowest point. (d) The vault company and/or contractor (grave digger) shall exercise care to protect all grave markers, monuments, sprinklers, etc., and shall be held liable for any damages incurred. (e) The cemetery sexton or person in charge shall keep ~ records as required. (r) The vault company and/or contractor (grave digger) shall remove all dirt from adjacent grave markers, monuments, etc. as he completes closing of grave sites. Surplus dirt shall be hauled to spoil site as designated by sexton or person in charge, (g) The vault company and/or contractor (grave digger) shall exercise care in driving his vehicle from cemetery roads onto platted lots to haul fill and/or vaul t. Adequate protection by use of timbers, plYlA/ood and other approved devices shall be provided to adjacent grave sites. Vehicle shall remain in low gear while on platted grave sites and proceed slowly in and out to roadway. (h) The vault company and/or contractor (grave digger) shall remove his tent as soon as practicable after completion of ceremony and closing of gr8ve site. (1) The vault company and/or contractor (grave digger) shall notify the City Clerk or other city official of any problem that ~ay be encountered. '~V'! ~:::~:,it%~1\~;~'~1'''::':,:'''i,: ~:'-,~:\C; ':;.;f.,,~7,j,?,'l.jiN).,:':'::-." ':}~;:~,~f.\ ')1J;: ,/-..':::,:":":1~,t~~;:';iZ ':"-~~':',' i::,~:-- ;Ai:,';>"i~:~';.G:-;'~': ';f.:<;,:~~~'~-:M';;"<;~"'~:W15b,.;n~~~:;;i~~;"'tr;':'}(,t:!:?~~::1'-'-'~~' .< ,,""\."~':'-'::':"'.. ' ;j ;~"'" :~:. ;1: . ;~:"",;.('i::~:! Ji,l' ,~~,'~,ir~','.Q""".v'4l'"~' ~,';" :.J \. . " (j) be given a copy (k) . . The vault company and/or contractor (grave digger) shall of this ordinance and be guided by all requirements therein. The cemetery sexton or person in charge shall inspect and approve excavations and closing by vault company and/or contractor (grave digger) . (1) The cemetery sexton or person in charge shall be courteous to all who come his way, keeping in mind his required duties. (m) The cemetery sexton or person in charge shall not accept gratuities from anyone. Any service that Can be performed, will be performed for all. (n) Lots or grave sites shall be used only for the burial of the human dead. Only one interment shall be made in a grave site except in the case of the following: a mother and infant; two children in one coffin; one interment and one cremation. Two markers for this type burial will be permitted, provided they are placed side by side. (0) No burials above ground in vaults shall be permitted. (p) All cemetery plat markers shall be either bronze, marble, or granite, and shall be flush with the ground. No permanent attachments shall be above the marker. No slabs of any kind will be permitted. (q) All interments in the cemetery shall be required to have a concrete vault or other permanent type grave lin~r installed before burial. (r) Before any markers shall be installed, a plan shall be presented for approval to the City Clerk at the Sebastian City Hall. (s) All such markers shall be installed within four months (120 days) after burial. Where this regulation renders a hardship, or presents any special problems, i.e. an estate not settled, etc., special consideration will be given. Request for special consideration should be made in writing to the Chairman, Cemetery Committee, City Hall, P. O. Box 127, Sebastian, Florida 32958. (t) All markers shall be in a line consistent with each other. (u) Whenever a living memorial trsa or shrub is desired, arrangements can be made with the City Clerk as to size, type and placement as designated by the Cemetery Committee. ... -L- ;' t':;'::~:'I;;,;".,,,:~~..; ,.'...!,c,"!;,-:. ~}':_(;:'i..;:" ,'.c . . . r .. (v) ~o trees, plants or shrubs shall be planted, pr~ned, or rt:J:~O\i8C1 except 11/ the S8>~ton Or' p~!rSOfl in Cl-1<lr'lJ8 ~'Jf"10 81-"':;::111 have authority 7~.O lJ{) SU UPC;"j all} jr:~:~VG site VJh;3n r,C} ~)y <_;;. f cfer su.::h a CC',,}':'EO "'lEC(~;:~:.1<i=Y. (,:1) EnclGf;ur;3~; of atlY nacure ,'Ouch 8S fanees,. COpl.r.'jS, hedges, cJ.i tC"1SZ" :Jt:.:. shall not be allo)Jed ",roune' i..Jny grave 8i tes. Grave mounds will not be permitted. (x) Ar'~i ficLJl flell'lcr urrangea18n ts LdlJ 013 pel'cd,;: ta,j to l'c"1ain until they becG'nG faded or unsightl/, trash flo,uers ',d.ll re',lain until unsic;r.+.1 '/, (y) No work of eny kind may ~8 done on grave sites unloss t:',Jproved by the Ce:netery COff:li tta8 PRIOa to starting such,}.Iork or installing n8r~<crs. (z) No grave 51t8 owners shall 31low interments on thaiI' grave sites for a remuneration, nor shall any transfer of interest therein be valid eX~8pt by written ccnsont of tha City of Sebastian. No lots shall be bought or sold for speculation. (aa) An 8asemert 18 reserved 8long all grave Sll8 li~es for water, sprinkler system, etc. ') .t-. All persons, businesses and corporations doing business ~ithin the cemetery of the City of SebosLi.nn shall cornplydLh the rules and I'03gulations set out herein. 3. A violation of any of the above rules and regulations shall be considered a violation of :Ie ordin~nc8~, wf i:he City of SeoDasGian, and an'l pcrc;on, business or corporatiun adjudicai:eu in viclai::ion of said rules and regulations shall, in addition to any panulty imposed by court not exceeding ~5no fine and/or not Gxcaediny 90 days imprlsonnsnL, De denied the right to ~ -.-!- 1#5,"3:;;.,;;..~~-~-",j;';fti;;,;;~_: ~:'?~:;C:,'::wtl.:~'.I"~:,~'l'}:!.;'i'r'".~ _ ":~\~~",~' ;~'~-~i::~~ '~~:""~\~ ~ ','-' , " . . do further business in the cemetery of the City of Sebastian. 4. This ordinance shall become Bffec~ive immediately upon its passage. ~~.-&~~ F. Euge Cragg, (\layor ATTEST: #~x~-' City Clerk I HERE8Y CERTIFY THAT Notice of Public Haering of the foregoing Orcinance VJaS given in accordallce IiJi th Chapter 156. JfH of the Florida S::'stutes, that said public h;o1'in9 WaS hold in the Cley Hall of the . City of Sebas~ian, Florida, at 7:00 p.~. on ~ d /L/- T , 1974, and that the foregoing Ordinance uas duly passed and adopted by the City Council of ~he Cisy of Sebastian, florida, on the ~ /~- day of tfJd~ 197 I,. #~I~~~ City Clerk -j(.,*x~c~,*** -4- ,: .;~~ ''',".1