HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/01/2009 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 088, 2009, ADOPTING ITEM NUMBER: 12
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: September 1, 2009
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: J. R. Schnelzer "
Phil Carpenter
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 088, 2009, Adopting Updated Rules and Regulations Governing
Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries to Allow Green Burials at Roselawn and to Make Minor
Language Improvements.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The community interest in green burials is growing. Green burials are burials without embalming,
without a burial vault, using a casket made of non-toxic,biodegradable material or a biodegradable
burial shroud. The surfaces of the graves are unadorned, unirrigated turf with simple memorial
markers. The adoption of this Ordinance changes the Cemetery Rules and Regulations to allow
green burials at Roselawn Cemetery. Unlike Grandview Cemetery, Roselawn has land that can be
dedicated to green burials. The other changes to the Rules and Regulations are simple housekeeping
measures. The last major update was completed in May 2005.
BACKGROUND
There has been increasing interest in the community for green burials. Two funeral homes in the
community are certified Green Funeral Homes. The Cemetery will develop a new Garden of
Harmony at Roselawn for green burials. Green burials will be allowed at Roselawn Cemetery in
the Garden of Harmony section only. Green burials are described as burials without embalming,
without a burial vault,using a casket made of non-toxic,biodegradable material or a biodegradable
burial'shroud. The requesting party must waive any right of disinterment of the remains. The grave
size will be 6 ft. by 10 ft., memorials will be flat (grass marker) not larger than 2 ft. by 1 ft. by 4-
inch granite only. No floral vases will be allowed. The section will not be irrigated and
maintenance will be minimal. No plantings of any kind will be allowed.
Additional changes to the Cemetery Rules and Regulations are proposed:
• Amend the definition of"disinterment."
• Add a definition of"green burials."
• Change CLRS to CPRE, Culture, Parks, Recreation and Environment.
September 1, 2009 -2- Item No. 12
• Provide that the City Manager establishes rates, fees and charges (instead of City Council)
and directs their expenditure.
• Add the words "except green burial" in the burial receptacle requirements.
• Change the shape of the insignia on the crypt shutters.
• Omit the word "bonded" when referring to monument dealers.
• Add the name of"Harmony" to the list of sections that have flat monuments.
• Give future sections at Roselawn names instead of numbers.
• Omit 14.3.11 (dealing with the type of memorials and monuments allowed in burial Section
6) as it is addressed in a previous rule.
• Change the word "lot" to "burial space" in section 14.3.15.
• State that the Garden of Harmony will have no concrete used in the setting of memorials.
• Amend Sections 11.24, 12.2, 12.3, 12.6, and 12.7 to clarify requirement for interment and
disinterment of cremated remains.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Rules and Regulations for the Operation of Municipal Cemeteries
City Clerk' s File Copy 8-26-09
RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE OPERATION OF MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES
FORT COLLINS , COLORADO
ADOPTED MARCH 1996
REPEALED AND READOPTED FEBRUARY 2004
AMENDED MAY 2005
AMENDED SEPTEMBER 2009
City Clerk' s File Copy 8-26-09
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 .0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.0 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3 .0 OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 . 1 OWNED BY THE CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 .2 CONTROL BY CITY COUNCIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 .3 MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 .4 CEMETERY SUPERVISOR TO ENFORCE RULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 .5 ADMISSIONS TO CEMETERIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 .6 BUSINESS OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 .7 CITY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 . 8 LIABILITY FORDAMAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 .9 CITY SHALL NOT DISCRMNATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.0 CONTROL OF WORK BY CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. 1 WORK TO BE DONE BY CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2 CITY MUST DIRECT AND MAY REMOVE IMPROVEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5 .0 ROADWAYS AND REPLATTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5 . 1 RIGHT TO REPLAT, REGRADE AND USE PROPERTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5 .2 NO RIGHT GRANTED IN ROADWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5 .3 RIGHT TO CLOSE ROADWAYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.0 CONDUCT WITHIN THE CEMETERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. 1 TRAVERSING CEMETERY PROPERTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.2 TRESPASSERS ON CEMETERY LOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.3 CHILDREN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.4 FORBIDDEN ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.5 REFRESHMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.6 LOUNGING ON GROUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.7 LOUD TALKING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. 8 VISITORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.9 RUBBISH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. 10 AUTOMOBII .ES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. 11 TRUCKS AND HEAVY HAULING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. 12 BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. 13 PEDDLING OR SOLICITING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. 14 NOTICES OR ADVERTISEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. 15 DOGS, HORSES AND OTHERANIMALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. 16 HOURS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. 17IMPROPRIETIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. 18 EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7.0 SERVICE CHARGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7. 1 PAYMENT OF SERVICE CHARGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.2 CHARGES FOR INDIGENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8 .0 PURCHASE OF THE RIGHT OF INTERMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8 . 1 APPLICATIONS FOR PURCHASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8 .2 AGREEMENT CONVEYS ONLY THE RIGHT OF INTERMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8 .3 ERRORS MAYBE CORRECTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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8 .4 SINGLE BURIAL SPACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8 .5 DOUBLE DEPTH BURIAL SPACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8 .6 ADDITIONAL CREMATED REMAINS ON EXISTING BURIAL SPACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8 .7 PAYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8 . 8 INSTALLMENT PURCHASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8 .9 CHANGE OF ADDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
9.0 TRANSFERS AND ASSIGNMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9. 1 CONSENT OF CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9.2 INDEBTEDNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9.3 TRANSFER BY DESCENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9.4 CONTRACT SALE BY THE CITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
10.0 PERPETUAL CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10. 1 PERPETUAL CARE MANDATORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10.2 PERPETUAL CARE FEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10.3 LOTS NOT NOW UNDER PERPETUAL CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10.4 CARE OF LOTS NOT NOW UNDER PERPETUAL CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10.5 RECORD OF PAYMENT OF FEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10.6 INVESTMENT OF FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10.7 EXPENDITURE LIMITED TO INCOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
10. 8 CITY COUNCIL TO DIRECT EXPENDITURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
11 .0 INTERMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11 . 1 SUBJECT TO LAWS AND ORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11 .2 DISPOSITION-REMOVAL PERMIT REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11 .3 INTERMENT PERMIT REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11 .4 MANNERAND CHARGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11 .5 TIME AND SCHEDULING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11 .6 NOTICE OF INTERMENT REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
11 .7 BURIAL RECEPTACLE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
11 . 8 COMMUNITY GARDEN CRYPT MAUSOLEUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11 .9 COLUMBARIUMNICHES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
11 . 10 MEMORY GARDEN WALL AND OS SUARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
11 . 11 CASKET NOT TO BE DISTURBED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
11 . 12 EMERGENCY INTERMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
11 . 13 INTERMENTS INVOLVING VIRULENT CONTAGIOUS DISEASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
11 . 14 DISASTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
11 . 15 DELAYS IN INTERMENTS CAUSED BY PROTESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
11 . 1 6AUTHORIZATION OF ONE LOT OWNER SUFFICIENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
11 . 17 LOCATION OF BURIAL SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
11 . 18 CITY NOT RESPONSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
11 . 19 ERRORS MAY BE CORRECTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
11 .20 EMBALMING; IDENTITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
11 .21 INTERMENT OF MORE THAN ONE BODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
11 .22 DOUBLE DEPTH BURIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
11 .23 EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
11 .24 INTERMENT OF CREMATED REMAINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
11 . 25 GREEN BURIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
12.0 DISINTERMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
12. 1 SUBJECT TO LAWS AND ORDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
12.2 PERMISSION FORDISINTERMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
12.3 DISINTERMENT PROHIBITED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCE S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
12.4 NOTICE OF DISINTERMENT REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
12.5 PAYMENT OF FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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12.6 SERVICES PROVIDED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
12. 7 CITY NOT RESPONSIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
13 .0 DECORATION OF LOTS AND BURIAL SPACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
13 . 1 GRANDVIEW CEMETERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
13 .2 ROSELAWN CEMETERY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
14.0 MEMORIALS, MONUMENTS, ETC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
14. 1 PRODUCERS AND RETAIL DEALERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
14.2 GRANDVIEW CEMETERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
14.3 ROSELAWN CEMETERY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
14.4 DESIGN, FINISH AND WORKMANSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
14.5 MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
14.6 MAUSOLEUMS, TOMBS, ETC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
14.7 FOUNDATIONS AND DELIVERIES OF MEMORIALS, ETC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
14. 8 AUTHORITY TO PLACE MEMORIALS OR MONUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
14.9 MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39-39
15 .0 AMENDMENTS, EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
15 . 1 AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
15 .2 EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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100 INTRODUCTION
These Rules and Regulations are adopted as the RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE
OPERATION OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES and are for
the mutual protection of all right of interment owners and the City of Fort Collins, and are
intended to provide the Cemeteries with a uniform and permanent beauty.
All right of interment owners, visitors, Cemetery employees, persons working directly or
indirectly for right of interment owners and all rights of interment spaces sold shall be subject to
these Rules and Regulations, and subject further to such other rules and regulations, amendments
or alterations as shall be adopted by the City of Fort Collins from time to time . Reference to
these Rules and Regulations in the City' s sales transaction form or any other document shall
have the same force and effect as if set forth in full therein.
Requests or complaints should be directed to the Cemetery office which is located at the entrance
of Grandview Cemetery at the west end of Mountain Avenue . All requests and complaints will
be attended to in a prompt manner.
The City of Fort Collins cordially welcomes the public to the Memorial Parks and reminds all
visitors that damaging Cemetery property is punishable by law.
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290 DEFINITIONS
Burial Receptacle — container designed to enclose a casket for burial purposes.
Burial Space — a single space within a platted lot designed for the interment of a human body.
Cemetery — a burial park for earth burial, crypt entombment, and niche inurnment owned by the
City of Fort Collins, Colorado, including :
a) all land dedicated, reserved or used for interment purposes ;
b) all vegetation therein;
c ) all graves, crypts, niches or other interment spaces therein;
d) all works of art therein;
e) all roads, walkways and other structures of every kind therein;
f) all equipment and facilities incident to the operation of Cemeteries;
Cemeteries — all of the Cemeteries owned by the City of Fort Collins, Colorado .
City — the City of Fort Collins, Colorado .
City Council — the Council of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado .
Columbarium — an arrangement of niches that may be attached to a building or be standing by
themselves.
Community Mausoleum — a structure above ground containing crypts and niches.
Companion Mausoleum Crypt — a space in a mausoleum capable of holding two caskets .
Cremated Remains — the remains after the cremation process is completed.
Crypt — a space in a mausoleum used or intended to be used for the entombment of human
remains .
Disentombment — the removal of the entombed remains of a deceased person, the casket, if any,
and the burial receptacle from the crypt.
Disinterment — the removal of the interred remains or cremated remains of a deceased person,
the casket or container, if any, and the burial receptacle from the ground.
Double Depth Burial Space — a single space within a platted lot designed for the interment of
two (2 ) bodies in separate burial receptacles, one above the other.
Entombment — the interment of the remains of a deceased person in a mausoleum.
Foundation — the base or foundation upon which a memorial is installed.
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Grave — a space of land in a Cemetery used or intended to be used for the burial of human
remains .
Green Burial — a burial without embalming or a burial receptacle, and if a casket or shroud is
used it must be made of non-toxic, biodegradable materials .
Interment — the (a) burial, or (b) entombment of human remains, or (c) the inurnment of
cremated human remains, or (d) the placement of cremated remains in an ossuary.
Inurnment — the placement of cremated human remains in a container and placement of such
container in a niche or grave .
Lot — a platted lot within a Cemetery consisting of one or more burial spaces .
Mausoleum — an above ground structure for interment of human remains .
Memorial — a monument, grave marker or headstone identifying a grave or graves . Also an
inscription identifying a crypt or niche.
Memorial Park — same as Cemetery.
Monolith — a one-piece memorial of a particular design; usually a stone of narrow width and
depth.
Monument — same as Memorial.
Niche — A space in a mausoleum or columbarium used or intended to be used for the inurnment
of cremated human remains .
Ossuary — a container or receptacle, such as a vault, for the co-mingling of cremated remains .
Owner — the person or persons :
a) to whom the Cemetery has conveyed a right or rights of interment.
b) Who have acquired such right or rights by transfer in accordance with these rules and
regulations
c) Who hold such right or rights by inheritance .
Perpetual Care — the general maintenance of lots and burial spaces, as well as the ground,
walks, roadways, boundaries and structures within the Cemeteries, to the end that said areas shall
remain and be reasonably cared for as Cemetery grounds forever; including but not limited to
cutting and watering the grass upon the same at reasonable intervals, raking and cleaning the
same, the general care and pruning of trees and shrubs that may be placed on the same by the
City, and filling in sunken burial spaces . Such care is, or course, subject to weather conditions
and other factors beyond the control of the City. The term "Perpetual Care" shall in no way be
construed as meaning the maintenance, repair or replacement of any memorial, monument or
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monolith placed or erected on lots or burial spaces ; nor the planting of flowers or ornamental
plants; nor the maintenance or doing of any special or unusual work; nor the repair or
reconstruction of any marble, granite, bronze or concrete work on any section, lot or any portion
or portions thereof damaged by the elements, an act of God, common enemy, thieves, vandals,
strikers, malicious mischief makers, explosions, unavoidable accidents, insurrections, riots, or by
order of any military or civil authority, invasions or causes beyond the reasonable control of the
City, whether the damage be direct or collateral.
Urn — a container for cremated remains .
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3.0 OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
3. 1 OWNED BY THE CITY
Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries are owned and managed by the City of Fort Collins .
3.2 CONTROL BY CITY COUNCIL
The City Council has the right of general control of the Cemeteries in all matters, whether or not
they are specifically covered by these Rules and Regulations .
3.3 MANAGEMENT
The operation of the Cemeteries shall be under the direction of Cultural, Library, and
shall be responsible te the CLRS Dir-ee4er- a-ad te the City Nia-aager- for- dir-eet and eamplete
Culture, Parks, Recreation and Environment
C( PRE).
3.4 CEMETERY SUPERVISOR TO ENFORCE RULES
The Cemetery Supervisor is hereby expressly empowered to enforce these Rules and
Regulations, and to exclude from the Cemeteries any person violating the same . If any funeral
director or other individual involved in the funeral or cemetery business is found by the
Cemetery Supervisor to have violated these Rules and Regulations, such individual may be
excluded from the Cemeteries, effective upon mailing of a notice of the violation to them. Such
individual shall only be readmitted by the Cemetery Supervisor upon proof that the violation did
not occur, has been cured or other appropriate assurances are received. The Cemetery
Supervisor shall have complete charge of the Cemeteries ' grounds and buildings, and, at all
times, shall have supervision of all persons within the Cemeteries, including but not limited to
the conduct of funeral processions (upon reaching a Cemetery), traffic, employees, Owners and
visitors .
3.5 ADMISSIONS TO CEMETERIES
Entrance into the Cemeteries other than through the main entrance is strictly forbidden. The City
reserves the right to refuse admission to the Cemeteries and to refuse the use of any of the
Cemeteries ' facilities to any person or persons who violate these Rules and Regulations or any
other applicable law.
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3.6 BUSINESS OFFICE
All fees, payments or charges for any right of interment or service shall be paid to the City at the
Cemetery office . All applications for purchase, transfer, assignment of right of interment,
interment and disinterment orders, foundation and monument permits, Perpetual Care or special
permits of any kind shall be made at the Cemetery office .
3. 7 CITY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE
The City shall take reasonable precautions to protect Owners and lots from loss or damage .
However, the City disclaims any responsibility for loss or damage from causes beyond its
reasonable control, including but not limited to damage caused by the elements, an act of God,
common enemy, thieves, vandals, strikers, malicious mischief makers, explosions, unavoidable
accidents, invasions, insurrections, riots, or order of any military or civil authority, whether the
damage is direct or collateral.
3.8 LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE
Any person damaging, or causing to be damaged, any Cemetery property, whether owned by the
City or an individual, will be held liable to repair said damaged property or to replace the
property damaged to its former state without delay, and in a manner satisfactory to the Cemetery
Supervisor .
3.9 CITY SHALL NOT DISCRIMINATE
All decisions made by the City and its employees in connection with the operation of the
Cemeteries shall be made without regard to race, creed, color, national original, sex, marital
status, religion, ancestry, mental or physical handicap or age .
4.0 CONTROL OF WORK BY CITY
4. 1 WORK TO BE DONE BY CITY
Except as otherwise provided herein, all grading, landscape work and improvements of any kind,
and all care of lots shall be done, and all trees, shrubs and herbage of any kind shall be planted,
trimmed, cut or removed, and all opening or closing of graves and all interments, entombments
inurnments, disinterments or removals shall be made by the City.
4.2 CITY MUST DIRECT AND MAY REMOVE IMPROVEMENTS
All improvements or alterations of property in the Cemeteries shall be under the direction of and
subject to the consent, satisfaction and approval of the Cemetery Supervisor, and should such
changes be made without his/her written consent, or, in the event that any time, in his/her
judgment, they become unsightly to the eye, he/she shall have the right to remove, alter or
change such improvements or alterations at the expense of the Owner.
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5.0 ROADWAYS AND REPLATTING
5. 1 RIGHT TO REPLAY, REGRADE AND USE PROPERTY
The right to enlarge, reduce, replat and/or change the boundaries or grading of the Cemeteries or
of a section or sections, from time to time, including the right to modify and/or change the
locations of or remove or regrade roads, drives and /or walks, or any part thereof, is hereby
expressly reserved. The right to lay, maintain and operate or alter or change pipelines and/or
gutters for sprinkler systems, drainage lakes, etc . is also expressly reserved ; as well as the right
to use Cemetery property, not sold to Owners, for Cemetery purposes, including the interring and
preparing for interment of human bodies, or for anything necessary, incidental or convenient
thereto . The City reserves for itself, and to those lawfully entitled thereto, a perpetual right to
ingress and egress over lots for the purpose of passage to and from other lots .
5.2 NO RIGHT GRANTED IN ROADWAYS
No easement or right of interment is granted to any Owner in any road, drive or walk within the
Cemeteries, but such roads, drives or walks may be used as a means of access to or within the
Cemeteries during normal operating hours .
5.3 RIGHT TO CLOSE ROADWAYS
The Cemetery Supervisor shall have the right, at any time, to close any road, drive or walk
within the Cemeteries .
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6.0 CONDUCT WITHIN THE CEMETERIES
6. 1 TRAVERSING CEMETERY PROPERTY
Persons within a Cemetery shall use only the roads, drives or walks as thoroughfares and no
person shall walk on the grass unless it is necessary to do so to reach a particular lot, except that
a worker may use such space as is necessary to perform maintenance or other services in
connection with a lot. Any person using any portion of a Cemetery other than the roads, drives
or walks as a thoroughfare is hereby declared to be a trespasser and the City shall in no way be
held liable for any injury sustained by such trespassers .
6.2 TRESPASSERS ON CEMETERY LOTS
Only the right of interment Owner or his/her relatives and friends, authorized work persons or
other authorized individuals shall be permitted on any Cemetery lot. Any other person thereon
shall be considered to be a trespasser, and the City shall owe no duties to said trespasser to keep
the property or the memorial thereon in a safe condition.
6.3 CHILDREN
Children under fifteen years of age shall not be permitted within the Cemetery grounds or their
buildings unless accompanied and supervised by an adult
6A FORBIDDEN ACTIVITIES
6 . 4. 1 The scattering of cremated remains is not allowed in the Cemeteries .
6 . 4. 2 All persons are prohibited from gathering flowers, either wild or cultivated, or breaking
trees, shrubs or plants or feeding or disturbing fish or birds or other animal life within the
Cemeteries.
6.5 REFRESHMENTS
No person shall be permitted to have refreshments within the Cemetery grounds, except that City
employees may eat on the Cemetery grounds in connection with their regular employment.
6.6 LOUNGING ON GROUNDS
No person shall be permitted to sit or lounge on any of the grounds, graves or monuments within
the Cemeteries, or in any of the Cemetery buildings except in connection with a visit to a
particular burial space or lot or with the permission of the Cemetery Supervisor.
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6. 7 LOUD TALKING
Loud talking shall not be permitted on the Cemetery grounds. Talking in a manner that disturbs
others in the Cemeteries is prohibited, except in the event of emergency.
6.8 VISITORS
Visitors are welcome on the Cemetery grounds during regular Cemetery hours.
6.9 RUBBISH
Throwing rubbish on any part of the grounds or buildings, except into designated receptacles is
prohibited.
6. 10 AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles shall not be driven in the Cemeteries at a speed greater than fifteen ( 15) miles per
hour. Automobiles are not allowed to park or come to a complete stop in front of an open grave
unless such automobiles are in attendance at a funeral
6. 11 TRUCKS AND HEAVY HAULING
Heavy hauling, trucks or commercial vehicles of any kind are not permitted within the Cemetery
grounds, unless they have a business purpose for being in the Cemeteries, and then only by
permission of the Cemetery Supervisor.
6. 12 BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES
No bicycles or motorcycles shall be allowed in the Cemeteries except such as may be in
attendance at funerals or on business .
6. 13 PEDDLING OR SOLICITING
Peddling or soliciting the sale of flowers or plants or any other goods or commodities is
prohibited in the Cemeteries .
6. 14 NOTICES OR ADVERTISEMENTS
No signs, notices or advertisements, other than those created by the City related to Cemetery
business, shall be permitted within the Cemetery grounds .
6. 15 DOGS, HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
No dogs, horses or any other animal shall be allowed in the Cemeteries or in any of the Cemetery
buildings. The owner or keeper of any animal which trespasses upon the Cemetery grounds shall
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be liable for any damage done by the animal. Horses may be used in conjunction with funerals
with the permission of the Cemetery Supervisor.
6. 16 HOURS
The Cemetery grounds will be open at the times posted at the Cemetery office and at other
conspicuous locations on the Cemetery premises . The Cemeteries are closed to public access
after dark.
6. 17 IMPROPRIETIES
All persons in the Cemeteries shall conduct themselves with a level of decorum appropriate to
the solemnity of the purposes and uses of the Cemeteries and with respect for other persons and
for property within the Cemeteries .
6. 18 EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS
City employees, as well as other workers, monument dealers, florists, or other persons working
within the Cemeteries shall conduct themselves with a level of decorum appropriate to the
solemnity of the purposes and uses of the Cemeteries at all times and in strict accordance with
these Rules and Regulations .
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790 SERVICE CHARGES
7. 1 PAYMENT OF SERVICE CHARGES
The amount or rates of all charges shall be established by the City CouneilManager. All charges
for any service rendered by Cemetery employees must be paid for at or prior to the time such
services are rendered. The payment of the Cemetery service charges relating to interment must
be made before the interment is to take place.
7.2 CHARGES FOR INDIGENTS
The City C1Manager shall establish reduced fees and charges which shall apply to the "at-
need" interment of any person who dies leaving an estate of insufficient size to pay the regular
fees and charges and the persons legally responsible for the support of such person are unable to
pay such regular fees and charges . In making such a determination of indigence, the City may
rely on information received from the funeral director as to the financial status of the deceased.
To the extent possible, space shall be made available in the Cemeteries for the burial of
indigents . Charges for burial of additional indigent cremated remains on existing indigent graves
shall be the same as for indigent burials.
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8.0 PURCHASE OF THE RIGHT OF INTERMENT
8. 1 APPLICATIONS FOR PURCHASE
Applications for the purchase of the right of interment must be made at the Cemetery office
where plats showing the size, location and description of all lots and the schedule of prices will
be kept on file .
8.2 AGREEMENT CONVEYS ONLY THE RIGHT OF INTERMENT
All sales agreements shall grant to the purchaser the rights of interment for interment of human
remains only, subject to these Rules and Regulations . The fee title to all lots and burial spaces
shall remain in the City, subject to the right of interment conveyed to the purchaser.
8.3 ERRORS MAY BE CORRECTED
The City reserves the right to correct any errors made by it in the description of the location of
the lot or burial space to which the right of interment is conveyed, either by canceling the sale
and substituting in lieu thereof other burial space(s ) or lot(s) of equal value and in a similar
location, or in sole discretion of the City, by refunding the amount of money paid for said right
of interment.
8A SINGLE BURIAL SPACES
The right to interment in single burial spaces may be purchased only in those sections designated
for that purpose or in an available single burial space immediately next to a space previously
purchased by the same purchaser, and subject to the approval of the Cemetery Supervisor.
Purchases of interment rights in such adjacent single burial spaces shall be limited to one grave
only.
8.5 DOUBLE DEPTH BURIAL SPACES
The right to interment in double depth burial spaces may be purchased only in the sections of the
Cemeteries designated for that purpose or immediately next to a previously purchased burial
space, subject to the approval of the Cemetery Supervisor.
8.6 ADDITIONAL CREMATED REMAINS ON EXISTING BURIAL SPACES
The right to interment of cremated remains on an existing burial space may be purchased after
the family or families of the person whose remains are to be interred have given permission for
said interment. If cremated remains are commingled in one urn, the fee will be for one
additional cremated remains and one opening and closing fee.
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897 PAYMENT
Any available lot(s) or burial space(s) may be reserved without payment for a specific purchaser
for a period not to exceed sixty days. The right of interment in a burial space shall not accrue to
the purchaser until the full purchase price of the same and the Perpetual Care fee has been paid to
the Cemetery office .
808 INSTALLMENT PURCHASES
The purchase price and the Perpetual Care fee for the lot(s), burial space(s), crypt(s), or niche(s)
purchased in the Cemeteries may be paid in installments provided that the purchaser shall enter
into a written agreement wherein it is agreed that the number of installments shall not exceed
twenty-four( 24) nor extend over a period of more than two (2) years ; that no interest shall be
added by the City to the purchase price ; that at least ten percent ( 10%) of the said installment
purchase price shall be paid in cash at the time of the execution of said agreement; and that
failure to pay any installment for a period of six (6) months shall terminate said agreement,
together with any legal interest of the purchaser therein, and forfeit all payments previously
made thereunder absolutely to the City. Notice of termination for failure of payments shall be
given by the City to the purchaser' s last known address. If the purchaser does not contact the
Cemetery office within thirty (30) days from mailing, the contract will be null and void. Until
payment is made in full, the purchaser shall have no right of interment and no monument setting
will be allowed on the designated lot(s) or space(s).
809 CHANGE OF ADDRESS
It shall be the duty of the Owner to notify the City of any change in the Owner 's mailing address .
Notice sent to such Owner at the last address on file in the Cemetery office shall be considered
sufficient and proper legal notification.
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900 TRANSFERS AND ASSIGNMENTS
901 CONSENT OF CITY
No transfer or assignment of the right of interment in any lot or burial space shall be valid
without the prior written consent of the City, which written consent shall thereafter be recorded
in the books of the City.
9.2 INDEBTEDNESS
The City shall have the right to refuse to consent to a transfer or an assignment to persons other
than legitimate heirs of the original Owners as long as there is any indebtedness due the City by
the Owner of record.
9.3 TRANSFER BY DESCENT
If no interment has been made in a lot or burial space which has been transferred to an individual
Owner or Owners by the City, or if all the bodies have been lawfully removed therefrom, in the
absence of a specific disposition thereof in the Owner' s last will and testament, the lot shall,
upon the death of the Owner, descend in regular line of succession as described in the state
statutes to the heirs of the Owner.
9A CONTRACT SALE BY THE CITY
If, for any reason, it becomes necessary for any Owner to dispose of his or her interest in any
burial space, the Owner may contract with the City to broker said burial space(s) . The City will
deduct as its compensation for the sale, twenty per cent (20%) of the current selling price for
such space(s). The buyer will write two (2) checks, one to the seller and one to the City. All
broker contracts will be cash only. Listing of space(s ) will be done on a yearly basis. If the
Perpetual Care fee has not been paid on such spaces, however, the current Perpetual Care fee will
be deducted from the amount paid to the seller.
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10. 0 PERPETUAL CARE
10. 1 PERPETUAL CARE MANDATORY
All purchases of rights of interment/entombment shall also include the required payment of a
Perpetual Care fee.
10.2 PERPETUAL CARE FEE
The Perpetual Care fee to be collected from the purchasers of rights of interment shall be set by
the City CouneilManager for the various sections of the Cemeteries after taking into
consideration the absence of or number of monuments in any section, the character of the
irrigation system, the physical difficulties in the character of the soil and such other factors as
tend to determine the necessary cost of the care of said lands.
10.3 LOTS NOT NOW UNDER PERPETUAL CARE
Any lot or portion thereof not now under Perpetual Care may be placed under Perpetual Care
upon application and payment of the required fee. The amount of such fee shall be the amount
that is currently being charged on other burial spaces of similar character or in a similar location.
No burial shall be allowed in a burial space on which the Perpetual Care fee has not been paid.
No memorial will be set until the Perpetual Care fee is paid.
10. 4 CARE OF LOTS NOT NOW UNDER PERPETUAL CARE
General care will be given lots which were originally sold without Perpetual Care, in order that
the general beauty of the Cemeteries may be maintained. However, the City assumes no
responsibility to maintain these lots in perpetuity. Whenever any lot needs attention, lots having
Perpetual Care shall in every case have preference .
10. 5 RECORD OF PAYMENT OF FEE
The record books of the City and the receipt issued by the City shall show the amount of the
Perpetual Care fee that has been required of the purchaser in each case.
10. 6 INVESTMENT OF FEES
The money received for Perpetual Care shall be held in trust in the Perpetual Care Fund and
invested as provided by law. The City reserves the right, however, either to handle all
investments itself, or to deposit said funds with any person, company or corporation qualified to
act as trustee or depository for such funds.
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10. 7 EXPENDITURE LIMITED TO INCOME
Perpetual Care, whether applied to lots, burial spaces or any other space within the Cemeteries,
shall be limited absolutely to the income received from the investment of the Perpetual Care
Fund, with no part of the principal being expended .
10. 8 CITY COUNCIL MANAGER TO DIRECT EXPENDITURES
The income from the Perpetual Care Fund shall be expended by the City in such a manner as
will, in the judgment of the City Getinei1Manager, be most advantageous to the Owners as a
whole . The City CounerbManager has the full power and authority to determine upon what
property, for what purpose and in what manner the income from said Perpetual Care Fund shall
be expended for the care, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of all or any portion of the
Cemeteries ' grounds, and it may also expend said income for attorney' s fee and other costs
necessary to the preservation of the legal rights of the City in connection with the Cemeteries .
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11. 0 INTERMENTS
11. 1 SUBJECT TO LAWS AND ORDERS
In addition to these Rules and Regulations, all interments shall be subject to the orders and laws
of the City of Fort Collins, Larimer County and the State of Colorado .
11.2 DISPOSITION-REMOVAL PERMIT REQUIRED
A Disposition- Removal Permit issued by the Colorado Department of Health or, if the death
occurred outside Colorado, a similar permit issued by the state in which the death occurred, is
required prior to any interment. Such permit must be provided to the Cemetery office .
11.3 INTERMENT PERMIT REQUIRED
The City reserves the right to refuse interment in any burial space and to refuse to open any
burial space for any purpose, except upon written application by the Owner or his representative
for an interment permit made on forms provided by the City and duly filed in the Cemetery
office. Interment permits shall be granted by the Cemetery Supervisor or his representative.
11. 4 MANNER AND CHARGES
All interments must be made in the manner set by the Cemetery Supervisor and only after
payment of the applicable charges .
11. 5 TIME AND SCHEDULING
11 . 5 . 1 All interments must be scheduled through the Cemetery office . Interments can be
scheduled Monday through Saturday. There is an additional fee for Saturday interments .
No interment or funeral services will be allowed on Sundays or on any of the following
holidays :
New Year' s Day — Martin Luther King Day — President ' s Day —
Memorial Day — Independence Day — Labor Day — Veteran ' s Day —
Thanksgiving Day — Christmas Day,
or upon the days that these holidays are legally observed.
11 . 5 . 2 The Cemetery Supervisor, or his representative, shall appoint the time for the arrival of
funeral processions at the Cemeteries. At least one half hour shall be allowed between
the times of arrival of funeral processions to be held on the same day unless waived by
the Cemetery Supervisor, at his discretion. The times for the arrival of funeral
processions on Saturday will be in two-hour increments . When two funeral processions
arrive at the same time, the funeral procession arriving first shall have precedence in
entering the Cemeteries and the other procession shall proceed in accordance with the
instructions of the Cemetery Supervisor or his representative. No funeral procession will
be permitted in the Cemeteries after 4 : 00 p. m. except by special permission of the
Cemetery Supervisor.
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11 . 5 . 3 The Cemetery staff shall endeavor to have signs, with arrows, set up to lead the funeral
procession to the appropriate burial space or lot.
11. 6 NOTICE OF INTERMENT REQUIRED
For interments on weekdays, reservations must be made at least eight ( 8) working hours in
advance . From November 1 through March 15 at least twenty-four (24) hours advance notice
must be given. Any reservation for an interment submitted after 3 : 00 p.m. Friday afternoon must
be for no sooner than the following Monday morning. Any reservation submitted after 4 : 30 p. m.
Friday afternoon must be for no sooner than the following Monday afternoon. Interment tunes
on Saturdays must be reserved by 2 : 00 p. m. on the preceding Thursday from March 16 through
October 31 , and by 2 : 00 p . m. the preceding Wednesday from November 1 through March 15 .
Any exceptions to the above time periods must be approved by the Cemetery Supervisor.
11. 7 BURIAL RECEPTACLE REQUIREMENTS
11 . 7. 1 Acceptable Burial Receptacles — Every earth interment except green burials must be
made in a burial receptacle made of appropriate materials, including but not limited to
concrete, fiberglass, polystyrene plastic, steel or copper. Only approved receptacles shall
be used. A list of previously approved receptacles and requirements for approval of other
receptacles shall be kept on file at the Cemetery office . No wooden boxes may be used
as burial receptacles except in the case of oversize burials for which a large enough
receptacle is not attainable or for infant burials . No burial receptacle of three (3) pieces
or more shall be allowed. The Cemetery Supervisor shall have the right to refuse any
receptacle that is damaged or does not meet the specifics set forth in these Rules and
Regulations .
11 . 7. 1 . 1 Concrete — Concrete burial receptacles shall be made from proportions of
cement, aggregates and water (conforming to the specifications stated below)
combined in such a manner as to satisfy the strength requirements stated in
paragraph 11 . 7. 5 below. Cement shall be Portland Cement conforming to the
specifications for Portland ASTM C- 150. Aggregates shall consist of sand,
sand-gravel, gravel, crushed stone or limestone. The particles shall be clean,
hard, tough, durable, and of uniform quality; free from soft, thin elongated
pieces, disintegrated stone, dirt or organic or other injurious materials occurring
either free or as a coating. Water used in mixing concrete shall be clean and
free from deleterious amounts of acids, alkaline, or organic materials. Wire
fabric or synthetic fibers shall be placed in the entire field of the bottom section.
Metal reinforcing or synthetic fibers shall be accurately placed and secured in
position to insure against displacement during placement of the concrete . The
reinforcing shall be free from rust, scale, oil, ice or other coating that will
destroy or reduce the bond. Metal reinforcing shall be protected by a minimum
of 1/z" of concrete . Concrete proportions, consistency, and air content shall be
such as to provide a mixture which will readily work around the reinforcing and
into all corners of the forms . The total air content shall not be less than 4% but
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not more than 7%. All concrete shall be properly cured before delivery.
Concrete shall be cured for a minimum of 28 days except that concrete using
Type III (high- early) cement, shall be cured for a minimum of seven days .
Concrete receptacles showing cracks, exposed aggregate, exposed reinforcing,
broken corners, or faces that are warped or not true in depth or line may not be
accepted.
11 . 7. 1 . 2 Polystyrene Plastic or Fiberglass — Polystyrene plastic or fiberglass burial
receptacles shall be made of commercial grade resin. The plastic or resin must
be a type recommended by the manufacturer for such use based upon the
strength, impact, corrosion and life requirements . The manufacturer shall
substantiate its recommendation from test data developed by the manufacturer,
by the manufacturer' s experience in related environments and service
requirements, or by five ( 5) years experience in the manufacturing of fiberglass
or plastic burial receptacles with successful case histories of their use . Plastic or
fiberglass resin shall not contain any filler or extenders, except as required for
viscosity control. Pigments, dyes and colorants shall not be used in any build-
up . Reinforcing for fiberglass shall be a commercial grade of fiberglass having
a coupling agent which will provide a suitable bond between the fiberglass
reinforcement and the resin. Resin and reinforcing should be measured to
ascertain proper rate and volume of material applied. The finished surface shall
be clean, smooth and uninterrupted with no cracks, crazes, resin spills/runs, dry
spots, foreign matter or concentration of air bubbles. No air bubbles or pits
large than 1 / 16" in diameter or 1 /32" in depth are allowed. All sanded areas
shall be resin coated and no exposed fiber reinforcement shall be allowed.
Upon approval of the Cemetery Supervisor, polystyrene plastic and fiberglass
receptacles may be used in double depth burials as well as single depth burials
provided that if such receptacles are used in double depth burials, no concrete,
steel or copper burial receptacles shall be placed in the upper burial space .
11 . 7. 1 . 3 Steel — Steel burial receptacles shall be manufactured from steel sheeting. A
minimum sheet thickness of 12 gauge shall be used in the manufacturing of
steel burial receptacles . Galvanized coating, painting or other corrosion
protection may be used, as well as increased metal thickness, to provide the
durability required. Bent, cracked or damaged steel burial receptacles may not
be accepted.
11 . 7. 1 . 4 Copper — Copper burial receptacles shall be manufactured from solid copper
sheeting. A minimum sheet thickness of 10 gauge shall be used in the
manufacturing of copper burial receptacles . Bent, cracked or damaged copper
burial receptacles may not be accepted.
11 . 7. 2 Design — burial receptacles shall be designed to obtain their strength from their shape and
construction, taking into consideration the material used. They shall be designed
specifically for use as containers to be placed in a burial space. Receptacles shall be of
adequate size to completely enclose the casket, if a casket is to be used. Bases for the
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receptacles are optional, provided that sufficient soil bearing and structural integrity is
present without a base . Structural soundness and strength shall be obtained through the
receptacle itself without any dependence upon the casket, if a casket is to be used.
11 . 7. 3 Durability — Burial receptacles shall be constructed so as to be capable of providing
adequate strength and durability for a minimum of 100 years. Manufacturers shall
provide certificates of compliance and/or test results of tests conducted according to
standard or acceptable testing methods showing compliance with these specifications if
requested by the Cemetery Supervisor.
11 . 7. 4 Identification — Burial receptacles shall be labeled as to model, manufacturer, trademark,
etc. The identification must be etched into the receptacle surface, attached by an
adhesive label, or affixed to the receptacle by some other means to clearly identify the
product. In addition to identification of the manufacturer, concrete receptacles shall have
the date of production etched into the receptacle surface.
11 . 7. 5 Strength — Burial receptacles shall be designed for a maximum burial depth of eight feet
from the bottom of the unit and, after burial with a minimum soil cover of 24", shall be
capable of structurally withstanding passage of a backhoe or truck weighing 20, 000
pounds maximum gross weight or approximately 5 , 000 pounds per wheel. Burial
receptacles ' structural capabilities and conformance with these specifications shall be
tested by a strength test, as described below. The Cemetery Supervisor may waive such
testing requirements if, in his discretion, sufficient case histories or other test results are
provided which indicate the successful performance of the particular burial receptacle.
The Cemetery Supervisor shall have the right to require periodic retesting of any or all
approved burial receptacles when deemed necessary due to failures of the burial
receptacle discovered since approval.
11 . 7. 6 Strength Test — When requested by the Cemetery Supervisor, a strength test shall be
conducted at the supplier ' s or manufacturer 's expense under the direction of the
Cemetery Supervisor or his representative . All costs associated with delivery and
removal of a receptacle to and from the test site, as well as any damage to the receptacle
as a result of the test, shall be borne by the supplier or manufacturer. The strength test
shall be conducted at Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries and shall be witnessed by
City representatives and the supplier or manufacturer of the burial receptacle being
tested. The strength test shall consist of the burial receptacle being placed in a simulated
burial situation such as is common at Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries . Receptacles
constructed with bases shall be tested fully assembled with the top unit installed on the
base . The receptacle shall be buried and backfilled in the usual method used at the
Cemeteries. Backfill material not to exceed two feet in depth (measured at the shallowest
point) shall be placed on top of the receptacle being tested.
After backfilling is completed, the burial receptacle must withstand passage of a backhoe
or truck weighing 20, 000 pounds maximum gross weight or approximately 5 , 000 pounds
per wheel. The burial receptacle shall then be recovered and inspected for cracking,
buckling, fractures, or other failures . If any substantial failure is found, the Cemetery
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Supervisor shall disallow the use of the burial receptacle in the Cemeteries . Any
cracking, breaking or excessive settlement of the new ground may also result in the
disallowance of the burial receptacle ' s use in the Cemeteries .
11. 8 COMMUNITY GARDEN CRYPT MAUSOLEUM
11 . 8 . 1 All mausoleum memorial izations. (crypt shutter lettering) shall be sandblasted lettering
only. No bronze lettering, plates, or designs shall be allowed. Surname letters shall be 2
1/2 inches high Vermarco lettering. Name and initial, or two initials, shall be 1 1/2 inches
high Vermarco lettering. Full year (ex: 1995) only shall be allowed for dates, and must
be 1 inch Vermarco numbers . White lithochrome paint only. No full date (ex: January 1 ,
1995 ) inscriptions allowed. No pictures shall be allowed. Emblems and insignias will be
allowed but limited to a 5 inch by 5 inch square circle located in the left top corner of the
crypt shutter. All emblems and insignias must be pre-approved. The sand blasting will
be done by a designated company selected by the Cemetery Supervisor.
11 . 8 . 2 The memorialization on companion crypts shall follow the same rules as above. The
names and initials and death years will be side by side of each other. Crypt shutters shall
not be lettered until crypt is fully paid for.
11 . 8 . 3 No floral vases, vase hangers, wreaths, or decorations of any kind will be attached to
crypt shutters . Any such decorations will be removed by the Cemetery Supervisor
immediately. Glass containers, tin cans, and spiked cone containers shall not be allowed
and will be removed immediately. Special locations will be provided by the Cemeteries
for mausoleum floral tributes, and only these locations can be used.
11 . 8 . 4 Funeral flowers, containers, baskets, and easels shall be removed and disposed of on the
second day after the entombment.
11 . 8 . 5 A casket is required for all entombments . The breather cap shall be removed from all
sealer caskets . Crypts will accommodate a casket with external dimensions not to exceed
2 '0" high by 2 ' 6" wide by 7' 2" long.
11 . 8 . 6 Embalming or cremation of the deceased is required on all entombments.
11 . 8 . 7 Mausoleum Perpetual Care will cover all maintenance of the mausoleum structure itself.
Open and closing, and disentombment are not included .
11 . 8 . 8 The remains of no more than one may be entombed in a single crypt and the remains of
no more than two may be entombed in a companion crypt. There are no exceptions to
this rule.
1199 COLUMBARIUM NICHES
11 . 9 . 1 All columbarium memorial izations (niche shutter lettering) shall be sandblasted lettering
only. No bronze lettering, plates, or designs shall be allowed. Surname letters shall be 1
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1/z inches high Vermarco lettering. Name and initial, or two initials, shall be 1 inch high
Vermarco lettering. Full year (ex: 1995 ) only shall be allowed for dates and must be 3/4
inch high Vermarco numbers . White lithochrome paint only. No full date (ex: January 1 ,
1995 ) inscriptions are allowed. Emblems and insignias are allowed but will be limited to
a 3 " circle located between birth and death year. Niche shutters shall not be lettered until
niche is fully paid for.
11 . 9 . 2 No floral vases, vase hangers, wreaths, or decorations of any kind will be attached to
niche shutters . Any such decorations will be removed by the Cemetery Supervisor
immediately. Glass containers, tin cans, and spiked cone containers shall not be allowed
and will be removed immediately.
11 . 9 . 3 Special locations will be provided by the Cemeteries for columbarium floral tributes, and
only those locations can be used.
11 . 9 . 4 Funeral flowers, containers, baskets and easels shall be removed and disposed of on the
second day after the inurnment .
11 . 9 . 5 Niches at Grandview will accommodate an urn with external dimensions not to exceed 11
1 /2" high by 11 1 /2" wide by 11 1/2" long.
11 . 9 . 6 Niches at Roselawn will accommodate an urn with external dimensions not to exceed 10
3/4" high by 10 3/4" wide by 10 3/4" long.
11 . 9 . 7 Columbarium Perpetual Care will cover all maintenance of the columbarium structure
itself. Opening and closing, and disinurnment are not included.
11 . 9 . 8 The cremated remains of no more than one individual may be inurned in a single niche .
11. 10 MEMORY GARDEN WALL AND OSSUARY
11 . 10. 1 All Memory Garden Wall memorializations shall be sand blasted lettering done by a
designated company selected by the Cemetery Supervisor. No bronze lettering, plates
or designs shall be allowed. Names and birth year and death year shall be 3/4 inch high
Vermarco lettering. No full date inscriptions will be allowed.
11 . 10. 2 No floral vases, wreaths or decorations of any kind will be attached to the monument.
Any such decorations will be removed by the Cemetery Supervisor immediately. Glass
containers, tin cans and spiked cone containers shall not be allowed and will be
removed immediately.
11 . 10. 3 Funeral flowers, containers, baskets and easels shall be removed and disposed of within
one week or sooner if they become unsightly.
11 . 10. 4 All cremated remains are co-mingled in a vault (ossuary) and cannot be removed.
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11. 11 CASKET NOT TO BE DISTURBED
Once a casket or other burial receptacle containing a body is in the confines of the Cemeteries,
no funeral director or his embalmer, assistant, employee, agent, Cemetery official or employee,
or any other person shall be permitted to open a casket or touch the body without the written
consent of the legal representatives of the deceased or a court order. A Cemetery official must
be present and witness the opening.
11. 12 EMERGENCY INTERMENTS
Arrangements for emergency interments must be made through the Cemetery Supervisor, upon
proof of emergency.
11. 13 INTERMENTS INVOLVING VIRULENT CONTAGIOUS DISEASES
Advance notice must be given to the Cemetery office of the intention to inter the remains of any
person who dies of a virulent contagious disease so that a proper time may be appointed for the
interment and proper arrangements made for the protection of the public and the Cemetery
employees .
11. 14 DISASTERS
In the event of a disaster which results in numerous interments in the Cemeteries, additional
interment hours shall be allowed, as deemed necessary by the Cemetery Supervisor. The
Cemetery Supervisor has the authority to void any and all regulations necessary in order to
handle the numerous interments as orderly and as quickly as possible .
11. 15 DELAYS IN INTERMENTS CAUSED BY PROTESTS
The City shall in no way be held liable for any delay in the interment of a body where a protest
to the interment has been made, or where these Rules and Regulations have not been complied
with; and, further, the City reserves the right under such circumstances to place the body in a
receiving vault until the full rights have been determined. The City shall be under no obligation
to recognize any protests of interments unless they are made in writing and filed with the
Cemetery office . The determination of who is the interment rights Owner shall be made by the
Cemetery Supervisor in consultation with the City Attorney.
11. 16 AUTHORIZATION OF ONE LOT OWNER SUFFICIENT
The City reserves the right to allow interment of the remains of any member of the immediate
family of any one of several common lot Owners upon the written authorization of any such
common lot Owner. No person other than a member of an immediate family may be interred in
any burial space without the written consent of all common lot Owners .
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11. 17 LOCATION OF BURIAL SPACE
The application for an interment permit must specify the exact location on the lot of the burial
space desired to be opened. All burial spaces must be at least six inches from the boundary of
the lot and must be at least five and one-half feet in depth for adult burials and of a proportionate
depth for double depth and children. The Owner or other authorized representative of the Owner
must come to the Cemeteries to select the burial space and sign the Open and Close Form. This
must be done in sufficient time to allow the opening and closing of the grave.
When instructions regarding the location of a burial space on a lot cannot be obtained or are
indefinite, or when, for any reason, the burial space cannot be opened where specified, the
Cemetery Supervisor may, in his/her discretion, open it in such location on the lot as he/she
deems best and proper; and the City shall not be liable for damages resulting from any such
change .
If, for any reason, instructions concerning the location of the burial space to be opened are
changed by the funeral director, burial space or lot Owner, or their representatives after the
digging has begun, been completed, or the burial has been made, the person requesting the
change shall be responsible for the payment of applicable additional fees to the City. Such fees
shall be paid before any work pursuant to the revised instructions.
11. 18 CITY NOT RESPONSIBLE
The City shall not be held responsible for any order given by telephone, or for any mistake
occurring as a result of failure to provide precise and proper instructions as to the particular
space, size or location where an interment is desired.
11. 19 ERRORS MAY BE CORRECTED
In the event that an error is made in the description of the location of the burial space to which
the right of interment is purchased and remains are subsequently interred in such space, the City
reserves the right to remove and transfer such remains to such other property of equal value and
in a similar location as may be available, at the expense of the City.
11.20 EMBALMING; IDENTITY
The City shall not be responsible for the identity of any person sought to be interred; nor shall
the City be responsible in any way for the embalming or other preparation of the body.
11.21 INTERMENT OF MORE THAN ONE BODY
No more than one body may be interred in a single burial space except in the case of members of
the same family who will be interred in the same burial receptacle or by written consent of the
Cemetery Supervisor. The foregoing shall not apply in the case of cremated remains or double
depth burial spaces .
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11.22 DOUBLE DEPTH BURIALS
Double depth burials shall only be permitted in areas designated by the City or in lots approved
for such use when requested at the time of purchase, subject to the approval of the Cemetery
Supervisor. If such request is denied, the Cemetery Supervisor shall provide a written response
stating the reason therefore . If a double depth burial request is approved, the first deceased must
go in the bottom space in all cases. The requesting party automatically waives any right of
disinterment of the remains interred in the lower space.
11.23 EQUIPMENT
Tents, artificial grass, lowering devices and other equipment owned by the City shall be used in
making interments except that equipment owned by private parties may be used in lieu of
equipment owned by the City on the condition that the charges made shall be the same as if the
City' s equipment had been used. Arrangements for the use of City equipment shall be made in
advance at the Cemetery office at which time applicable charges shall be paid. The City is not
responsible for the malfunction of equipment used by private contractors .
11.24 INTERMENT OF CREMATED REMAINS
In order to inter cremated remains in the Cemeteries, either in the ground or in a monument
foundation, an interment permit must be obtained from the Cemetery office and the applicable
fee paid to the Cemetery office . The person(s) requesting interment of cremated remains may
choose any adequate container for the cremated remains approved by the Cemetery Supervisor.
The City shall not be liable for the protection of the cremated remains, whether buried in
concrete or not. Only the City can relocate cremated remains once they have been interred. The
party requesting the relocation of cremated remains is responsible for paving all associated costs
and providing a court order or signed affidavit of disinterment as described in Section 12 . 2 . In
the event that the cremated remains must be relocated for any reason, the City shall not be
responsible for any damage to the cremated remains or the container.
11. 25 GREEN BURIALS
Green burials are allowed at Roselawn Cemetery in the Garden of Harmony section only. A
party requesting a green burial automatically waives any right of disinterment of the remains .
The grave size will be 6 ' x10 ' , memorials must be flat (grass marker), no larger than 2 ' xl ' x4"
granite only. No floral vases will be allowed. The section will not be irrigated and maintenance
will be at a minimum. No plantingsy kind will be allowed.
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12. 0 DISINTERMENTS
12. 1 SUBJECT TO LAWS AND ORDERS
In addition to these Rules and Regulations, all disinterments shall be subject to the orders and
laws of Larimer County and the State of Colorado .
12.2 PERMISSION FOR DISINTERMENTS
No disinterment of a body or cremated remains will be made without either an order of a court of
competent jurisdiction, or a signed affidavit from the surviving spouse or next of kin, on a form
provided by the City, stating that the disinterment is being requested for a valid reason, that the
application is being made by a proper person, that there is no opposition to the disinterment by
the surviving spouse, next of kin, or by the expressed wishes of the decedent, and that the affiant
agrees to indemnify the City and hold it harmless from any liability that might result from the
disinterment and release it from any claims the affiant may have, then or in the future, by reason
of the disinterment. The right of disinterment upon affidavit is waived for green burials .
Disinterment of remains buried in a green burial requires a court order. The Cemetery
Supervisor shall also have the right to require a court order for disinterment at any time prior to
the disinterment when circumstances exist or arise which indicate that there is a questions as to
the reason for the disinterment or as to whether there is opposition to the disinterment.
12.3 DISINTERMENT PROHIBITED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
Disinterment of a body or cremated remains so that the lot or burial space may be sold for profit
to the heirs of the deceased or to any other persons, or removal contrary to the expressed or
implied wish of the original lot or burial space Owner shall be absolutely forbidden.
12. 4 NOTICE OF DISINTERMENT REQUIRED
The City reserves the right to require at least ten days notice prior to any disinterment. No
disinterment will be made on any Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday or on the day upon which
any holiday is legally observed. All disinterments shall be done at the convenience of the
Cemetery Supervisor.
12. 5 PAYMENT OF FEES
All fees assessed by the City for disinterments shall be made to the Cemetery office prior to the
disinterment
12. 6 SERVICES PROVIDED
The services provided in connection with disinterments include removing the remains of the
deceased or, in the case of cremated remains, removing the container holding such remains, the
casket if any, and the burial receptacle, placing the same on top of the ground, and backfilling the
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empty burial space. The party responsible for removal of the disinterred remains from the
Cemetery grounds must do so forthwith.
117 CITY NOT RESPONSIBLE
The City shall endeavor to exercise the utmost care in carrying out a disinterment but it assumes
no liability for damage to any casket, container, burial receptacle, the remains of the deceased, or
any other property during the disinterment process.
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1390 DECORATION OF LOTS AND BURIAL SPACES
13. 1 GRANDVIEW CEMETERY
13 . 1 . 1 Live flowers may be planted and cultivated on any burial space at any time except in
Sections 11 and T; however, all plantings shall be located within ten ( 10) inches of the
front and sides (if space is available) of the monument .
13 . 1 . 2 In the areas where there is a main memorial and a secondary flush memorial, no planting
and no vases shall be allowed in front of the secondary flush memorial.
13 . 1 . 3 Artificial or fresh cut flowers may be placed in a metal vase at any time ; however, they
will be discarded when dead, faded, broken or otherwise substantially deteriorated.
Foundation work, (including the installation of vases) must either be performed by the
Cemetery employees or an approved, bo retail dealer (see paragraph 14. 1 below) .
Approved vases must be made of granite, marble or metal manufactured for cemetery
use . Granite and marble vases must be professionally and permanently attached. Metal
vases must be installed by the Cemetery employees or an approved, bonded-monument
retail dealer. Under no circumstances may glass, ceramics, bottles or jars be placed on
the grounds .
13 . 1 . 4 Sprays and wreaths made from fresh cut flowers are allowed, but they will be removed
within one week, or sooner if they become unsightly or detrimental in the Cemetery
Supervisor 's opinion.
13 . 1 . 5 Christmas blankets and wreaths are allowed from December 1st through February 1st
13 . 1 . 6 Artificial sprays and wreaths are allowed from May 151h through June 101h and from
December 1st through February 1st. The Cemetery Supervisor shall order the removal of
all artificial sprays and wreaths when they become unsightly or are blown off the burial
spaces .
13 . 1 . 7 Bushes or trees of any kind except rose or peony are not allowed. Only one ruse bush or
one peony will be allowed per burial space . Such bushes must be planted within ten ( 10)
inches of the front and sides (if space is available) of the monument.
13 . 1 . 8 The placing of boxes, baskets, bricks, concrete blocks, statues, shells, stones, boulders,
toys, ceramics, angels, candle rings, metal designs, ornaments, chairs, settees, unattached
vases, spiked cone containers, glass, urns, fences, wood or metal cases, edging (metal,
plastic, wood, or concrete), temporary grave markers, shepherds hooks, and similar
articles upon lots or burial spaces shall not be permitted.
13 . 1 . 9 The City shall not be held liable for lost, misplaced or broken flower vases or for damage
caused by the elements, thieves, vandals or by causes reasonably beyond its control. The
City reserves the right to regulate the method of decorating lots and the right to regulate
decoration so that a uniform beauty may be maintained.
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13.2 ROSELAWN CEMETERY
13 . 2 . 1 No planting of live flowers or plants on burial spaces shall be permitted expect in an
approved vase .
13 . 2 . 2 Under no circumstances may glass vases be placed on the grounds .
13 . 2 . 3 No bushes or trees of any kind are allowed.
13 . 2 . 4 In the areas where there is a main memorial and a secondary flush memorial, no vases
shall be allowed in front of the secondary flush memorial.
13 . 2 . 5 Artificial or fresh cut flowers may be placed in a metal vase at any time ; however, they
will be discarded when dead, faded, broken or otherwise substantially deteriorated.
Foundation work (including installation of bases) must either be performed by the
Cemetery employees or an approved, befAe&retail dealer (see paragraph 14. 1 below).
Approved vases must be made of granite, marble or metal manufactured for cemetery
use . Granite and marble vases must be professionally and permanently attached. Metal
vases must be installed by the Cemetery employees or an approved, bondedmonument
retail dealer. Under no circumstances may glass, ceramics, bottles or jars be placed on
the grounds .
13 . 2 . 6 Sprays and wreaths made from fresh cut flowers are allowed, but they will be removed
within one week, or sooner if they become unsightly or detrimental in the Cemetery
Supervisor 's opinion.
13 . 2 . 7 Christmas blankets and wreaths are allowed from December I " through February 1 "
13 . 2 . 8 Artificial sprays and wreaths are allowed from May 15 through June 10 . The Cemetery
Supervisor shall order the removal of all artificial sprays and wreaths when they become
unsightly or are blown off the burial space .
13 . 2 . 9 The placing of boxes, baskets, bricks, concrete blocks, statues, shells, stones, boulders,
toys, ceramics, angels, candle rings, metal designs, ornaments, chairs, settees, unattached
vases, glass urns, fences, wood or metal cases, edging (metal, plastic, or wood),
temporary grave markers, shepherds hooks, and similar articles upon lots or burial spaces
shall not be permitted.
13 . 2 . 10 The City shall not be held liable for lost, misplaced, or broken flower vases or for
damage caused by elements, thieves, vandals or by causes reasonably beyond its control.
The City reserves the right to regulate the method of decorating lots and the right to
remove any decoration so that a uniform beauty may be maintained .
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14. 0 MEMORIALS, MONUMENTS, ETC.
The City does not wish to unnecessarily interfere with a family' s choice of memorialization.
However, in fairness to other Owners and to preserve the beauty and harmony of the Cemeteries,
the City reserves the right to remove any structure or object that it deems injurious to the general
appearance of the grounds . The City further reserves the right to approve or reject any proposed
memorial, monument, or other structure or object, based on the following rules and regulations :
14. 1 PRODUCERS AND RETAIL DEALERS
14. 1 . 1 All memorials, monuments, etc. placed in the Cemeteries must be from approved
producers and retail dealers .
14. 1 . 2 In order to procure approval of the City, producers of monumental materials, including
quarriers, quarriers who also manufacture memorials, and manufacturers of memorials
who are not quarriers, must agree to sell only first grade natural stone for memorial
purposes, guarantee that such stone is free from sap or anything that will cause rust or
other stains and that it will not check or crack, and agree that should such faults develop
within five ( 5) years from the date of setting, the memorial will be replaced without cost
or delay to the City or the Owner.
14. 1 . 3 In order to procure approval of the City, retail dealers must agree to use only first grade
natural stone from producers approved as provided above, and guarantee the memorial to
be executed in first grade workmanship, with the agreement that should faults develop
within five ( 5) years from the date of setting due to the setting, treatment or handling of
the same by the memorial dealers, such memorial will be replaced without cost or delay
to the City or the Owner.
14. 1 . 4 Letter cutters, persons or firms who engage in the business of cleaning monuments and
who are not connected with approved retail dealers and all other persons or firms
connected with the memorial business must secure a permit from the Cemetery
Supervisor before any work in the Cemeteries is commenced. In order to procure such a
permit, it will be necessary for the person or firm to submit satisfactory evidence of their
ability to properly perform the work for which they have been engaged.
14. 1 . 5 Before approved retail dealers shall be permitted to erect any memorials, lay any
foundations or do any work in the Cemeteries, said retail dealers shall provide to the
Cemetery office evidence that their employees are covered by workman compensation
insurance and that the approved retail dealer carries adequate liability insurance in which
the City is a named insured.
14. 1 . 6 Workmen employed in erecting or placing monuments or other structures or bringing
materials into the Cemeteries shall, as to the City, operate as independent contractors but
shall be subject to the general supervision of the Cemetery Supervisor.
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14. 1 . 7 Persons engaged in erecting monuments or other structures are prohibited from attaching
ropes or other devices to monuments, trees or shrubs, scattering material or tools over
adjoining lots, blocking roadways or walks, or leaving material or tools on the grounds
longer than is absolutely necessary. Such persons must do as little injury to the ground,
trees and shrubs as possible, remove all debris and restore the ground to its original
condition.
14. 1 . 8 Damage done to lots, walks, trees, shrubs, drives or other property by the monument
dealers or contractors of their agents shall be repaired by the City, and the cost of such
repair shall be charged to the dealer, contractor or his principal, at the City' s option.
14. 1 . 9 No material, machinery or other item used in the construction of vaults, monuments or
other structures, or the monuments or structures themselves, shall be brought into the
Cemeteries until required for immediate use; nor under any circumstances when a funeral
is in process ; nor between Saturday noon and Monday morning and no work shall be
done during said times ; nor shall such material be placed on lots adjoining the one on
which such structure is to be erected, without permission of the Cemetery Supervisor.
14. 1 . 10 Work shall proceed promptly until the erection of the memorial is completed.
14. 1 . 11 While a funeral or an interment service is being conducted nearby, all work of any kind
shall cease .
14. 1 . 12 Approaching the bereaved and soliciting memorial business within the Cemeteries is
prohibited .
14. 1 . 13 Any approved retail dealer or producer who violates these Rules and Regulations will be
removed from the list of approved retail dealers and producers .
14. 1 . 14 If any work is done in the Cemeteries by any person or company who is not on the list
of approved retail dealers and producers, the result of the work may be eliminated or
removed by the Cemetery employees at the expense of such person or such person may
be given the opportunity to request such approval, at the Cemetery Supervisor 's option.
14.2 GRANDVIEW CEMETERY
14. 2 . 1 No memorial or monument shall be allowed on any burial space(s) until the space(s) has
been fully paid for, including Perpetual Care .
14. 2 . 2 Only one central or family memorial shall be allowed on a family lot.
14. 2 . 3 If more than one memorial is to be placed on a burial space, the second memorial must be
made of granite and set flush with the ground directly in front of the main memorial, and
must not exceed 2 ' xl ' x4" in size . When the second memorial is set, the Owner must
come to the Cemetery to see how the setting will be done for their approval. At this time
the Owner or authorized representative may request to have the first memorial reset to
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connect the two memorials into one cement application. A fee will be charged for
resetting the first memorial and also the second memorial. A government memorial
furnished by the Veteran' s Administration may be set on an already marked burial space.
14. 2 . 4 No person shall erect or place or cause to be erected or placed, on any burial space(s) in
the Cemetery, any memorial that has not been approved by Cemetery Supervisor.
14. 2 . 5 The area of the face of any memorial shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) of the area of
the lot. The length of the base of the memorial shall not exceed seventy-five percent
(75 %) of the width of the lot. The width of the base of the memorial shall not exceed
twenty percent (20%) of the length of the lot. Any die or monolith shall have a thickness
of at least six inches (6") if under three feet six inches (3 ' 6") in length. If more than three
feet six inches (3 '6"), it must be eight inches (8") thick. All flat memorials shall have a
minimum thickness of four inches (4").
14. 2 . 6 In flat memorial sections, memorials shall be of one piece of approved stone or bronze
and shall not exceed two feet (2 ') in length and one foot ( 1 ' ) in width. Double memorials
may be used and shall not exceed one foot ( 1 ' ) in width and four feet (4 ') in length. A
double memorial three feet (3 ') in length may be placed on a single grave if the additional
cremated remains fee has been paid. All memorials and monuments in Section 11 shall
be flat bronze or flat granite type . The granite must be a minimum of four inches (4")
thick.
14. 2 . 7 In Section T (cremated remains only), memorials shall be only flat granite set flush with
the ground and shall not exceed two feet (2 ' ) in length for a single memorial or three feet
(3 ' ) in length for a double memorial.
14. 2 . 8 The bottom surface of all monuments or memorials shall be cut level and true .
14. 2 . 9 While the City will endeavor to exercise due care to protect raised lettering, carving or
ornaments on any memorial or other structure on any lot in the Cemetery, it disclaims any
responsibility for damage thereto .
14. 2 . 10 No coping, curbing, hedging grave mounds, borders, enclosures of any kind or walks of
any kind shall be allowed on any burial space(s) in the Cemetery. The City reserves the
right to remove the same without recourse, if so planted, erected or placed.
14. 2 . 11 The use of tiles, bricks, gravel, crushed rock, oyster shells, cinders or other material on
any burial space(s) in the Cemetery is prohibited. If used, such materials may be
removed by the City without notice to the lot Owner.
14. 2 . 12 Temporary memorials or ornaments shall not be allowed.
14. 2 . 13 Marble memorials or monuments shall not be allowed.
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14. 2 . 14 In all sections other than Sections 11 or T. flat memorials must be set at least four inches
(4") above the ground. The memorials must be granite and shall not exceed two feet (2 )
in length and one foot ( 1 ' ) in width. Double grave memorials may be used and shall not
exceed one foot ( 1 ' ) in width and four feet (4' ) in length. The memorial shall have a
minimum thickness of four inches (4").
1493 ROSELAWN CEMETERY
14. 3 . 1 No memorial or monument shall be allowed on any burial space(s) until the space has
been fully paid for, including Perpetual Care .
14. 3 . 2 If more than one memorial is to be placed on a burial space(s), the second memorial must
be made of granite and set flush with the ground directly in front of the main memorial,
and must not exceed 2 ' xl ' x4" in size. A government memorial furnished by the
Veteran' s Administration may be set on an already market burial space.
14. 3 . 3 No person shall erect or place or cause to be erected or placed, on any burial space(s) in
the Cemetery, any memorial that has not been approved by the Cemetery Supervisor.
14. 3 . 4 In flat memorial sections (Apostles, Devotion, Christus . and-Good Shepherd and
Harmony), memorials shall not exceed two feet (2 ') in length and one foot ( 1 ' ) in width.
Double memorials shall not exceed one foot ( 1 ' ) in width and four feet (4 ') in length. In
any other areas where flat memorials are allowed, they shall conform to the same
requirements .
14. 3 . 5 In the Garden of Remembrance, lots 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 28, 29, 37, 38, 39, 40,
48, 49, 50 and 51 have been designated for the interment of veterans, their spouses and
immediate family. Immediate family only includes single children living in the home of
the veteran.
14. 3 . 6 In the Garden of Remembrance, lots 16, 17, 27, 28, 38, 39, 49 and 50 are designated for
the flat granite VA memorials (2 foot x 1 foot x 4 inch) set on a foundation. Lots 6, 7,
15, 18, 26, 29, 37, 40, 48 and 51 are designated for the upright granite VA memorial.
Bronze memorials will not be allowed. Secondary memorials in the VA designated lots
must match the flat granite VA memorials and will be set flush with the ground directly
in front of the main memorial. The memorial for the spouse and immediate family must
match the VA memorial designated for that lot. Vases must be set in concrete and be a
part of the foundation.
14. 3 . 7 Lots 1 , 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, I L 12, 13, 19, 20, 21 , 22, 23 , 24, 30, 31 , 32, 33, 34, 35, 41 , 42,
43, 44, 45, 46, 52 and 53 are for sale to the general public . Additional cremains can be
interred on the graves .
14. 3 . 8 In the Garden of Remembrance, the area of the face of any memorial shall not exceed
thirty percent (30%) of the area of the lot. The length of the base of the memorial shall
not exceed seventy-five percent (75 %) of the width of the lot. Any die or monolith shall
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have a thickness of six inches (6") if under three foot six inches (3 ' 6") in length, if larger
than three foot six inches (3 ' 6") it must have a thickness of eight inches (8").
14. 3 . 9 In SeeHen2,3-the Gardens of Tranquility, Serenity and Gafden ef Remembrance, the
area of the face of any memorial shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the area of the
lot. The length of the base of the memorial shall not exceed seventy-five percent (75%)
of the width of the lot. The width of the base of the memorial shall not exceed seventeen
percent ( 17%) of the length of the lot. Any die or monolith shall have a thickness of at
least eight inches ( 8"). Beginning April 1 , 1989, any die or monolith shall have a
thickness of at least eight inches (8") if it is more than three feet six inches (3 '6") in
length.
14. 3 . 10 In Seetie ns ^ , 5 , 7 id-8-the Gardens of Peace and Honor, above ground granite
memorials no higher than thirty- six inches (36") will be allowed. The length of the base
of the memorial shall not exceed seventy five percent (75 %) of the width of the lot. The
width of the memorial shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the length of the lot.
Any die or monolith shall have a thickness of six inches (6") if under three feet six inches
(3 ' 6") in length. If larger than three feet six inches (3 ' 6") it must be eight inches (8")
thick.
14. 3 . 121 The bottom surface of all monuments or markers shall be cut level and true.
14. 3 . 132 While the City will endeavor to exercise due care to protect raised lettering, carving or
ornaments on any memorial or other structure on any burial space(s ) in the Cemetery, it
disclaims any responsibility for damage thereto .
14. 3 . 143 No coping, curbing, hedging, grave mounts, border, enclosures of any kind or walks of
any kind shall be allowed on any burial space(s) in the Cemetery. The City reserves the
right to remove the same without recourse, if so planted erected or placed.
14. 3 . 1 -54 The use of tiles, bricks, gravel, crushed rock, oyster shells, cinders of other material on
any leiburial spaces in the Cemetery is prohibited. If used, such materials may be
removed by the City without notice to the lot Owner.
14. 3 . 165 Temporary memorials or ornaments shall not be allowed.
14. 3 . 1 -76 Marble memorials or monuments shall not be allowed.
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14. 4 DESIGN, FINISH AND WORKMANSHIP
14. 4. 1 Memorial dealers may be required to furnish, for the approval of the Cemetery
Supervisor, a blueprint or sketch of the proposed memorial monument, specifying size,
location on lot, inscription, kind and quality of stone and the name of the producer
supplying the stone.
14. 4. 2 The Cemetery Supervisor shall have the power to reject any plan or design for any
memorial, which, in his/her opinion, on account of size, design, inscription, or kind or
quality of the stone, is unsuited to the lot on which it is to be placed.
14. 4. 3 The City reserves the right for the Cemetery Supervisor to stop all work of any nature
whenever, in his/her opinion, proper preparations therefore have not been made, tools or
machinery are insufficient or defective, work is being executed in such a manner as to
threaten life or property, any reasonable request on the part of the Cemetery Supervisor
has been disregarded, work is not being executed in accordance with specifications, or
when any person employed on the job violates one of these Rules and Regulations .
14. 4. 4 The completed work is subject to the approval of the Cemetery Supervisor and, if
unsatisfactory, it may be removed by the Cemetery Supervisor.
14. 4. 5 All die stones shall be finished on at least the front surface .
14. 4. 6 Photographing of memorials shall not be allowed except on signed order of the lot Owner
or Cemetery Supervisor.
14. 4. 7 No memorial showing drill or toll marks or straining from rubber mats used for sand
engraving shall be considered as first grade workmanship .
14. 5 MATERIALS
All memorials, markers or stonework of any kind shall be constructed from first grade natural
stone . No artificial stone of any kind or other material shall be permitted unless samples are
submitted to the Cemetery Supervisor, in advance, and approved in writing by the Cemetery
Supervisor .
14. 6 MAUSOLEUMS, TOMBS, ETC.
14. 6 . 1 Private mausoleums, tombs, vaults, sarcophaguses, or columbariums either wholly or
partially above ground, shall be constructed only in lots designated for such structures .
Such structures shall be built of first grade natural stone, similar in all respects to stone
used in other memorials in the Cemeteries, unless prior written approval is received from
the Cemetery Supervisor for the use of an alternate material. Perpetual Care does not
include any maintenance on private mausoleums or columbariums.
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14. 6 . 2 Plans, specifications and location on the lot or lots shall be subject to the approval of the
Cemetery Supervisor.
14. 6 . 3 When an entombment is made in a private mausoleum, the crypt access opening shall be
property sealed by an approved monument or mausoleum dealer, and/or the Cemetery
employees .
1497 FOUNDATIONS AND DELIVERIES OF MEMORIALS, ETC.
14. 7. 1 Foundations for memorials, monuments, mausoleums, tombs, etc. may be installed by the
Cemetery employees or by contractors or retail dealers approved under Section 14. 1
above . All foundations shall be built to a depth as specified by the Cemetery Supervisor.
All Grandview foundations shall have a six inch (6") border except Section 11 shall have
a four inch (4") border and Section T shall have a three inch (3 ") border. All Roselawn
foundations shall have a four inch (4") border except c ethe Garden of Peace,
which shall have a six inch (6") border. In the Garden of Harmony no concrete can be
used in the setting of memorials . The Cemetery office shall schedule, upon reasonable
notice, all foundation installations, taking into account weather and ground conditions,
scheduled funeral processions, availability of personnel, etc . In no event shall any
foundations be laid three days prior to Memorial Day through June 1 . All excavated dirt
must be cleaned up to the reasonable satisfaction of the Cemetery Supervisor.
14. 7. 2 All foundation shall be constructed of material approved by the Cemetery Supervisor.
14. 7. 3 Prior to the installation of a foundation by an approved retail dealer, the approved retail
dealer shall pay the appropriate fee to the Cemetery office, which fee shall cover the
actual labor costs to inspect the finished product of the approved retail dealers. The
specifications for pre cast foundations and wet set memorials are on file in the Cemetery
office.
14. 7. 4 There will be no Administrative Memorial Setting Fee pertaining to the addition of a vase
where the memorial has been previously set.
14. 7. 5 The Cemetery Supervisor or his/her representative shall inspect all completed
foundations . Any deviations from the required specifications shall be expeditiously
corrected by the approved retail dealer after receiving notice of such deviations from the
Cemetery office . If, after such notice, any deviation is not corrected, the Cemetery
employees may make such corrections and charge the approved retail dealer for the work.
Such approved retail dealer shall not be permitted to do any further work in the
Cemeteries until payment in full for any such work is received by the Cemetery office.
14. 7. 6 In order to request that a foundation be installed by the Cemetery employees, applications
for installation of a foundation must be made by the Owner or his/her representative at
the Cemetery office . The charge for the foundation shall be paid at the time the
application is made . The City shall assume the responsibility for the proper construction
of such foundations . The City assumes no responsibility, however, for the correctness of
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the size and location of a foundation so long as it is consistent with information received
from the person ordering the foundation. Any alterations required in any foundation shall
be made at the expense of the person ordering the foundation, except in the event of clear
City error in carrying out the ordering instructions .
14. 7. 7 No monument or memorial shall be delivered to the Cemeteries until the applicable
foundation charges have been paid and Perpetual Care fee on the burial space(s) has been
paid. Each monument or memorial, upon delivery, shall be checked by the Cemetery
Supervisor.
14. 7. 8 Base stones may vary from the size given when the foundation is ordered but not to
exceed one inch ( F) in width or length. If the base stone is more than one inch ( F)
larger than the size given when the foundation is ordered, the Cemetery Supervisor may
refuse to allow such stone to be set until satisfactory arrangements have been made by the
Owner or his/her representative to correct the foundation.
14. 8 AUTHORITY TO PLACE MEMORIALS OR MONUMENTS
14. 8 . 1 Only the Owner of a burial space may request that a memorial be placed on such burial
space, except that a relative of the person interred in the space may request the placement
of a memorial if there is currently no memorial on the space, and the Owner of the space
cannot be located.
14. 8 . 2 Before the Cemetery Supervisor may authorize placement of a memorial by a person who
is not the Owner of a space, the requesting party must provide the Cemetery Supervisor
with a notarized application, on a form provided by the City, stating that the requesting
ply:
( 1 ) is related to the person interred in the space for which the memorial is
being requested by blood, adoption, or marriage, and stating the nature of
the relationship .
(2) understands that the Owner shall have the right to order the removal of the
memorial, such removal shall be at the requesting party' s expense, and the
City shall have no liability related to such removal.
(3 ) agrees to pay the City ' s costs for sending a notice by certified mail with
return receipt requested to the Owner at the Owner 's last known
address(es).
(4) agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the City harmless from and against
all claims, liabilities or causes of action whatsoever arising out of the
City' s agreement to place a memorial on a burial space without the
consent of the Owner.
(5 ) understands that he or she must comply with all other applicable cemetery
rules and regulations .
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14. 9 MISCELLANEOUS
14. 9 . 1 Should any memorial, monument, mausoleum, tomb, etc. become unsightly, dilapidated
or a menace to the safety of Cemetery visitors or workers, the City shall have the right to
either correct the condition or to remove the same at the expense of the Owner.
14. 9 . 2 No monument or memorial shall be removed from the Cemeteries, except by the City,
unless the written order or permission of the Owner is presented to the City and
permission is granted by the City.
14. 9 . 3 By presenting to the City proper written evidence to prove that any person ordering a
memorial cannot or will not complete his/her contract for the purchase of the same, the
dealer who sold the memorial may obtain permission from the Cemetery Supervisor to
remove the memorial from the Cemeteries . In the event a memorial is removed by a
memorial dealer, it shall be the duty of such memorial dealer to reimburse the City for the
expense of returning the burial space(s) to its original condition. The City shall at no
time be responsible or liable for the removal of any memorial and before granting
permission for the removal of the same, the City may require a written guarantee or bond
from the person or dealer removing the same, in favor of the City, to protect and save the
City harmless from any and all liability of whatever kind or nature .
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15. 0 AMENDMENTS, EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
15. 1 AMENDMENTS
The City may choose, and hereby expressly reserves the right, to adopt new rules or regulations
or to amend, alter and/or repeal any rule, regulation, article, section, paragraph or sentence in
these Rules and Regulations . Such new or amended rules and regulations shall be binding on the
Owners of all lots and burial spaces regardless of the date such Owner acquired the right of
interment. These Rules and Regulations, having been adopted by ordinance by the City Council,
may only be amended by adoption of a subsequent amending ordinance .
15.2 EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
Special cases may arise in which the literal enforcement of a rule may impose unnecessary
hardship . The City, therefore reserves the right for the Cemetery Supervisor to, without notice,
make exceptions, suspensions or modifications in any of these Rules and Regulations, when, in
his/her judgement, the same appear advisable ; and such temporary exceptions, suspensions or
modifications shall in no way be construed as affecting the general application or enforcement of
these Rules and Regulations .
ORDINANCE NO. 088, 2009
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING UPDATED RULES AND REGULATIONS
GOVERNING GRANDVIEW AND ROSELAWN CEMETERIES
TO ALLOW GREEN BURIALS AT ROSELAWN AND
TO MAKE MINOR LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, the City operates two cemeteries, Grandview Cemetery and Roselawn
Cemetery ("Roselawn") (collectively "the Cemeteries") as part of its Culture, Parks, Recreation
and Environment Service Unit ("CPRE"); and
WHEREAS, the current rules and regulations for the operation of the Cemeteries (the
"Regulations") were adopted by the City Council in 1996, were repealed and readopted in 2004,
and amended in 2005; and
WHEREAS, there is increasing public interest in low-impact or "green" burials,
including burials without embalming or burial vault, using a casket made of non-toxic,
biodegradable materials or a biodegradable burial shroud ("Green Burials"); and
WHEREAS, in response to the public interest in Green Burials, City staff has developed
a plan for a new Garden of Harmony at Roselawn, which would be a suitable site for Green
Burials; and
WHEREAS, the Regulations in their"current form include requirements that preclude the
use of Green Burials in the Cemeteries; and
WHEREAS, in order to move forward with the proposed Garden of Harmony at
Roselawn, it is necessary for the Regulations to be amended to provide for and govern Green
Burials at Roselawn; and
WHEREAS, in its review of the Regulations, staff has also identified a number of
revisions that are needed to correct outdated references, and minor inconsistencies with standard
and appropriate practices at the Cemeteries; and
WHEREAS, CPRE staff has prepared an updated version of the Regulations that would
accomplish these various updates and corrections, and would allow the planned use of Green
Burials at the Garden of Harmony at Roselawn; and
WHEREAS, a copy of the Regulations showing the proposed amendments is on file in
the City Clerk's Office and dated August 26, 2009.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the Rules and Regulations Governing Grandview and Roselawn
Cemeteries are hereby amended in the manner shown in the form that is on file in the City
Clerk's Office and dated August 26, 2009.
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 1 st
day of September, A.D. 2009, and to be presented for final passage on the 15th day of
September, A.D. 2009.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 15th day of September, A.D. 2009.
Mayor .
ATTEST:
City Clerk