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RESOLUTION NO 78-97 OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS ADOPTING i-2ULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE OPERATION OF MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES
WHEREAS, the City presently operates the Grandview and Roselawn
Cemeteries, and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest and advancement of the general
welfare that reasonable rules and regulations be adopted for the supervi-
sion, management and operation of these facilities
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the rules and regulations attached hereto as Exhibit "A" be,
and they hereby are, approved and adopted, to remain in force and effect
until such time as they are altered or modified by action of this Council
Passed and adopted at regular meeting of the City Council held this 19th
day of December, A D 1978
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Ci y Clerk
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EXHIBIT "A"
C E H 5 T E R Y R E G U L A T I O N S
GRANDVIEW AND ROSELAWN CE'1ETERIES
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FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
NOVEMBER 197E
CITY COUNCIL
Mr Richard M Suinn, Mayor
Mr Lloyd D St Croix, Assistant Mayor
Mr Arvid Bloom
Mrs Nancy P Gray
Mr Earl Wilkinson
Mr Jack E L Russell
Mr Charles C Bowling
STAFF
Mr John E Arnold, City Manager
Mr Paul A Lanspery, Assistant City Manager
Mr H R Phillips, Director of Parks and Recreation
Mr Rick Bott, Cemetery Superintendent
Mr John Houstoun, Cemetery Supervisor
INDEX
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1 OWNERSHIP AN➢ MANAGE'iENT 1
2 DEFINITIONS 1
3 GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE CEMETERY 2
4 INTERMENTS AND DISINTER'ihNTS GENERALLY 2
5 DISINTERMENTS AND REMOVALS 5
6 SERVICh CHARGES AND PAST DUE INDEBTEDNESS 6
7 PURCHASE OF LOTS 6
8 PROPERTY RIGHTS OF LOT OWNERS 7
9 TRANSFERS AND ASSIGNMENTS 8
10 CONTROL OF WORK BY CITY 8
11 DECORATTON OF LOTS 8
12 ROADWAYS AND REPLATTING 10
13 CONDUCT OF PERSONS WITHIN THE CEMETERY 10
14 FEES, GRATUITIES AND COMMISSIONS 12
15 PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS 12
16 CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF LOT OWNER 14
17 PERPETUAL AND SPECIAL CARE 14
18 PRIVATE MEMORIALS 15
19 GENERAL CARE 16
20 RULES FOR MEMORIAL WORK IN CEMETERY SECTIONS 16
21 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE AND THESE RULES
AND REGULATIONS SOLF AGREEMENT 22
22 MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS 22
23 ADOPTION 22
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GRANDVIEW AND FOSELAWN CFPIFTERIES
These Rules and Regulations are adopted as the RULES AND REGULATIONS COVERING
GRANDVIEW AND ROSELAWN CLIETERIES, and are for the mutual protection of all
plot owners and the City of Fort Collins, and to insure the Cemeteries a uni-
form and permanent beauty
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All plot owners, visitors, Cemetery employees, persons working directly or
indirectly for lot ocmers and all lots 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, and the reference to these rules and regulations in the certifi-
cate of ownership to plots shall have the same force and effect as if set
forth in full therein
1 OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
I 1-a OWNED BY THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries are owned and managed by the City of Fort
Collins, Colorado
1-b 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
1-c MANAGED BY THE CFIETERI SUPERINTENDENT
The management of the Cemeteries shall be under the direction of the Cemetery
Superintendent, who in turn shall be responsible to the City Manager for
direct and complete supervision of the Cemeteries in all matters The City
Manager nay assign the functions of the Cemeteries to another operating
department
1-d CEMETERI SUPFRINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN CONFINES OF
CEMETERY GROUNDS
The Cemetery Superintendent shall have complete supervision of all activities
within the confines of the Cemetery grounds
1-e BUSINESS OFFICE
All applications for purchase, transfer, assignment or repurchase of Cemetery
lots, interment and disinterment orders, foundation and monument permits,
perpetual or annual care or special permits of any kind must be made at the
Cemetery Office
2 DEFINITIONS
2-1 CEMETERY
The term "cemetery" is hereby defined as a burial park for earth and crypt
interments
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2-b INTFW%1FNT
The term "interment" shall mean the permanent disposition of the remains of a
deceased person by earth or crypt burial
2-c LOT
The term "lot" shall mean a platted lot within the cemetery and may consist
of more than one burial space
2-d BURIAL SPACE
The term "burial space" shall mean a single space within a platted lot deg13ned
for the interment of one body
2-e MEMORIAL
The term "memorial" shall designate a monument, marker, tablet or headstone
for family or individual use
2-f MONUMENT
The term "monument" shall designate a monument, marker, tablet or headstone
for family or individual use
2-g CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT - SEXTON
The terms "Cemetery Superintendent" or "Sexton" are used interchangeably
3 GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE CEMETERY
3-a ADMISSION TO CEMETERY
Entrance into the cemeteries except 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 whom the Cemetery Superintendent may deem objectionable to the best
interest of the Cemeteries
3-b CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF ALL FUNERALS
All funerals upon reaching a Cemetery shall be under the supervision of the
Cemetery Superintendent or his assistants
3-c CASKET NOT TO BE DISTURBED
Once a casket containing a body is in the confines of a Cemetery, 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 to touch
a body without the consent of the legal representatives of the deceased, or
without a court order
4 INTERMENTS AND DISIIsTERMEATS GD ERALLY
4-a SUBJECT TO LA14S
Besides being subject to these rules and regulations, all interments and dis-
interments sh111 be subject to thc. orders and laws of the properly consti-
tuted authorities of the City, County and State
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4-b TIME AND CHARCES
All interments and disinterments must be made at the time and in the manner
fixed by the Seaton and upon payment of such charges as are fixed by the City
Council
4-c HOLIDAYS, SATLRDAY AND SUNDAY
No interment or interment services, or disinterments will be allowed on
Saturday afternoons or Sundays or on any of the following holidays
New Ycar's Day - Washington's Birthday - Memorial Day -
Independence Day - Colorado Day - Labor Da) - Veteran's
Day - Thanl.sgiving Day - Christmas Day
or upon the days that these holidays are legally observed ivo interments will
be allowed on Saturday morningb except on the Saturday rlornings which are
followed by a Friday holiday or preceded by a Monday holiday
4-d NOTICE OF INTERMENT REQUIRED
Any reservation submitted after 3 00 P M Friday afternoon must be for no
sooner than Monday morning Any reservation submitted after 5 00 P M Friday
afternoon must be for no sooner than Monday afternoon During the week at
least eight (8) working hours notice must be given Any exceptions must be
approved by the Cemetery Superintendent
4-e EMERGENCY BURIALS
Arrangements for emergency burials must be made through the Cemetery Superin-
tendent and upon proof of emergency
4-f IN CASE OF A DISASTER
In the event of a disaster, which results in numerous burials for the Cemeteries,
the Cemetery crew will work whatever hours deemed necessary by the Superinten-
dent The Superintendent has the authority to void any and all regulations
necessary in order to handle the numerous burials as orderly and as quickly as
possible
4-g CI1Y TO APPOINT TIME OF FUNERAL
The Cemetery Superintendent shall appoint the time for the arrival of funerals
at the Cemeteries and shall allow at least one half hour between the times of
arrival of funerals to be held on the same day When two funerals arrive at a
Cenet-r) at the same time the funeral arriving first shall have precedence in
entering the Cemetery and the other funeral shall procede at the discretion
of and in accordance with instructions to be given by the Cemetery Superinten-
dent No funeral will be permitted in the Cemetery after 5 00 P M except b)
special permission of the Cemetery Superintendent The Sexton may, at his
discretion, waive the one half hour between times of arrival of funerals
4-h APPLICATION FOR INTERMENT
The City reserves the -fight to refuse interment in any plot, and to refuse to
open any burial space for any purpose, except upon written application by the
lot owner or owners made out on blanks provided by the City and duly filed in
the Cemetery Office
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4-i MUST USE APPROVED GRAVE LIAERS
Eery earth interment must be made in an outside receptacle of steel, concrete,
fiberglass or polypropylene structural foam, the actual installation of which
shall be made by employees of the Cemeteries Wooden boxes may be used for
baby, child or indigent burials ho metal arches or multiple piece liners
(3 pieces or more) will be allowed The Cemetery Superintendent shall have
the right to refuse any such receptacle that is damaged or in any other way
inadequate
4-3 AUTHORIZATION OF 0\F PLOT OWNER SUFI-ICIENT
The City reserves the right to allow interment of the remains of any member of
the in-nediate fa-illy of cn) one of several common lot owners L-on the Britten
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 oimers of the same who are recorded as such on the books of the
City or their heirs
4-k LOCATION OF INTEKNIENT SPACE
The applicant for an interment permit must specify the exact location on the
lot of the grave desired to be opened All graves must be at least sic 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 children
Thr en instruction regarding the location of an interment 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 Superintendent may, in his discretion,
open it in such location on the burial lot as he deems best and proper, so as
not to delay the funeral, and the City shall not be liable in damages for lay
error so made
4-1 ORDERS LIVEN BY TELEPHOAE
The City shall not be held responsible for an) order given by telephone, or
for any mistake occurring for want of precise and proper instructions as to
the particular sp--e, size or location in a lot where an interment is desired
4-m ERRORS MAY BE CORRECTED
The City reserves the right, and shall have the right to correct any errors
that may be made by it either in making interments or disinterments or in the
description transfer or conveyance of any interment property, either by can-
celling such conveyance and substituting and conveying in lieu thereof other
interment property of equal value end in similar location as far as possible,
or as may be selected by the City, or, in sole discretion of the City, by
refunding the amount of mono) paid on account of said purchase In the event
such error shall involve the interment of the remains of any person in such
property, the City reserves the right to remove and/or transfer such remains
so interred to such other property of equal value and similar location as may
be substituted and conveyed in lieu thereof at the expense of the City
4-n 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 the 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 duty to
recognize any protests of interments unless the) be in writing and filed in
the Cemetery Office
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4-0 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR EMBALMING OR IDENIIn
The City shall not be responsible for the interment permit nor for the
identity of any person Bought to be interred, nor shall the City be respon-
sible in any way for the preparation of the body
4-p NO INTERMENT PERMITTED UNLESS PROPERTY FULLY PAID FOR
No interment shall be permitted or any memorial placed in or on any burial
space not fully paid for including perpetual care
4-q INTERMENT OF E,ORE TEL%N ONE BODY
Not more than one body or the remains of one body may be interred in one
burial space except by written consent of the Cemetery Superintendent, or in
the case of members of the same family who will be interred in the same
casket The foregoing shall not apply in the case of cremains
4-r CITY'S EQUIPMENT MUST BE USED
Tents, artificial grass, lowering devices and other equipment owned by the
City must be used exclusively, (except as specified below) in making inter-
rents, disinterments and removals
Arrangements for the use of this equipment shall be made in advance at the
Office of the Cemetery Superintendent, and at such charges as are fixed by
the City
Equipment owned by private parties may be used in lieu of equipment owned by
the City, in which case the charges made shall be the same as though equip-
ment owned by the City were used
4-s INTERMENT OF CREMAINS
In case a casket containing the cremated remains of any person is to be
interred in the Cemetery, either in the ground or in a monument foundation,
an order from the Cemetery Office shall be obtained as for earth burial and a
fee is set by resolution of the City Council shall be paid to the Cemetery
Office
4-t In case the cremated remains are not buried in a casket, they shall be
buried in concrete
5 DISINTERMFNTS AND REMOVALS
5-a NOTICE 0-1 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 disin-
terments shall be done at the convenience of the Cemetery Superintendent
5-b REMOVAL FOR PROFIT PROHIBITFD
Removal, by the heirs, of a body so that the lot or burial space may be sold
for profit to themselves or to any other persons or removal contrary to tree
expressed or implied wish of the original lot or burial space owner, is
repugnant to the ordinary sense of decency and is absolutely forbidden
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5-c CARE TN PF110VAL
The City shall exercise the utmost care in m-king a removal, but it shall
a%bu-ne no liability for any damage, to any casket, incurred in making a
removal
5-d PERMISSION FOR DISINTERMENTS
No disinterment of a body will be made without a court order of a court of
competent jurisdiction or written permission from some person having authority
to permit the same
5-e CHARGES INCTUDE
The charges for disinte-meats incluce removing the retrains of the deceased,
casket, and grave liner, placing it on top of the ground, and the backfilling
of the empty grave
6 SERVICE CHARGES AND PAST DUE INDEBTFD14ESS
6-a PAYMENT OF SERVICE CHARGES
The payment of the Cemetery service charges or arrangements satisfactory to
the Finance Director for payment of such service charges, must be made at the
time of the issuance of the order of interment or disinterment and removal
6-b PAST DUE INDEBTEDNESS
Arrangements, satisfactory to the Finance Director, for the payment of past
due indebtedness must be made before interment will be made on any lot,
subject to the provisions of paragraph 4-p, of these rules
6-c AMOUNT OF CHARGES
All charges for any service rendered by the Cemetery employees must be paid
for at or prior to the time such services are rendered and at rates fixed by
the City The amount or rates of all charges shall be established by City
Council
7 PURCHASE OF 1Ors
7-a APPLICATIONS FOR PURCHASE
Applications for the purchase of Cemetery lots or burial spaces 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 Cemetery lots
or grave spaces will be selected exclusi%ely at the Cemetery
7-b CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
The Certificate of Title for any Cemetery lot or burial space will not be
delivered to any purchaser until the purchase price of the same and the cost
of perpetual care has been paid to the Finance Director in full Persons
desiring to acquire multiple grave spaces in the Cemetery and not being able
to pa) the entire price thereof will be required to make an initial payment
equal to the cost of the burial space upon which any burial is to be made and
to execute their note or notes for the balance due in such amounts and upon
such terms as may be mutually agreed upon between the purchaser and the
Finance Director the payment of such money and the execution of such note
or notes shall not confer any title whatsoever upon the purchaser of said lot
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or any part thereof, until all of said notes shall have been fully paid
including the interest thereon Any available grave space(s) may be put on
hold for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days
7-c PURCHASE OF SINGLE GRAVE SPACES
Single grave spaces may be purchased only in those sections of the Cemetery
designated for that purpose, or immediately next to a previously purchased
grave space subject to the approval of the Cemetery Superintendent Single.
grave spaces shall be paid for in full at the time of use, the purchase price
to include the cost of perpetual care Grave spaces will be sold in regul -ir
order as shown on the plats on file in the Cemetery Office
7-d TITLE CONVEYS ONLY THE RIGHT OF BURIAT
All deeds or Certificates of Title shall grant to the lot owner or owners the
right to use such lots for burial of human remains only, subject to these
rules and regulations The fee title to any lot or space conveyed to a pur-
chaser shall remain in the City subject to the right of burial conveyed to
the purchaser
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8 PROPERTY RIGHTS OF LOT OWNERS
8-a INTERMENT RIGHTS OF LOT OWNERS
All lots, and burial spaces conveyed shall be the sole and separate property
of the person or persons named as grantee in the instrument of conveyance,
provided, however, that the husband or wife of the grantee shall have a vested
right of interment of his or her body in any burial plot conveyed to the other
No conveyance or other action, without the joinder therein or by written c n-
sent attached thereto, shall divest such husband or wife of such vested right
of interment, provided, however, that a final decree of divorce between them
shall terminate such vested right of interment, unless it shall be otherwise
provided by such decree of divorce In all conveyances to two or more persons
as joint tenants, each joint tenant shall have a vested right of interment of
his or her remains in the plot so conveyed Upon the death of a joint tenant,
the title to the burial plot theretofore held in joint tenancy immediately
vests in the suriivor or survivors, subject to the vested right of interment
of the remains of the deceased joint tenant owner A vested right of inter-
ment as in this rule provided may be waived and shall be terminated upon the
interment elsewhere of the remains of a person entitled- thereto
8-b DESCENT OF RIGHT OF INTERMENT
If no interment has been made in a lot which has been transferred by deea or
certificate of ownership to an individual owner or owners by the City, or if all the bodies have been lawfully removed therefrom, the absence of specific
disposition thereof in the owner's last will and testament, the whole of said
lot, except the one grave which must be reserved to the surviving husband or
wife of the owner, unless waived by such survivor, shall, upon the death of
the owner, descend in regular line of succession to the heirs of said owner
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9 TRANSkERS OR ASSICNNFNTS
9-a CONSENT OF CITY
%o transfer or assignment of any lot, or interest therein, shall be valid
without the consent in writing of the City first to be had and endorsed upon
such transfer or assignment, and thereafter being recorded on the books of the
City
9-b INDEBTEDNESS
The City shall have the right to refuse to consent to a transfer or an assign-
ment as long as there is any indebtedness due the City by the owner of record
9-c REPURCHASE BY THE CITY
If for any reason, it becomes necessary for any lot owner(s) to dispose of
their interest in or title to any Grandview Cemetery space(s) , they may make
application at the Grandview Cemetery Office for repurchase of their interest
in or title to such spaces (when there are two or more grave spaces that are
located side by side) at a price equal to 807 of the current selling price
set by the City Council or ;when there is a single or partial grave space) at
a price equal to 70/ of the current selling price set by the City Council, if
the perpetual care has been paid on the spaces If the perpetual care has not
been paid, the current perpetual care charge will be deducted from this repur-
chase price The repurchase price will be paid to the lot owner(s) when they
have conveyed to the City of Fort Collins by deed or certificate of title a
good and sufficient title
9-d ADDITION OF PERPETUAL CARE TO REPURCHASED LOTS
If and when the City shall elect to repurchase a lot not already having perpe-
tual care, the City shall include the cost of perpetual care in the selling
price of said lot before again offering it for sale
10 CONTROL OF WORK BY CITY
10-a WORK TO BE DONE BY CITY
Except as otherwise provided herein, all grading, landscape work and improve-
ments of an} kind, and all care of lots, shall be done, and all trees, s'1rubs
and herbage of any Lind shall be planted, trimmed, cut or removed, and all
opening or closing of graves and all interments, disinterments or renovals
shah be made by the City
1 CITY MUST DIRECT AND MAY REPIOVE IMPROVEMENTS
F improvements or alterations of individual property in the Cemetery shall
b, under the direction of and subject to the consent, satisfaction and
approval of the Cemetery Superintendent, and should they be made without his
written consent, or, in the event, at any time, in his judgment, they become
unsightly to the eye, he shall have the rignt to remove, alter or change such
improvements or alterations at the expense of the lot or space
11 DECORATION OF LOTS
11-a GRANDVIEW MIETERY
1 Live flowers may be planted and cultivated on any grave at any time eAcept
in Sections 1I and T, however, all plantings shall be within ten (10) inches
of Vie front and sides of the monument or in an approved vase
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2 In the areas where there is a main memorial and a secondary flush meno-
rial, there is to be no planting and no vases in front of the secondary flush
memorial
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 anything of a
similar nature This vase must be set in concrete with a minimum three (3)
inch border and within six (6) incl`es of the monument or be an actual part of
the monument The Cemetery crew shall install all vases
4 Sprays and wreaths made from flesh cut flowers will be mellowed, but th-y
will be removed within two weeks, or if in the Cemetery Superintendent's
opinion, when they become unsightly or detrimental
5 Christmas blankets and wreaths will be allowed from Decunber 1st through
Parch 1st
6 Artificial sprays and wreaths will be allowed from May lst through June
15th and from December 1st through March 1st The Superintendent shall remove
all artificial sprays and wreaths when they become unsightly or blown off the
graves
7 Bushes or trees of any kind except rose or peony are not allowed, including
juniper, pfitzer, or the like Rose bushes or peonies will be allowed, however,
only one per grave space These also must be planted within ten (10) inches of
the front and sides of the monument as stated in paragraph 11-a-1
8 The placing of boxes, shells, stones, boulders, toys, metal designs, orna-
ments, chairs, settees, vases, glass, urns, fences, wood or metal castes, t m-
porary grave markers and similar articles upon lots shall not be permitted
9 The City shall not be held liable for lost, misplaced or brol.en flower
vases, or for damage by the elements, thieves, vandals or by causes 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 main-
tained
11-b ROSELAWN CEMETERY
1 No planting on graves shall be permitted except in an approved vase
2 Bushes or trees of any kind are not allowed
3 In the areas where there is a main memorial and a secondary flubli memorial,
there is to be no vases in front of the secondary flush memorial
4 Artificial or fresh cut flowers may be placed in a metal vase at an) time
However, they will be discarded when dead, faded, broken or anything of a
similar nature This vase must be set in concrete with a minimum tnree (3)
inch border and within six (6) inches of the monument or be an actua part of
the monument The -Cemetery crew shall install all vases
5 Sprays and wreaths made from fresh cut flowers will be allowed, but they
will be removed within two weeks, or, if in the Cemetery Superintendent's
opinion, when they become unsightly or detrimental
6 Christm-s blankets and wreaths will be allowed from December 1st through
March 1st
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7. Artificial sprays and wreaths will be allowed from May 1st through June
15th and from December 1st through March 1st The Superintendent shall remove
all artificial sprays and o,re-+ths when they become unsightly or blown off the
graves
8 The placing of boxes, shells, stones, boulders, toys, metal designs, orna-
ments, chairs, settees, vases, glass, urns, fences, wood or metal cases, tem-
porary grave markers and similar articles upon lots shall not be permitted
9 The City shall not be held liable for lost, misplaced or broken flower
vases, or for damage by the elements, thieves, vandals or by causes 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
12 ROADWAYS AND REPOTTING
12-a RIGHT TO REPLAT, 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 sprinkling systems, drainage, lakes, etc , is also expressly reserved, as
well as is the right to use Cemetery property, not sold to individual lot or
grave space owners, for Cemetery purposes, including the interring and prepar-
ing for interment of dead 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 or from other lots
12-b NO RIGHT GRANTED IN ROAD14AYS
No easement or right of interment is granted to any lot owner in any road,
driv( , or walk within the Cemeteries, without the approval of the Cemetery
Superintendent, but such road, drive or walk may be used as a means of access
to the Cemetery or buildings as the City devotes to that purpose
12-c RIGHT TO CLOSE ROADWAYS
The Cemetery Superintendent shall have the right, at any time, to close any
road, drive or walk
13 CONDUCT TO PERSON i.*ITHIN THE CEMETERIES
13-a CONDUCT
Persons within either Cemeteries' grounds shall use only the roads, drives or
walks as thoroughfares and no person shall walk on the grass except that be the
o-il) Tway to reach his lot, or except that a workman may use that space necessary
to perform the necessary care or services in connection with the lot Any per-
son while on any portion of the Cemeteries other than the roads, drives or walks,
are hereby declared_to be trespassers and shall in no way hold the City liable
for any injury sustained
I3-b TRESPASSERS ON CEMETERY LOTS
Only the lot owner or his relatives shall be permitted on any Cemetery lot
Any other person thereon shall be considered as a trespasser, and the City
shall owe no duty to said trespasser or lot owner or relative to keep the
property or the memorial thereon in a reasonable safe condition
13-c CHILDREN permitted
within
Children shall not be
accompaniedbyproperh
Cemeteries's' gpersons
to care for them
13-d REMOVAL OF FLOWERS, ETC FORBIDDEN
All persons are prohibited from gathering flowers, either Gild or cultivated,
or breaking trees, shrubs or plants, or feeding or disturbing fish or birds or
other animal life within the Cemetery
13-e REFR$S1*1ENTS
No person shall be permitted to have refreslu en-,
within the Ccneten es'
grounds This rule will not prohibit City employees from eating their lunch
on the Cemeteries' grounds in connection with their regular employment
13-f LOUNGING ON GROUNDS rounds
Strangers shall not be permitted to sit or lounge on any of the grounds,
graves or monuments within the Cemeteries, or in any of the Cemeteries'
buildings
13-g LOUD TALKING teries' grounds The use of
Loud talking shall not be permitted on the Ceme
profane language is forbidden
13-h VISITORS
Visitors are welcome on the Cemeteries' grounds during the regular hours
13-1 RUBBISH
Throwing rubbish on any part of the grounds or buildings, except those
designated by the City is prohibited
13-3 AUTOMOBILES
Automobiles shall not be driven through the Cemetery at a speed greater than
fifteen miles per hour
13-k TRUCKS AND HEAVY HAULING
Heavy hauling, trucks or commercial vehicles of any kind are not permitted
within the Cemeteries' grounds, except they be on business or in connection
with the Cemeteries' work, and then only by permission of the Cemetery
Superintendent
13-1 BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES
No bicycles or motorcycles shall be admitted to the Cemeteries except such as
may be in attendance at funerals or on business
13-m PEDDLING OR SOLICITING
Peddling of flowers or plants, or the soliciting for the sale of any commodity
is absolutely prohibited within the confines of the Cemetery
13-n FIREARMS
No firearms shall be permitted within the Cemeteries, except at a military
funeral or similar occasion, by a Police Officer, or by special permit from
the Cemetery Superintendent
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13-o NOTICES 01 4,DVERTISF3IENTS
No signs or noti(-c.s or advertisements of any kind shall be permitted within
the Cen�teries' grounds
13-p DOGS, HORSFS AND OTHER ANIMALS
Dogs, horses or and other animal shall not be allowed in the Cemeteries'
grounds or in any of the Cemeteries' buildings The owner or keeper of any
animal which trespasses upon the Cemeteries' grounds shall be liable for any
danage done by said animal The City shall not be liable for any damage done
by animals and does not assume responsibility for keeping animals out of the
Cemeteries' grounds
13-q HOURS CROUNDS AND BUILDINGS OPEN
The Cemetery grounds will be open as posted
13-r IMPROPRIETIES
It is of the utmost importance that there should be strict observance of the
proprieties of the Cemetery, whether embraced in these rules or not, as no
improprieties will be allowed, and the Cemetery Superintendent shall have the
power to prevent improper assemblages
13-s SUPERINTENDENT TO ENFORCE RULES
The Cemetery Superintendent is hereby expressly empowered to enforce these
rules and regulations, and to exclude from the Cemeteries' properties any
person violating the same The Cemetery Superintendent shall have complete
charge of the Cemeteries' grounds and buildings, and, at all times, shall have
supervision of all persons within the Cemeteries, including the conduct of
fu^erals, traffic, employees, lot owners and visitors
13-t EMPLOYEES
Employees within the Cemeteries' grounds shall conduct themselves with decorum
at all times and with strict accordance with these rules and regulations, this
applies to outside workers, stone masons, florists, etc , as well as to those
persons directly employed by the City
14 FEES, GRATUITIES AND COMMISSIONS
14-a FEES, GRATUITIES AND COMMISSIONS MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED BY CITY EMPLOYEES
No person, while employed by the City, shall receive any fee, gratuity or
commission, except from the Cit) , either directly or indirectly, under penalty
of immediate dismissal All fees, payments or charges for any Cemetery
property or service shall be paid to the City at the Cemetery Office
15 PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS
15-a WHEN CITY NOT RESPONSIBLE
The City shall take reasonable precautions to protect lot owners, and the
property rights of lot owners, within the Cemeteries from loss or damage, but
the City distinctly disclaims responsibility for loss or damage from causes
beyond its reasonable control, and especially from damage caused by the
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elements, an act of God, (-ommon enem) , thieves, v a dils, strikers, malicious
mischief makers, cxplosions, unavoidable accidents, invasions, insurrections,
riots, or order of any military or civil authority, whether the damage may be
direct or collateral, other than as herein provided
15-b LIABILITY FOR DMAGES
Any person damaging, or causing to be damaged, any Cemetery property, � ctljer
ownied 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, ULth-
out delay, and in a manner satisfactory to the Cemetery Superintendent
16 CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF LOT 0 NER
16-a NOTICE REQUIRED
It shall be the duty of the lot or burial space owner to notify the City of
any change in his post office address Notice sent to such owner at the
last address on file in the Office of the Finance Director shall be considered
sufficient and proper legal notification
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17 PERPETUAL AND SPFCIAL CARE
17-a PERPETUAL CARE OF LOTS
The term "perpetual care", used in reference to lots, or burial spaces,
shall be held to mean the cutting and watering of the grass upon the same at
reasonable intervals, the raking and cleaning of the same, and, the general
care and pruning of the trees or shrubs that may be placed on the sane b) the
City, meaning and intending the general preservation of the lots and burial
spaces and the grounds, walks, roadways, boundaries and structures to the end
that said grounds shall remain and be reasonably cared for as Cemetery grounds
forever
17-b NO BURIAL LOTS SOLD WITHOUT PERPETUAL CARE
All lots or burial spaces shall be sold only with perpetual care
17-c PERPETUAL CARE EXCEPTIONS
The term "pereptual care" shall in no case be construed as meaning the main-
tenance, repai, or replacement of any grave atoues, muuumental structures ur
memorials placed or erected o-i lots or burial spaces nor the planting of
flowers or ornamental plants, nor the maintenance or doing of any special or
unusual work in the Cemeteries, nor does it mean the reconstruction of an)
Garble, granite, bronze or concrete work on any section or lot, nor on anN
portion or portions thereof in the Cemeteries, damaged by the elements, an act
of God, common enemy, thieves, vandals, strikers, malicious mischief makers,
explosions, insurrections, riots, or by the order of any military authority,
invasion or causes beyond the reasonable control of the City, whether the
damage be direct or collateral, other than as herein provided
17-d INVESDIENT OF PERPETUAL CARE FUND
The money received for perpetual care shall be held in trust and invested as
provided by law The City reserves the right, however, either to handle all
investment itself, or to deposit said funds with any person, company or
corporation qualified to act as trustee or depositary for such funds
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17-e EtPENDI1bRL IlilITED TO INCOME
Perpetual care, whether applied to lots, burial spaces or to any space within
the confines of the Cemeteries, shall be limited absolutely to the income
received from the investment of the perpetual care fund, no part of the princi-
pal being expended, anything herein stated to the contrary notwithstanding
17-f FUNDS MAY BE DEPOSITED WITH OTHERS OF LIKE CHARACTER
It is understood and agreed between the purchaser and the City that any or all
of said funds may be deposited with others of like character and intent, to
the end that the income from such accumulated general fund shall be used in
the general inprovement and perpetual care as above defined
17-g CIT1 COUNCIL TO DIRECT EXPENDITURES
The income from the perpetual care fund shall be expended by the City Council
in such manner as will, in its judgment, be most advantageous to the property
owners as a whole The City Council is hereby given the full power and
authority to determine upon what property, for what purpose and in chat manner
the income from said perpetual care fund shall be expended, and it shall deem
j advisable for the care, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of all or any
portion of the Cemeteries' grounds, and, it may also a>pend said income for
attorney's fees and other costs necessary to the preservation of the legal
rights of the City
17-h AMOUNT OF DEPOSIT
The amount of said perpetual care fund to be collected from the purchasers of
Cemetery lots or burial spaces shall be set by the City Council for the
various sections after taking into consideration the absence of varying
numl-ers of monuments in any sections, the character of the irrigating system,
the physical difficulties in character of soil and such other factors as tend
to determine the necessary cost of the care of said lands, same to be paid to
the City at the time of payment of the purchase price for any lot or burial
space
17-i RFCORD OF PAYMENT INTO PERPETUAL FUND
The record books of the City, and the receipt issued by the City shall show
the amount of the perpetual care fund that has been required of the individual
and set aside as hereinbefore stated in each case
17-j LOTS NOT NOW UNDER PIRPETUAL 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 being charged on other burial spaces
of similar character or in similar location If any burial is made in a
burial space on which the perpetual care. has not been paid, the perpetual care
for such space shall be paid at the time of, or prior to burial
18 PRIVATF 'MEMORIALS
Before any vault, tomb, sarcophagus, private mausoleum or columbarium is
erected, the proprietor must deposit with the City a sum of money estimated
by the City Council to be sufficient to yield an income for the proper care
of such structure in perpetuity
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19 CENERAL CAPE
19-a LOTS NOT ORICINAILY SOLD WI11i PERPETUAL CARF
General care will be given lots which were originally sold without perpctuzl
care, in order that the general beauty of the Cemeteries may be maintained
However, the City assumes no responsibility to maintain these lots in perpe-
tuity Whenever any lot needs attention, lots having perpetual care shall in
every case have preference
19-b CARE OF GENERAL CE11ETFRY PROPERTY
The general care or maintenance of the Cemeteries' grounds, buildings,
sprinkling s)stems, rocdways, drives, walks or paths, drains or other Cemetery
property of a general nature shall be provided for in an annual appropriation
derived from general City reverue
20 RULES FOR MMORIAL WORK IN CEMETERY SECTIONS
20-a PRODUCERS AND RETAIL DEALERS
1 Producers of monumental materials, meaning thereby quarriers, quarriers
who also manufacture memorials, and manufacturers of memorials who are not
quarriers, in order to procure the approval of the City, must agree to sell
only first grade, clear stone for memorial purposes, and must 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 must agree that should such faults
develop within five years from the date of setting, the memorial will be
replaced without cost or delay to the City or the lot owner
2 Retail dealers to secure the approval of the City must agree to use only
first grade stone from producers approved as provided in 20-a-1, and must
guarantee the memorial to be executed in first grade workmanship, with the
agreement that should faults develop with five years due to the setting,
treatment or the handling of the same b) the memorial dealer, such memorial
will be replaced without cost or delay to the City or to the lot owner
3 Letter cutters, persons or firms uho engage in the business of cleaning
monuments, and who are not connected with established retail dealers already
on the Ilst of approved retail dealers, and all other persons or firms must
secure a permit from the Cemetery Superintendent before any cork in the
Cemeteries is commenced In order to procure such a permit, it will be
necessary for the person of firm to submit satisfactory evidence of their
ability to properly perform the cork for vhich they have been engaged
4 Before retail dealers shall be permitted to erect any stones or do a- )
work in the Cemeteries, said retail dealer shall file with the Finance Director
a good and sufficient bond or undertaking in the penal sum of $2,000 00 aith
sureties thereon to be approved by the Finance Director which bond shall be
conditioned that the principal thereof shall conform and comply with all the
Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins and the Rules and Regulations governing
Grandview and Roselawn Cemeteries, and that the principal will fully perform
his guarantee covering the sale and erection of said memorial
5 Workmen employed in erecting or placing monuments or other structures, or
bringing materials into the Cemeteries, shall, as to the City operate as
independent contractorG, and must be under the general supervision of the
Cemetery Superintendent
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6, Persons engaged in erecting monuments, or other structures, are prohibited
from attaching ropes or other devices to monuments, trees or shrubs, and are
prohibited from scattering their material or tools over ad3oining lots or from
blocking roadways or walks, or from leaving their material or tools on the
grounds longer than is absolutely necessary They must do as little irjury to
the ground, trees and shrubs as is possible and must remove all debris and
restore the ground to its original condition
7 Damage done to lots, walls, trees, shrubs, drives or other property, b the
dealers or contractors or their agents shall be repaired by the City,
and cost of such repair shall be charged to the dealer or the contractor or to his
principal
8 No material, machinery or other thing for 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 time, nor shall such
material be placed on lots adjoining the one on which such structure is to be
erected, without special permission of the Cemetery Superintendent
9 Work shall proceed promptly until the erection of the memorial is completed
10 Whale a funeral or an interment service is being conducted nearby, all work
of any description shall cease
11 Approaching the bereaved and soliciting memorial business within the
Cemeteries is absolutely prohibited
12 Memorial dealers shall abide by the rules and regulations of the Cemeteries
13 Any retail dealer or producer who violates the rules and regulations of
the Cemeteries will be removed from the list of approved retail dealers and
producers
20-b MONUNFNTS AND MARKEPS IN GRANDI'IEW CEMETERY
1 No memorial or grave marker will be allowed on any burial space until the
space has been fully paid for and the certificate of title has been delivered
to the purchaser
2 Only one central or family memorial shall be allowed on a family lot
3 If more than one memorial is to be placed on a grave space, the second
memorial must be made of granite, set flush with the ground directly in front
of the main memorial, and it is not to exceed 1'8" x 0'8" x 0'4" in size
In such cases, no vases or planting will be allowed in front of the second
memorial
4 No lot owner Shall erect or place or cause to be erected or placed, on any
lot in the Cemetery, any memorial in respect of which the Cemetery Superinten-
dent disapproves
5 The area of the face of the memorial shall not exceed thirty percent (307)
of the area of the lot The length of the base of the memorial shall not
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c-,cced seventy five percent (75/) of the width of the lot The uldth of the
b—e of the nemorial Ghall not exceed twenty perccnt (20/) of the length of
the lot Any die or monolith shall have a thickness of at least eight inches
6 In flat marker sections, grave markers shall be of one piece of approved
stone or bronze and shall not exceed two (2) feet in length or one (1) foot
in width Double grave markers may be used and shall not exceed one (1) foot
in width and four (4) feet in length
7 In Section T, markers shall be only flat granite set flush with the ground
and shall not exceed one (1) foot eight (8) inches in length for a single
matKer or three (3) feet in length for a double marker Only one (1) vase
p,r S,iacc will be permitted
8 The bottom surface of all monuments or markers shall be cut level and true
9 While the City will exercise due care to protect raised lettering, carving
or ornaments on any memorial or other structure on any lot in the Cemetery, it
disclaims responsibility for any injury thereto
! 10 No coping, curbing, hedging, grave mounds, borders, enclosures of any kind
or walks of any kind shall be allowed to be built or placed on any lot in the
Cemetery The City reserves the right to remove the same without recourse, if
so planted, erected or placed
11 The use of tiles, bricks, gravel crushed rock, oyster shells, cinders or
other material on any lot in the Cemetery is strictly forbidden Any of
these used may be removed by the City without notice to the lot owner
12 Temporary markers or ornaments shall not be used
13 Marble markers or monuments ahall not be allowed
14 All markers and monuments in Section 11 of Grandview Cemetery shall be
flat bronze or flat granite type
15 In all sections other than Sections 11 or T, flat markers must be set at
least four (4) inches above the ground The markers must be granite and shall
not exceed two (2) feet in length or one (1) foot in width Double grave
markers may be used and shall not exceed one (1) foot in width and four (4)
feet in length
20-c MOMENT AND MARKERS AT ROSELAWN CEMETERY
1 No memoriai or grave marker will be allowed on any burial space until the
space has been fully paid for and the certificate of title has been delivered
-o the purchaser
2 If more than one memorial is to be placed on a grave space, the second
memorial must be made of granite, set flush with t1e ground directly in front
of the main memorial, and it is not to exceed 1 '8" x 0'8" x 0'4" in size
In such cases, no vases or planting will be allowed in front of the second
memorial
3 ho lot owner shall erect or place or cause to be erected or placed, on
any lot in the Cemetery, any memorial in respect of which the Cemetery
Superintendent disapproves
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4 In flat riarlcr sections, Apostles, Devotion, Chr3StuS, and Cood Shepherd,
grave markers shall not exceed two (2) feet in length or one (1) foot in
uidth Double grave markers may be used and shall not exceed one (1) foot in
width and four (4) feet in length In any other areas where flats are
allowed, they shall conform to same
5 In Section 1, the northern portion uill be for crypts and the southern
portion uill be a veterans' section using four (4) inch above ground granite
government markers only A good sized area will be used for the flag pole
and cannon
6 In Sections 2 and 3, the area of the face of the memorial shall not exceed
tuent) percent (20/) of the area of the lot The length of the base of the
memorial shall not exceed seventy five percent (757) of the width of the lot
The width of the base of the memorial shall not exceed tWtnt) percent (207)
of the length of the lot Any die or monolith shall have a thickness of at
least eight (8) inches
7 In Sections 4, 5, 7 and 8, above ground granite no higher than twenty two
(22) inches will be allowed The length of the base of the memorial shall
not exceed seventy five percent (757) of the width of the lot The width of
the memorial shall not exceed twenty percent (207) of the length of the lot
Any stone marker or memorial shall have a thickness of at least eight (8)
inches
8 In Section 8, all grave spaces will be for the indigent
9 All markers and monuments in Section 6 of Roselawn Cemetery shall be flat
bronze or flat granite type or above ground granite no higher than twenty two
(22) inches
10 The bottom surface of all monuments or markers shall be cut le%el and true
11 While the City will exercise due care to protect raised lettering, carving
or ornaments on any memorial or other structure on any lot in the Cemetery, it
disclaims responsibility for any injury thereto
12 No coping, curbing, hedging, grave mounds, borders, enclosures of any kind
or walks of any kind shall be allowed to be built or placed on any lot in the
Cemetery The City reserves the right to remove the same without recourse, if
so planted, erected or placed
13 The use of tiles, bricks, gravel crushed rock, oyster shells, cinaers or
other material on any lot in the Cemetery is atrictly forbidden Any of these
used may be removed by the City without notice to the lot owner
14 Temporary markers or ornaments shall not be used
15 Marble markers or monuments shall not be allowed
20-d DESIGN, FINISH AND WORKMANSHIP
1 memorial dealers shall be required to furnish for the approval of the
Cemetery Superintendent, a blue print or sketch of the proposed memorial or
marker, specifying size, location on lot, inscription, kind and quality of
stone and the name of the producer supplying said stone
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2 The Cemetery Superintendent shill hive the power to reject any plan or
design for any memorial which on eccount of sire, design, inscription, or
Lind or quality of stone, in his opinion is unsuited to the lot on uhich it
is to be placed
3 No monument or grave marker will be permitted, which is cut in imitation
of a log, stump or animal, or of any object which would itself not be allowed
to remain in the Cemetery
4 The City reserves the right for the Cemetery Superintendent to stop all
cork of any nature, whenever, in his opinion, proper preparations therefore
have not been made, or when tools or na�hinery are insufficient or defective,
or .hen cork is being executed in such a meaner as to threaten life or property,
or when any reasonable request on the part of the Cemetery Superintendent has
been disregarded, or when work is not being executed in accordance with speci-
fications, or when any person employed on the work violates any of the Cemetery
Rules and Regulations
5 The completed work is subject to the approval of the Cemetery Superinten-
dent, and if unsatisfactory, it may be removed by the Cemetery Superintendent
b All die stones shall be finished on at least the front surface
7 Photographing of memorials shall not be allowed except on signed order of
the owner or Cemetery Superintendent
8 No memorial showing drill or tool marks, or straining from rubber mat
used for sand engraving, shall be considered as first grade workmanship
20-d MATERIALS
All memorials, markers or stonework of any kind shall be constructed from
natural atone from quarries approved by the City No artificial stone of
any kind shall be permitted, unless samples are submitted to the Cemetery
Superintendent, in advance, and approved in writing by the Cemetery Super-
intendent
20-e MAUSOLEUMS AND TOMBS
1 Mausoleums or tombs, either wholly or partially above ground, shall be
constructed only in lots so designated and shall be built of first grade
stone similar in ali respects to stone used in otner memorials in the Cemetery
2 Plans, specifications and location on the lot shall be subject to the
approval of the Cemetery Superintendent
3 All parts of Vie mausoleum above -ound shall be of natural stone from
approved producers
4 When an interment is made in a private mausoleum, the crypt access opening
shall be properly sealed by an approved monument or mausoleum dealer
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20-f 10UNDATIONS
1 All foundations for memorials, marlcrs, niiusoleums, tombs, etc shill be
installed by the City The charge for foundations shall be reasonable >_id
uniform The City shall assume the responsibility for the proper construction
of such foundations All foundations shall be built to a depth as specified
by the Cemetery Superintendent and shall extend at le-ist four inches an all
directions beyond the base of the memorial or mailer
2 Applications for foundations shall be made b) the burial space owner of
record or his representative at the Ccmeter) Office All charges for the
foundation shall be paid at the time the ppilration is made In addition, no
monument or marker shall be delivered to the Ccnetery until these charges have
been paid No monument or marlcr shall be delivcr�d to the Ce-nctery until the
perpetual care on the grave space(s) has been paid Each monument or marker,
upon delivery, shall first be checked by the Cemetery Superintendent During
the summer months (June through September) no monument or msrk�r longer than
three (3) feet or higher than two (2) feet shall be delivered to the Cemetery
until a foundation has been poured and set-up for it
3 No foundation will be placed between May 27 and June 1 or during freezing
weather
4 The City assumes no responsibility for the correct size and location that
is given by the person ordering the foundation Any alterations required in
any foundation shall be made at the expense of the person ordering the founda-
tion
5 Base stones may vary from the size given uben the foundation is ordered
but not to exceed one (1) inch in width or length If the base stone is more
than one (1) inch larger than the size given when the foundation is ordered,
the Cemetery Superintendent may refuse to allow such stone to be set until
satisfactory arrangements have been made by the lot owner or his representative
to correct the foundation
20-g MISCELLANEOUS
1 Should any memorial, mausoleum or tomb become unsightly, delapidated or
a menace to the safety of visitors, the City shall have the right to either
correct the condition or to remove the same, at the expense of the lot owner
2 No monument or marker sh 11 be removed from the Cemetery, except by the
City, unless the written order or permission of the lot owner be presented to
the Cit) and permission be granted by the City
3 By presenting to the City proper written evidence to prove that any person
ordering a memorial cannot or will not complete his contract for the purchzse
of the same, the dealer, who sold the said memorial may obtain permission from
the Cemetery Superintendent to remove the memorial from the Cemetery In the
e%ent 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 Cemetery
lot 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, may require a written guarantee or bond from th- person or
dealer removing the same and in favor of the City, to protect and save the City
harmless from any and all liability of whatsoever kind or nature
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21 -CFRTIFICATE OF IITLF 4`D IUSF RULES AQD REGULATIONS SOLE AGREEMFNT
21-a The certificate of o aersh.Lp of the lot and these rules and regulations
and any amendments thereto a1 ^11 be the sole agrecmLnt by and between the City
and the lot owner The reference to these rules and regulations in the certi-
ficate of title of a lot or burial space shall have the sane force and effect
as if these rules and regulations were set forth in full therein
21-b Any lot owner has the right to appal to the City Manager on any
decision made by the Finance Diiector or Cemetery Superintendent
22 EXCEPTION'S A%D MODIFICALIO\S
22-a Special cases may arise in which the literal enforcement of a rule may
impose unnecessary hardship The City Council therefore, reserves the right,
without notice, to make exceptions, suspensions or modifications in any of
these rules and regulations, when, in its judgement, the same appear advisable,
and such temporary exceptions, suspensions or modifications shall in no way be
construed as effecting the general application or enforcement of such rules or
regulations
22-b AMENDMENTS
The City may, and it hereby expressly reserves the right, at any time or times,
to adopt new rules or regulations, to amend, alter and/or repeal any rule,
regulation and/or article, section, paragraph and/or sentence in these rules
or regulations Such new or amended rules and regulations shall be bindinb on
the o. ners of all lots or burial spaces regardless of the date such owner
acquired title
23 ADOPTION
These rules were adopted by the Fort Collins City Council in regular session,
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