§ 25.60.085. Memorial markers.  


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  • A.

    All graves shall have a permanent grave marker installed within six months after the burial, but no later than the following spring. A permit (municipality dual-purpose form 14-058) must be issued by the cemetery and payment made before installation can occur.

    1.

    A portion of the burial fee shall be earmarked to provide a grave marker for the burial site and shall be used by the cemetery to purchase and install a flat type grave marker of minimum dimensions and lettering described in this section, and installed flush to the ground level, in the event a marker is not delivered to the cemetery as provided in subsection A. of this section.

    a.

    If a marker is delivered to the cemetery in accordance with subsection A. of this section, the portion of the burial fee earmarked for grave marker purchase and installation shall be applied as a credit to the grave marker installation fee.

    b.

    If a grave marker is not delivered to the cemetery in accordance with subsection A. of this section no portion of the burial fee shall be applied to the grave marker installation fee and the full grave marker installation fee shall be paid prior to grave marker installation.

    2.

    The grave marker installation fee shall be not less than the actual cost of installation and shall be paid in full prior to installation of the grave marker.

    3.

    Subsection A.1 shall not apply to public assistance burials.

    B.

    The permanent grave marker shall be made of cast bronze, cast brass, cast aluminum or natural stone.

    1.

    The minimum flat marker size shall be 5″ × 9″.

    2.

    Markers shall have either raised or engraved letters of at least one-quarter inch in depth/thickness.

    3.

    The maximum:

    a.

    Height of each upright single grave marker, including base, is 60 inches and the maximum length, width and depth/height of base of such grave marker is 36″ × 18″ × 8″ and its maximum weight, including base, is 1,500 lbs.

    b.

    Height of each upright double grave marker, including base, is 60 inches and the maximum length, width and depth/height of base of such grave marker is 60″ × 18″ × 8″ and its maximum weight, including base, is 2,500 pounds.

    4.

    Statuary, shrines, mausoleums, and other memorialization shall be subject to the UBC standards on footing and foundations as well as municipality building codes. The maximum height of any statuary, shrine or other memorialization shall be 12 feet. The width and breadth of the base and/or memorialization shall be governed by the adjacent burial lots and aesthetic appearance when erected. No memorialization weighing over 1,000 lbs. shall be installed closer than ten feet in any direction to an existing burial lot.

    C.

    All memorials in the cemetery may be of the flat or upright above ground marker type. Upright markers in tracts added after 1991 ("new" cemetery - Tracts A, B, E and F) are subject to a special fee to cover long-term maintenance costs. No memorial shall be accepted which does not conform to specifications for memorials as provided by cemetery management.

    D.

    All markers shall have a minimum inscription:

    1.

    First and last name of deceased, year of birth and year of death.

    2.

    Additional inscriptions are optional, but must be in good taste as determined by the managing agency.

    E.

    If any memorial or marker or inscription thereon is determined to be not in good taste or offensive by management, it will enter upon such lot and make necessary corrections, including possible removal, and charges may be assessed against any person violating this rule.

    F.

    Temporary markers of wood, concrete or plastic are acceptable until the permanent marker is installed.

    G.

    Permanent markers are normally to be installed by the agency responsible for burial services and groundskeeping. Other arrangements can be made with the approval of the managing agency.

    H.

    Markers will be installed by the cemetery whenever freeze conditions will allow, normally during the months of April through October.

    I.

    The charges for building foundations, installation, maintenance and continual care of all markers and memorials shall be reasonable and uniform. Reasonable care of the cemetery property, including markers, memorials crypts, and urns, is subject to the exclusion of acts of God, vandalism, fire, or other occurrences beyond the control of the cemetery.

    J.

    The type of installation of any foundation for a monument or memorial will be at the discretion of cemetery management.

    K.

    Only embalmed casketed remains shall be entombed in mausoleums.

    1.

    The height of any mausoleum is limited to 48 inches.

    2.

    Mausoleums shall only be constructed of granite.

    a.

    Foundations may be constructed of granite or cement.

    3.

    All costs related to the construction of the mausoleum and repair of the surrounding area will be at the builder's expense.

    4.

    The cost of opening and closing the mausoleum will be at the family's expense.

    (AO No. 97-95, § 1, 7-1-97; AO No. 99-95, § 1, 7-13-99; AO No. 2001-90, § 12, 5-22-01; AO No. 2002-78, §§ 5, 6, 6-25-02; AO No. 2014-62, § 3, 5-20-14)

    Note— Formerly AMCR § 25.60.006.