
REMINDER:
When you are doing your Spring cleaning, don't forget about your cemetery lots and burial spaces. Potted plants and moveable containers can be placed on lots no earlier than May 1st.
The complete rules regarding the use of cemetery lots and burial spaces is below:
69.010 [Use of cemetery lots and burial spaces.]
Sec. 10.
(a) Benches, fences, railings, walls, lights or similar landscaping accessories shall not be placed or installed on cemetery lots or burial spaces.
(b) No permanent plants, shrubs, bushes or trees shall be placed or planted on cemetery lots or burial spaces. No flowers, shrubs, trees or vegetation of any type shall be planted outside of an urn. Any of the foregoing items planted without Township approval will be removed by the Township or the Township Sexton.
(c) Live or artificial flowers and plants may be planted in urns ONLY. Potted plants and flowers may be placed on a cemetery lot not earlier than May 1st each year and must be removed not later than October 1st of the same year. All such flowers and plants, whether artificial or live, must be placed within one foot of a burial space marker. Decorations will be permitted for holidays, but only for one (1) week prior and one (1) week following the holiday. Items planted without Township approval will be removed by the Township or the Township Sexton.
(d) The Township Board reserves the right to remove or trim any existing trees, plants or shrubs located within a cemetery in the interest of maintaining proper appearance and the use of the cemetery
(e) Funeral flowers shall be removed when they become unsightly.
(f) Veteran flags and flag holders shall be governed by the Veteran’s Administration rules and guidelines.
(g) The Township may remove and dispose of all artificial or live plants or flowers, emblems, displays, containers and any other objects that have become unsightly, a source of litter or a hindrance to proper ground maintenance within the cemetery, or which have been left on a cemetery lot at times not permitted by this Ordinance.
(h) All refuse of any kind, including dried flowers, wreaths, flower containers, papers and other debris must be fully and promptly removed from the cemetery ground by the persons who placed such materials within the cemetery, or by other persons who may be caring for the burial spaces where any such materials have been placed.
(i) The Township is not responsible for lost, stolen, or destroyed items left on gravesites.
(j) No glass containers or items allowed.