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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3651_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO . 3651 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ENTITLED: "RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF THE HILLSIDE MEMORIAL PARK, A CEMETERY OWNED BY THE CITY OF REDLANDS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, " AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 3585 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS does resolve as follows : SECTION ONE: Transfer and Repurchase of Lots, Crypts, and Niches A. All lots sold within the bounds of said cemetery shall be used for no purpose other than the interment of the human dead. B. The transfer or assignment of a burial lot in the cemetery shall not be valid until an entry of such transfer or assignment has been made upon the records of the cemetery. C. Repurchase of cemetery property. Owners shall not transfer or resell their plots, crypts, or niches to any person, but may at any time resell them to the Cemetery Fund. Price paid by the Fund will not exceed one third (1/3) of the current selling price of an equivalent interment space in Hillside Memorial Park, excluding Endowment Fee or an amount equal to that received for the property the last time it was sold, whichever is greater, less the charge for any services actually rendered. D. A charge of $2 . 00 will be made for a new Certificate of Ownership, to replace original lost or stolen. A signed statement, certifying to such loss or theft, will be required. E. The sale, transfer, or assignment of a burial lot in the cemetery cannot be made after the natural interment has taken place therein, unless and in accordance with all existing laws, all bodies have been removed therefrom. F. Prices of lots , endowment costs, interment charges, sales prices of resale merchandise, and other miscellaneous charges shall be established and adjusted as necessary under separate resolution. Each such resolution shall refer to this instrument as the basic authority for the enactment thereof. SECTION TWO: Vault, Monument, and Marker Regulations A. All markers shall be of first quality granite or bronze. Only flat markers of standard sizes set flush with the ground will be permitted. Exception: Above ground monuments not to exceed six (6) inches in height may be permitted by the Cemetery Director only in instances where adjacent graves of one family have had similar monu- ments erected and which are in place at the time of enactment of this resolution. B. Only one marker may be placed upon any single grave or crypt. C. Marker size permitted: Maximum Minimum Size Size Baby Grave, 18" wide, 30 " long. . . . 61' x 12" 6"" x 12" Baby Grave, 30" wide, 54" long. . . . 81' x 16 " 81 " x 16" Ash Interment Space, 36 " wide, 8" x 16 " 8" x 16" 24" long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult Grave, single, 36" wide , 12" x 24 " 12" x 24" 108" long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult Grave, double, 72" wide, 108" long. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15" x 36 " 14" x 30" D. No bronze plates, inscriptions, or embellishments of any kind, other than the regulation name plate will be permitted on mausoleum crypts . E. No interment, marker, or improvement of any kind other than the improvements made by the Cemetery Director will be permitted on any space or lot until all cemetery charges for that space or lot have been paid in full . No markers or interments shall be permitted in "unendowed" property unless the current fee for endowing that space is paid. (Above term "unendowed" area should not be inter- preted to include uncared for section) . F. Signs indicating that a lot is for sale or advertisements of any description will not be permitted within the cemetery; business vehicles and organization markers are excepted. G. Papers and trash must be deposited in containers provided. Picnicking on cemetery grounds is prohibited. No dogs are permitted. on cemetery grounds . H. The Cemetery Director is charged with the responsibility of entering upon any and all lots or spaces to remove therefrom any ob- jectionable material that has been placed thereon. I . The removal of any flower vase, part or whole, which has been installed by cemetery personnel, from any grave in the cemetery to another grave in or outside of the cemetery by other than cemetery personnel is prohibited. J. All flower vases must be of an approved reversible type. No other flower containers will be permitted. Resolution No . 3651 Page two K. The placing of potted plants, glass vases, paper-mache containers, etc. , on mausoleum floors is not permitted with the following exceptions : Easter, Mother 's Day, Decoration Day, and Christmas, and then only for a period of five days after the holiday. SECTION THREE: Interment Regulations A. Laws of the State of California require a Burial Permit . No interment will be permitted without such permit . B. Opening of caskets at the Cemetery is not permitted except in special circumstances when approved by the Cemetery Director . C. All ground interments , including cremated remains shall be in a concrete container, such as a sectional box, bell liner, vault, or cremain vault . In the uncared for area of Section F, a burial without the protective box shall be permitted in destitute cases . D. Double interments may be made only in a standard single space (4 ' x 101 ) . E. Ashes may be interred in spaces already occupied by a body, but generally not more than two ash interments with a body except that more may be interred in extenuating circumstances with approval of the staff, or three ash interments without a body in a single ground space . One whole body and one ash interment may be made in one crypt. No more than two ash interments may be made in one crypt. F. The Cemetery Director, subject to the approval of the City Manager, is authorized to cause the interment of any destitute person, the proof of destitution to become the permanent record of the Cemetery. Such interments to be made in the most inexpensive section of the Cemetery. G. Interments may be made from 9 : 00 a.m. to 3 : 30 p.m. , Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Interments made at other times will be charged for, at overtime rates . Interments will not be made on Saturdays, Sundays, or authorized Legal Holidays for city employees by the City Council, unless special advance arrangements are made with the Cemetery Director. Authorized interments made on Satur- days , Sundays, or Holidays will be charged for at overtime rates . A 24-hour notice is required for all interments . Upon receiving such notice, the Director shall cause all the necessary preparations to be made and work to be done in readiness therefor, at the expense of the mortician or person submitting such notice . In the case of over- time, see the resolution establishing interment fees . H. Hillside Memorial Park reserves, and shall have the right, to correct any errors which may be made in making interments, disinter- ments, or removals , or in the description, transfer, or conveyance of any interment property. Corrections may include the cancelling of a Resolution No. 3651 Page three conveyance and substituting and conveying in lieu thereof other interment property of equal value and similar location insofar as is possible, or as may be selected by the Cemetery; or in the sole discretion of the Cemetery Director , by refunding the amount of money paid on account of said purchase . In the event the error shall involve the interment of the remains of any person in such property, the Director reserves, and shall have the right to remove and re-inter the remains in such other property of equal value and similar location as may be substituted and conveyed in lieu thereof. I . Hillside Memorial Park shall exercise due care in making a disinterment and removal, but shall assume no liability for damage incurred to any casket, burial case, or urn in making the disinter- ment and removal . Disinterments for removal from the Cemetery will not be made unless authorized by the written order of a court of law. SECTION FOUR: Reports The Director shall submit to the City Manager on or about the first day of each month, a report of all cemetery transactions made during the previous calendar month. This report will be in the form prescribed by the City Manager. SECTION FIVE: That all other resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 19th day of February, 1980 . < f i ATTEST: Mayor of he i of R s Ci erk APPROVED FOR FORM: s/ Edward F. Taylor City Attorney Resolution No. 3651 Page four