HomeMy WebLinkAbout4321_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 4321
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING RULES AND
REGULATIONS TO GOVERN THE OPERATION OF HILLSIDE MEMORIAL PARK, A
CEMETERY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY OF REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA, A
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 4026.
The City Council of the City of Redlands does resolve as follows:
SECTION ONE: Sale, transfer and repurchase of lots and crypts.
(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) 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 pa k, exclu i g v ,dc,.,;nL.0 M fee vy µn amount GY4al to that
received for the property the last time it was sold, whichever is
greater, less the charges for any services actually rendered.
(c) The sale of burial lots 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.
(d) Prices of lots, endowment costs, interment charges, sale prices
of resale merchandise, and other miscellaneous charges shall be
established by executive order as authorized by Article 144 of the
Redlands Ordinance Code.
SECTION TWO: Fees and Credit Regulations
(a) No interment shall be allowed unless and until the purchaser
has paid to the city an amount equal to the interment fee for such
interment. The only exceptions will be those cases where all burial
charges are to be paid from an estate, and then only after the Cemetery
Supervisor, or his representative, has verified with the Administrator
or Executor of the estate that there will be sufficient funds to satisfy
burial expense.
In cases of extreme emergency, the grave space may be paid in full
within twelve (12) months from date of interment with a handling fee of
12 percent (120) . This charge is non-refundable in the event of
prepayment of the contract balance.
(b) Credit Terms for Preneed Sales
There shall be a handling charge of twelve percent (12%) of the
unpaid balance of any sales contract for cemetery grave spaces, niches
and crypts. This one time charge may be collected in cash in addition
to the down payment received, or may be added to the unpaid balance and
collected as part of the contractual monthly payments. The handling
charge shall be calculated on the unpaid balance. This charge is
non-refundable in the event of subsequent prepayment of the contract
balance.
SECTION THREE: 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 shall be
permitted. EXCEPTION: Replacement of existing upright markers shall be
permitted with the approval of the Cemetery Supervisor.
(b) Only one marker shall be placed upon any single grave or crypt.
(c) Marker size permitted:
MAXIMUM MINIMUM
Baby Grave 18" wide, 30" long 6" x 12" 6" x 12"
Baby Grave 30" wide, 54" long 8" x 16" 8" x 16"
Ash Interment Space, 36" x 24" 8" x 16" 8" x 16"
Adult Grave, single 36" x 108" 12" x 24" 12" x 24"
Adult Grave, double depth -
48" x 108" 12" x 24" 12" X 24"
Adult Grave, double-side by side-
7211 x 108" 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 or niches.
(e) No marker or improvement of any kind other than the
improvements made by the Cemetery Supervisor shall be permitted on any
space or lot until all cemetery charges for that space or lot have been
paid for in full. Markers shall not be permitted in an "unendowed" area
unless the per space endowment care charge is paid.
(f) The cemetery is not liable for repair or replacement of
monuments, markers, or cement borders damaged due to aging, lifting by
tree roots, earthquake, or vandalism.
(g) The Cemetery Supervisor is charged with the responsibility of
entering upon any and all lots or spaces and to remove therefrom any
objectionable material that has been placed thereon.
SECTION FOUR: Cemetery Grounds
(a) Papers and trash must be deposited in containers provided.
(b) Picknicking or lying on lawns or benches on cemetery grounds is
prohibited.
(c) No dogs are permitted on cemetery grounds unless confined
within an automobile.
(d) Placement of artificial flowers is not permitted anywhere in
the park, except inside the mausoleum.
(e) 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.
(f) All flower vases must be of an approved reversible type. No
other flower containers shall be permitted.
(g) A maximum of 3 vases may be placed on any standard grave space.
The cemetery is not liable for replacement of vases due to normal aging
or vandalism. The cemetery is responsible for the replacement of vases
damaged by city equipment.
(h) 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 FIVE: Interment Regulations
(a) Laws of the State of California require a Burial Permit. No
interment will be permitted without such a permit.
(b) Opening of caskets at the cemetery is not permitted except in
special circumstances when approved by the Cemetery Supervisor.
(C) I nterment-s shall. not be :jade in wooden boxes. -I my concrete
bell liners or concrete vaults with arched lid shall be used to protect
the casket. In the uncared-for area of Section F a burial without the
protective box shall be permitted in destitute and special cases and the
infant area of Upper "J" .
(d) Double depth interments may be made only in a standard single
space (4 ' x 10' ) in specified areas.
(e) Ashes may be interred in spaces already occupied by a body, but
not more than two ash interments with a body, 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 Supervisor, 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) The cemetery office operating hours are Monday through Friday
8 : 00 a.m. to 4 : 30 p.m.
(h) Interments Requiring Overtime Work
Overtime work rates shall be charged for all funerals leaving the
cemetery after 3 : 00 p.m. , Monday through Friday and after 11: 00 a.m. on
Saturday.
Except in cases of extreme emergency, as determined by the Cemetery
Supervisor, interments will not be authorized on Saturdays, Sundays or
holidays observed by city employees. When authorized, the interment
charges will be doubled.
( i) A twenty-four (24) hour notice is required for all interments.
(j ) Hillside Memorial Park reserves, and shall have the right to
correct any errors which may be made in making interments,
disinterments, or removals, or in the description, transfer or
conveyance of any interment property. Corrections may include the
cancelling of a 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 Supervisor, by refunding the amount of
Toney 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
Supervisor 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.
(k) 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 disinterment and
removal. Disinterments for removal from the cemetery shall not be made
unless authorized by the written order of a court of law.
SECTION SIX: Resolution No. 4026 and all other resolutions or parts
of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby rescinded.
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 15th day of December, 1987 .
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Mayor of the -Ci y of Redlands
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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