§ 12.12.090. Monuments, markers, cornerstones, headstones and footstones.  


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  • A.

    No monument, headstone, footstone or marker shall be located or placed in the Larned cemetery unless the same be granite, marble, or bronze, except that temporary markers of other material may be placed at the time of burial by the funeral director. All such temporary grave markers may be removed at the discretion of the Sexton no earlier than the second succeeding Memorial Day following the date of the burial so marked. The City reserves the

    right to mark unmarked graves with a temporary marker set in a concrete base that sets flush with the ground and measuring twelve (12) inches by sixteen (16) inches by three and one-half inches.

    B.

    In general, the location of monuments and headstones and footstones must conform to the general plan of placing the same in the part of the cemetery in which they are placed and the location thereof must be first approved by the Sexton.

    C.

    No more than one monument headstone and/or footstone shall be allowed on a single gravesite, provided that any such stones must be placed at the west end of the burial space and must be in line with each other on one continuous foundation.

    D.

    Cornerstones and footstones, where permitted, shall be set at the level of the sod covering so as to allow lawn mowers to pass over them.

    E.

    Schnack Addition will allow corner markers, military markers, and footstones, provided that any such stones shall be set at the level of the sod covering so as to allow lawn mowers to pass over them, and in addition if a footstone is placed as an upright monument the purchase of the burial space to the east is required.

    (Ord. 1414 § 3, 2005: Ord. 1298 § 1(part), 1996: Ord. 1256 § 9, 1994)

(Ord. No. 1497, § 5, 4-6-09; Ord. No. 1593 , § 1, 2, 10-1-18)