§ 10-30. Conduct of persons.

(a)

Walkways, etc. Persons within the cemetery grounds shall use only the avenues, walks, alleys and roads; and any person injured while walking on the grass, or while on any portion of the cemetery other than the avenues, walks, alleys or roads, shall in no way hold the city liable for any injuries sustained.

(b)

Trespassers on graves. Only the grave owner and relatives shall be permitted on the cemetery grave. Any other person thereon shall be considered as a trespasser, and the city shall owe no duty to said trespasser to keep the property or memorial thereon in a reasonably safe condition.

(c)

Children. Children under 15 years of age shall not be permitted within the cemetery, or its buildings, unless accompanied by adult or proper persons to take care of them.

(d)

Flowers, etc. All persons are prohibited from gathering flowers, either wild or cultivated, or breaking trees, shrubbery or plants, or feeding or disturbing the birds or animal life within the cemetery.

(e)

Refreshments. No person shall be permitted to bring food or refreshments within the cemetery.

(f)

Lounging on grounds. Unauthorized persons shall not be permitted to sit or to lounge on any of the grounds, graves or markers in the cemetery.

(g)

Loud talking. No loud talking shall be permitted on the cemetery grounds within hearing distance of funeral services.

(h)

Rubbish. The throwing of rubbish on the drives and paths, or on any part of the grounds, is prohibited, except in receptacles for waste material located in the cemetery.

(i)

Bicycles; motorcycles. No bicycles or motorcycles shall be admitted to the cemetery except such as may be in attendance at funerals or on business.

(j)

Peddling; soliciting. Peddling of flowers or plants or soliciting the sale of any commodity, other than by the city, is prohibited within the confines of the cemetery.

(k)

Notices; advertisements. No signs, notices or advertisements of any kind shall be allowed in the cemetery unless placed by the management.

(l)

Dogs. Dogs shall not be allowed on the cemetery grounds.

(m)

Decorum. There should be strict decorum observed at all times within the cemetery grounds, whether embraced in these rules or not, as no improprieties shall be allowed, and the manager shall have power to prevent improper assemblages.

(n)

Management to enforce rules. Management is hereby empowered to enforce all rules and regulations, and to exclude from any cemetery any person violating the same. The management shall have charge of the grounds and buildings, including the conduct of funerals, traffic, employees, lot owners and all visitors and at all times shall have supervision and control of all persons in the cemetery.

(Ord. of 5-3-2010)