[Ord. No. 2010-09 §§1
— 4, 7-13-2010]
A.
The
cemetery owned by the City of Appleton City shall be laid out in lots
on the plan on file with the City Clerk or Collector, and shall be
in width and length as shown by the plat of said cemetery, and said
lots shall be subject to sale and purchase at four hundred dollars
($400.00) per lot or one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per
plot.
B.
The
cemetery lots shall be conveyed by certificate, signed by the Mayor,
countersigned by the Clerk or Collector, under the Seal of the City,
specifying that the purchaser to whom same is issued is the owner
of the lot described therein, by numbers as laid down upon the plat
of the cemetery on file in the office of the City Clerk for the purpose
of interment, and such certificate shall vest in the purchaser, his/her
heirs, or assigns, a right in fee simple to such lots for the sole
purpose of interment under the regulations of the Board of Aldermen.
Provided that any person unable to purchase a lot may inter, free
of cost, in such place as may have been provided by the Board of Aldermen
for the interment of paupers, and as may be directed by the cemetery
supervisor.
C.
A plat
of the cemetery shall be procured for the use of the City, and all
lots shall be designated by numbers, and the names of the persons
owning the same shall thereafter be written with ink on the lots as
they appear on said plat. Such plat shall at all times be kept in
the office of the City Clerk or Collector, and the entries herein
provided for shall be made by him/her.
D.
It
shall be the duty of the City Clerk or City Collector to provide at
the expense of the City a register for cemetery plots, and opposite
each plot the owner's name shall be entered and also any transfer
of the same. Recording of such certificate of purchase by the County
Recorder of Deeds is the responsibility of the purchaser of such plot
and is recommended.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §5, 7-13-2010]
The cemetery shall at all times be under the control of the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and a cemetery supervisor shall be appointed
by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Aldermen in May of
each year, and his/her term of office shall be for one (1) year, or
until his/her successor has been appointed and qualified. It shall
be his/her duty to see that burials are made on the proper lots, and
to keep a correct entry of all burials and of each lot sold, in his/her
record book, and everything necessary to keep a full and complete
history of the cemetery.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §6, 7-13-2010]
All graves therein shall be dug by the cemetery supervisor,
or some person authorized by him/her, and the graves shall be thirty-eight
(38) inches deep for a mausoleum and four and one-half (4½)
feet deep for a vault or box. All persons buried in the Appleton City
cemetery must be placed in a two (2) piece concrete box or better,
excluding those persons who are cremated who must be placed in individual
urns, however, two (2) urns may be placed in the same plot. A permanent
marker must be placed upon the grave.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §7, 7-13-2010; Ord. No. 2011-06, 7-12-2011]
A.
For
the purpose of this Section, "monument" shall mean any grave stone
or marker of a permanent nature intended to mark and memorialize a
burial grave.
1.
Permits. No monument, monument foundation or other
object of a permanent nature shall be installed or constructed in
Appleton City cemetery until a permit is obtained from the Appleton
City Collector. Any monument or foundation placed without a permit
shall be removed at the owner's expense. Monument permit fees shall
be fifty dollars ($50.00).
2.
Inspections. The City of Appleton City shall inspect
foundations and monuments to verify conformance with cemetery regulations.
3.
Monument regulations.
a.
Monuments shall have concrete foundations thirty-six (36) inches
deep or concrete foundations twelve (12) inches deep with piers thirty-six
(36) inches deep. The number of piers required shall be determined
by the City of Appleton City.
b.
Monuments placed on individual graves shall not exceed twenty-two
(22) inches in width.
c.
Foundations shall not encroach upon adjoining graves. Exceptions
may be by the City of Appleton City if the graves are owned by the
same party.
d.
Neither foundation nor monuments shall encroach upon cemetery property
such as walkways and driveways.
e.
A bench is not considered a monument and shall not be placed in the
Appleton City cemetery.
f.
Concrete mausoleums or concrete ledger tops will be prohibited, as
over a period of time tops deteriorate and chip off. Those lots that
need to match existing tops or have already paid for concrete tops
will be permitted but we will not be responsible for damage to tops.
g.
Concrete shall be mixed at a ratio of three (3) parts three-fourths
(¾) inch rock, two (2) parts sand and one (1) part Portland
cement mix. For one (1) yard of cement use two thousand (2,000) pound
sand and five (5) Portland cement and twenty-eight (28) to thirty
(30) gallons water.
4.
Ornamentation of graves.
a.
Any grave decorations or mementos found to interfere with the
maintenance or upkeep will be removed by the Cemetery Association,
exceptions will be permanent vases that are attached to the stone
or foundation and everything on the stone until it has deteriorated
(Cemetery Association will determine deterioration).
[Ord. No. 2016-6 § 1, 11-14-2016]
b.
No one shall plant any flowers, shrubs, bushes or trees in the Appleton
City cemetery.
c.
All vases and urns used to place flowers in are to be made of a shatter-proof
material. All glass items are strictly prohibited.
5.
Decorative rock, wood chips, landscape timber, borders, flagpoles,
solar lights, shepherd hooks, and wind chimes will be prohibited and
will be removed at the owner's expense. Any foundation, monument,
planting or glass vase-urn placed in violation of these regulations
shall be removed or corrected at the owner's expense.
[Ord. No. 2016-6 § 1, 11-14-2016]
6.
No dogs, except human assistance animals, shall be permitted in any
cemetery.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §8, 7-13-2010]
The cemetery supervisor may, as occasion may require, designate
lots in the cemetery marked in the plat as "potter's field" for the
use of persons desiring to bury corpses and not owning any lots in
said cemetery. The City shall so arrange the ground that one (1) or
more parts of lots may be sold to any persons so desiring and that
such parts of lots shall be in one (1) continuous group or space of
ground, separate from the other lots.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §9, 7-13-2010]
No persons shall bury any corpse on any lot not his/her own
without written permission of the cemetery supervisor.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §10, 7-13-2010]
The Appleton City Cemetery Association, which was incorporated
in 1920, shall see to the care and maintenance of the cemetery grounds
(which includes the entire Appleton City cemetery, including graves
and driveways, mowed at least twice a year). For this service, the
City shall donate twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per year to help
the association.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §11, 7-13-2010]
All City cemetery funds, or the equal thereof, shall be expended
under the direction of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and it shall
be their duty to cause all necessary improvements to be made.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §12, 7-13-2010]
The Board of Aldermen may from time to time, as it shall be
deemed necessary, purchase additional grounds to be used for the purpose
of interment, and it shall be governed by and under the same rules
and regulations as that already owned by the City.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §13, 7-13-2010]
No person, without special permission from the Mayor or supervisor
of the Appleton City cemetery, shall enter said cemetery between the
hours of 8:00 P.M. and 5:00 A.M. of any day.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §14, 7-13-2010]
No person shall break or otherwise injure or deface any gate,
fence, building or other property of the Appleton City cemetery, or
injure or molest in any manner or remove any property of any kind
belonging to any person and located in said cemetery.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §15, 7-13-2010]
All visitors are expected to respect the solemnity and beauty
of the cemetery and strictly observe the rules established by the
City for the purpose of securing quiet and good order at all times
within the cemetery.
[Ord. No. 2010-09 §16, 7-13-2010]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Chapter shall
be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation, and upon conviction shall
be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
