§ 7-53. Oakwood, Riverview, Maury and Mt. Olivet cemeteries.

(a)

This section shall be applicable only in and to burial spaces in Oakwood Cemetery, Riverview Cemetery, Maury Cemetery and Mt. Olivet Cemetery and, in particular, to the area in Oakwood Cemetery designated Sections 80, 81, 82, 83 and F; the area in Riverview Cemetery designated Plot BB, Divisions 24, 25, 26 and 27; the area in Maury Cemetery designated Divisions 56, 69, 70A and 73; and the area in Mt. Olivet Cemetery designated Division 67, such areas being shown and so designated on the plans of such cemeteries on file in the Office of the Director. However, in the eastern one-half of Lot 61 of Section AA of Riverview Cemetery, the rules and regulations applicable to single grave burial spaces in cemeteries with respect to the number, height and size of monuments, tombstones and markers shall apply.

(b)

In the cemeteries or parts of cemeteries mentioned in Subsection (a) of this section, there shall be compliance with the following:

(1)

No mounds shall be permitted or maintained over graves.

(2)

No tree, shrub or plant of any kind shall be planted or maintained at or on burial spaces or lots.

(3)

Monuments, tombstones, vaults, mausoleums, markers or other similar or other kinds of structures may be erected on lots, but no grass-type marker shall be placed on a lot, unless it is on a level with the grade established by the Director for the lot. In no case shall more than one grave marker be placed for each grave. Section 7-11 shall be applicable to the erection or placement of monuments, tombstones, vaults, mausoleums, markers or other similar or other kinds of structures in such areas.

(4)

The area occupied by a monument or tombstone shall not exceed 15 percent of the entire area of a lot.

(5)

The length of a monument shall not exceed 60 percent of the average width of a lot.

(6)

Individual grave markers shall be level with the ground and may be installed at either the head or foot of graves. Individual grave markers level with the ground shall not exceed 30 inches in length and 14 inches in width.

(7)

No foundation for a monument shall be installed over a grave when a wooden or sectional type box is used in an interment, except that a foundation shall be permitted to extend over a grave not more than 15 percent of the width of the foundation.

(8)

All monuments or tombstones shall be set on the center at the head of lots.

(9)

Ledger-type markers may be installed on all graves, except those for which limited seasonal care is provided.

(10)

No foundation or monument shall be installed or placed closer to the lines of a lot than three inches. Wherever possible, at least 18 inches shall be allowed at the head of the lot for a monument space; and whenever a lot is so arranged that interments are placed one behind the other, at least one foot shall be allowed between the head and foot of the graves so arranged. When a lot is so arranged that there is not sufficient room to allow at least 18 inches at the head, the maximum space possible under the circumstances shall be allowed.

(11)

Wherever a headstone, tombstone or grave marker has been installed prior to May 23, 1955, exact duplication as to dimensions thereof may be thereafter installed in line with the existing headstone, tombstone or grave marker on the same lot, but in no case shall foundations be installed for such duplications, except as provided in this section.

(12)

Wherever a double-type marker level with the ground is installed on a lot in place of a monument, its length shall not exceed 60 percent of the average width of the lot, and its foundation shall be installed on solid ground. However, it shall be permitted to extend over a grave where a wooden or sectional type box is used in the interment not exceeding 15 percent of the width of the base of the marker.

(13)

No individual marker shall be installed at any burial space, other than a burial space for which limited seasonal care is provided, which exceeds 30 inches in height, nor shall any double-type grave marker used at two single graves exceed 48 inches in width.

(14)

In all cases, grave markers, except as otherwise provided in this section, shall be installed at the head of each grave.

(15)

All lot corner markers shall be installed level with the grade established by the Director for the lot.

(c)

The sections of this chapter shall apply to the areas to which this section applies as though set out at length in this section. However, where the subsections of this section are clearly in conflict with other sections of this chapter, this section shall apply.

(Code 1993, § 7-33; Code 2004, § 22-66)

(Code 1993, § 7-33; Code 2004, § 22-66)