Conduct A Funeral

Conduct

Operaton of Vehicles; Regulations of Roads, Drives & Walkways

All cemetery work of any description being conducted in the general area of a funeral shall cease while the funeral is being conducted. All trucks and workers shall withdraw a reasonable distance from the location of the funeral. The Sexton shall have the authority and discretion to enforce this section as deemed necessary.

Funerals

1) No person may drive a vehicle in excess of ten mph in the cemetery.

(2) No easement or right of interment shall be granted to any person in any road, drive, alley, walk or aisle within the cemetery. However, such roads, drives, alleys, walks, or aisles may be used when necessary as a means of access to locations in the cemetery if they are devoted to that purpose.

(3) All persons within the cemetery shall use only the designated roads, drives, alleys, walks and aisles. However, a person may carefully walk upon or cross graves, gravesites or lawns when necessary to gain access to a grave or gravesite.

(4) Any vehicle parked on the grass may be ordered removed by the Sexton and the owner and/or operator shall be responsible for all costs.

(5) No person may operate a vehicle in the cemetery for recreation purposes.

(6) No person may park a vehicle in front of an open grave unless the person is attending the funeral pertaining to such open grave and the parking area is not otherwise reserved.

(7) No person shall enter the cemetery except through permitted point of entry.

No funeral procession shall enter the cemetery unless authorized by the Sexton. Once in the cemetery, a duly authorized funeral procession shall proceed according to and under the direction of the Village employees until completion. Funeral directors must present the necessary burial or transit permit as requested by the state law together with appropriate identification of the person to be interred in the gravesite.

Conduct of Persons

Within the cemetery, all persons are prohibited from picking flowers (wild or cultivated), breaking or injuring any tree, shrub or plant, or writing upon, defacing or destroying any memorial, marker, fence or other structure. No person may destroy or otherwise disturb the birds or other animal life within the cemetery unless authorized by the Sexton.
Within the cemetery, no person may loiter, litter, use profane language, or bring in or consume alcohol. No person may possess firearms without the approval of the Sexton unless the person is a duly authorized law enforcement officer or a duly authorized military escort for a veteran's funeral or memorial service.
No person may walk or allow dogs or other animals in the cemetery.
Peddling of flowers or plants or soliciting the sale of any commodity, other than gravesites by the Sexton, is prohibited within the cemetery.
No signs, notices, or advertisements of any kind shall be allowed in the cemetery unless placed by authorized Village employees.
Proper conduct must be observed on cemetery grounds at all times. The cemetery shall not be used as a place for recreational activity. The Sexton shall have the authority to direct the removal from the cemetery any person who acts in a disrespectful manner or without proper decorum.
Persons conducting business on the grounds of the cemetery must furnish proof of insurance/license upon request by the Village or Sexton.