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Cemetery Rules
and Regulations
FAIRVIEW, BRIGHTON HILLS AND OLD VILLAGE CEMETERY RULES
AND REGULATIONS
Statement of Policy
1. The Rules and Regulations for Fairview, Brighton Hills
and Old Village Cemetery are reviewed and approved by the
City of Brighton City Council, to serve as governance for
the operations and maintenance functions of the City of
Brighton owned Cemeteries.
2. These Rules and Regulations have been developed in order
to maintain the city ownedcemeteries in a condition wherein
individual solace and memory may be sought, and the memorial
intent of those whom care for those interred can be
accommodated to a greatest degree possible without unduly
disturbing the peaceful and reverent intent of the City of
Brighton Cemeteries.
3. Per the direction of the City of Brighton City Council,
these rules and regulations are deemed necessary for the
upkeep of the city cemeteries, and are administered on a
daily basis by the City’s Cemetery Sexton, under the general
supervision and direction of the City of Brighton Department
of Public Services Director.
4. Cemetery patrons whom may have questions or concerns
regarding the administration of theses rules and regulations
as promulgated can contact the City of Brighton Cemetery
Sexton at 810-225-8001, or the Department of Public Services
Director at 810-225-8001.
A. Decoration of Lots
Section 1 – Definition – Lot decorations shall be deemed to
include all structures, ornaments, planting, or other
embellishments, with the exception of monuments and markers
or mausoleums which are placed on cemetery lots with the
intention of improving their appearance. Because certain
types of individual lot decorations are not in harmony with
the development of the cemetery as a whole or because they
may intensify maintenance problems, the City enforces
certain rules regarding the decoration of cemetery lots.
Section 2 – Decoration of Lots in Upright Marker
Sections. The following rules shall be observed with
regard to the decoration of cemetery lots in the upright
marker sections of the cemeteries:
(a) Fencing of any kind, steps, structures of wood or
equally perishable material are prohibited. Concrete or
brick coping, edging, and curbs will be allowed provided
they do not exceed the width of the stone or marker and
extend no more than two (2) feet out from the front of the
stone or marker. Such area may be used for decoration of the
gravesites with landscape materials and/or plantings
contained within such boundaries. If such decoration becomes
unsightly by reason of neglect or age, they will be removed
without prior notice by the Cemetery Sexton for Fairview and
Brighton Hills Cemetery. No flowers, plantings or other
decorations shall be allowed outside of the boundaries as
described above without the express written permission of
the Cemetery Sexton. (See attached permission form).
(b) No elevated mounds shall be built over graves and no lot
shall be filled above the grade established by the City.
(c) Receptacles for cut flowers will be permitted if
installed flush with the surface of the lawn. The use of
glass jars or bottles as receptacles for cut flowers is
strictly prohibited. Artificial flowers made from silk or
similar materials will be permitted only as long as properly
maintained and confined to receptacles intended for cut
flowers. Such flowers shall be removed without prior notice
by the Cemetery Sexton for Fairview and Brighton Hills
Cemetery when they become unsightly by reason of neglect or
age.
(d) Winter Decorations may be maintained on graves until
April 1st. If such decorations are not removed by April 1st,
they shall be considered abandoned and will be disposed of
by the City Cemetery Sexton after review and approval by the
City of Brighton’s Department of Public Services Director.
(e) Urns shall be permitted only if properly installed and
maintained next to a given
headstone, (not to be placed in front or in back of subject
headstone). Any urns not in use by June 15th shall be turned
over at the gravesite and left for recovery and proper
planting and maintenance. Any urns not recovered and
planted/maintained throughout the remainder of the calendar
year wherein it was turned over, shall be removed from the
gravesite and disposed of the following year on June 15th.
(f) Arches for hanging baskets or eternal lights are allowed
provided:
The arch is of an approved make acceptable to the Cemetery
Sexton; The only items acceptable for suspension from the
arch are eternal lighting fixtures or hanging baskets for
plantings. If such decoration becomes unsightly by reason of
neglect or age, they will be removed without prior notice by
the Cemetery Sexton for Fairview and Brighton Hills
Cemetery. The Cemetery Sexton shall remove items other than
these specified without prior notice;
Urns shall not be suspended from the arch;
The arch shall be installed by the headstone in such manner
as approved by the Cemetery Sexton and so as to not
interfere with normal maintenance of the lot;
Non-approved arches or non-approved decorations suspended
from the arches shall be removed at the Cemetery Sexton’s
discretion without prior notice.
(g) Toys, stuffed or otherwise manufactured or sculptured
animals, statues or statuettes, personal items and/or other
unsightly objects that interfere with the maintenance of the
lot, as per the discretion of the Cemetery Sexton, will not
be permitted as grave decorations except as permitted above
in subset (a), and shall be removed without prior notice by
the Cemetery Sexton for Fairview and Brighton Hills
Cemetery.
(h) Plantings shall be permitted only under supervision of
the Cemetery Sexton, and after receiving written permission
therefore, plantings placed on a lot without a permit will
be removed without notice.
(i) The planting of hedges is strictly prohibited. Existing
hedges will be removed whenever they become unsightly or
encroach upon an adjoining lot or path.
(j) The Cemetery Sexton and or cemetery maintenance
personnel will remove all flower, trees, and shrubs, which
have become unsightly or dangerous.
(k) Memorial Flag holders intended to honor service to
the citizens of the United States of America shall be
permitted to be sited at a gravesite, at either end of a
headstone, or placed within the decorative border as
described in subset (a) above. Such flag holders may
commemorate service in the military, military organizations,
and service to the public at large, (Police Officers,
Firefighters, etc.) Such flags will be allowed to remain at
a gravesite throughout the year, and shall be required to be
maintained in good condition by any given organization or
person that shall such place a flag in a given holder.
Flag Holders for decorative flags shall be allowed to remain
in place at either end of a headstone or within the
decorative border throughout the year with or without a flag
in place.
(l) No deciduous tree or conifer shall be removed or pruned
except under the direction and with the consent of the
Cemetery Sexton.
(m) Benches of granite material shall be allowed to be
donated to Fairview and Brighton Hills Cemetery for
placement by the Cemetery Sexton in areas which will provide
for silent reverie and reflection. Such benches shall be
near uniform in appearance and inscriptions shall have the
prior approval of the Cemetery Sexton for Fairview and
Brighton Hills Cemetery. No form or type of advertising
shall be allowed. Benches provided by the City of Brighton
for such silent reverie and reflection shall be regulated in
like manner.
Section 3 – Decoration of Lots in Flush Marker Section.
The following rules shall be observed with regard to the
decoration of lots in the flush marker sections of the
cemeteries.
(a) No planting shall be made by anyone other than the
cemetery employees on flush marker sections. Such planting
as may be installed by cemetery employees will be limited to
areas set aside for that purpose.
(b) Cut flowers will be permitted provided they are placed
in approved receptacles, installed flush with the lawn
surface.
(c) Potted plants will be permitted to remain on lots from
May 29th until June 15th. If left after this date, they will
be removed without notice.
(d) No other lot decoration of any description will be
permitted on lots in flush marker sections, save for
shepherds hooks approved by the Cemetery Sexton or provided
for in Section 2(k) above.
B. Location of Markers on a Lot.
Markers shall be placed at the head of grave as platted. In
the upright marker sections, only flush markers will be
allowed at graves located on lots in other than a platted
grave space. No marker shall be placed nearer than 4 inches
to a lot line. No more than one marker shall be placed at
any one grave. No marker shall embrace two or more graves
except on a 4 two or three grave lot where a double or
three-grave marker is permitted. No marker shall be set
unless it is first approved by the City Clerk.
C. Inscriptions on all Markers at the same end
of a lot shall read from the same direction. Flush markers
with raised letters shall be protected with a raised panel
one-inch in width.
D. Monument and Marker Foundation. All
monuments and markers shall be on a foundation of a depth
and size and of a material deemed adequate by the City
Clerk. All foundations shall be installed by cemetery
personnel. Single lot largest marker size is 36”x 18”;
double lot largest marker size is 72” x 18”.
E. Installation of Monuments and Markers.
Those persons engaged in placing monuments and markers shall
provide planking adequate to protect turf shall remove
materials and equipment immediately upon completion of work.
The site shall be left in a clean, orderly condition.
Markers and monuments will not be permitted to be delivered
to lots until a proper order for a foundation installation
has been placed with the City Clerk.
F. Monuments and Markers for Cremains.
Grave markers in the cremains section of the cemetery shall
be limited to flush markers only. Largest foundation marker
8” x 16”.
G. Mausoleums.
(a) Approval of Plans and Location. Before work on
any private mausoleum is begun, the location and complete
plans and specifications shall be approved by the City
Clerk. Mausoleums may be constructed on suitable sites in
any section of a municipal cemetery except those sections
designated as flush marker and single grave sections.
(b) Endowment. Before construction of a mausoleum, a
sum of money equal to not less than 15 percent of the
estimated cost of such a mausoleum shall be deposited with
the City. Income from investments of this sum shall be used
for perpetual maintenance of the mausoleum.
(c) General Requirements. Interments in crypts shall
be made in hermetically sealed caskets. Duplicate keys for
mausoleums shall be left in the care of the City Clerk.
H. Children’s section (babyland): Largest foundation
size 10” x 20” – upright markers are allowed
I. Fairview Cemetery, Section 11 (annex): Flush Markers
only 24” x 12” J. Cemetery Buyback. As according to
Resolution #96-23,
J. Cemetery Buyback Price Policy
(Attachment 7) the City shall buy back the cemetery grave or
$175.00 per grave. If the grave was purchased within the
last 90 days this is considered saleable for 75% of the fee
paid whether it was the resident or non-resident price paid.
K. Hold Policy. Lots may be held for 90
days. One lot must be purchased within the 90 days period to
continue the Hold Policy. Revised and adopted April 15, 2010
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