Cemetery Association
Rules and Regulations
CONTENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION - Page 3
RULES AND REGULATIONS - Pages 3
& 4
BURIAL LOTS - Pages 4
& 5
FLOWERS,
PLANTS, SHRUBS AND WREATHS – Page 5
SINGLE
TRANSFER
OF LOTS – Pages 5 & 6
BURIALS – Page 6
REMOVALS – Page 7
MEMORIALS – Pages 7
& 8
FOUNDATIONS – Page 8
INSTALLATION & REMOVAL OF
STRUCTURES – Pages 8 & 9
WOODMAN
SECTION – ADDITIONAL RULES – Page 9
AMENDMENTS – Page 9
GENERAL INFORMATION
LOCATION: The Cemetery property is located at Route 112
and
NON-SECTARIAN:
NON-PROFIT: The Association is
conducted not for profit, but solely for the interests of the lot owners as a
whole. Any income from whatever source
is expended upon the maintenance or improvement of the cemetery, or is added to
funds created for this purpose.
MANAGEMENT: The Association is under the direction of a
Board of Directors who is chosen by the proprietor at an Annual Meeting and who
serves without remuneration.
RULES AND
REGULATIONS
GENERAL APPLICABILITY: The Rules and Regulations of the South Buxton
Cemetery Association are adopted for the common protection of all lot owners
and the preservation of the natural beauty of the cemetery grounds.
SUPERINTENDENT: The
Superintendent, or his representative, shall have the authority to enforce all
rules and regulations and to exclude from the cemetery any violators
thereof. The Superintendent will be
available at the Tool House and on the grounds of the cemetery.
HOURS: The cemetery
shall be open during the daylight hours, between dawn and dusk, April through
December or as weather permits.
RECREATIONAL USE OF THE CEMETERY: No recreational activities are allowed in the
cemetery.
DOGS: Dogs allowed only in
driveways on leash. You are required to
clean up after your dogs.
TRAFFIC: Speed limit
is fifteen miles per hour. All vehicles
must be operated by a licensed driver, and be properly insured and registered
in accordance with State of
RECREATION VEHICLES: Snowmobiles, ATV’s and all other off road
vehicles are prohibited by State Law.
VISITORS: Visitors must
not park on the grass, pick flowers or injure trees or shrubs and in all cases
must observe the proprieties of the Cemetery.
SOLICITING: Solicitation
of business in the Cemetery is prohibited.
CONDUCT: Improper
conduct or violation of the rules by anyone will result in a request to leave
the Cemetery.
RESTRICTIONS: The Board of
Directors shall have authority to classify lots or sections of the Cemetery and to put special
restrictions thereon as to the permissibility, number, kind, size, and location
of memorials, plantings, decorations and structures or other objects.
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE: The Cemetery shall take reasonable precaution
to protect owners, and the property rights of owners, within the Cemetery, from
loss or damage, but it distinctly disclaims all responsibility for loss or
damage from causes beyond its reasonable control, and, especially, from damage
caused by the elements, an act of God, common enemy, thieves, vandals,
strikers, malicious mischief makers, explosion, unavoidable accidents,
invasion, insurrections, riots, or order of any military or civil authority,
whether the damage be direct or collateral, other than herein provided.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: All special instructions should be given in
writing. The work may only be accomplished
by Cemetery employees or under the Superintendent’s supervision.
CORRECTION OF ERRORS: The Cemetery reserves the right to correct
any errors that may be made either in making interments, disinterment or
removals, or the description, transfer or conveyance of any interment property,
either by canceling such conveyance and substituting any other conveyance in
lieu thereof other interment property of equal value and similar location as
far as possible or as may be selected by Management, or, in the sole discretion
of the Management, by refunding the amount of money paid on account of such
purchase. In the event of such error
shall involve the interment person in such property, the Cemetery reserves, and
shall have the right to remove or transfer such remains so interred to such
other property of equal value and similar location as may be substituted and
conveyed in lieu thereof.
BURIAL LOTS
PURCHASE: Anyone
qualified desiring to purchase a burial plot should apply to the Cemetery
office.
RESERVATIONS OF LOTS OR SINGLE
INTERMENT PRIVILEGE: The burial plot grant gives only a right or
privilege of interment of human remains.
SPECIAL
DECORATIONS: Arrangements may be made, with reasonable
notice, to have bouquets placed on lots or graves for special occasions.
UNPAID
BILLS: No work shall be done, nor interments made,
on any lot on which unpaid bills have accrued.
STRUCTURES: No structures of any kind other than grave
markers or lot monuments may be placed on lots and single graves.
ORNAMENTS, ETC.: The placing
of boxes, shells, toys, metal designs, ornaments, chairs, settees, vases,
fences, edging materials, shepherd’s hooks, trellises or other similar articles
upon plots will be permitted at the discretion of the Superintendent.
INTERMENTS PER GRAVE: No interment of two or more bodies shall be
made in one grave except in the case of mother and infant child, or two
infants, or an infant and two cremations, or an adult and a cremation, or up to
four cremations, provided only one marker/stone is used with all inscriptions
on same.
FLOWERS, PLANTS, SHRUBS AND
WREATHS
Flowers, wreaths and other
decorations left on lots will be removed by Cemetery staff as soon as possible
after they fade or become unsightly.
Plastic flowers are not
permitted at anytime and will be removed by Cemetery staff.
Neither shrubs nor bushes of any kind
are allowed to be added in any section of the Cemetery. The Cemetery reserves the rights to remove
any plantings, etc. that are
not allowed, become unsightly, are planted incorrectly, or are
infringing upon an adjoining lot or obstructing operations of the cemetery.
Window
boxes, tubs, urns and other similar containers kill the grass and will not be
allowed, outside permitted areas.
No white marble, granite
chips or other rock materials will be allowed in flowerbeds. Only bark mulch or
wood chips will be allowed.
SINGLE
SHRUBS, BUSHES, ETC.: No structures, bushes, flowering shrubs or
evergreen shrubs of any kind may be placed on single graves.
MARKERS: Grave markers/foot stones
shall be set flush with the surface of the ground.
TRANSFER OF LOTS
No owner or proprietor of any lot or lots located in the
Cemetery, or the representative of such an owner or proprietor as defined under
the provisions of the by laws of the South Buxton Cemetery Association shall
sell, transfer and/or convey any interest in such lot or lots or single graves
for any consideration without first offering in writing to convey the same to
the Association for the amount which the records of the Association shall
disclose as the total consideration which the Association received for said lot
or single grave or graves. If, upon expiration of sixty days from the receipt
of said offer, said Association shall have failed to accept such offer, then in
that event such sale, transfer or conveyance of said lot or lots, or single
grave or graves may be made to any third party provided always that the new
owner shall remain expressly subject to the By-Laws and Rules and regulations
of the Association now or hereafter in force and to the provisions of the State
of Maine now or hereafter in force.
BURIALS
INTERMENT ORDERS: Orders should
be given to the Cemetery at least forty-eight hours before the time of
interment. It is important that the
person designated as responsible for the plot give personal attention to the
location of the grave or graves.
TELEPHONE ORDERS: The Cemetery
will not be responsible for mistakes occurring when orders are given by
telephone.
WORK BY THE CEMETERY: All interments and disinterment shall be made
by employees of the Cemetery upon payment of such charges as may be fixed from
time to time by the Cemetery.
PERMANENT: No burials will be allowed without a vault or
grave liner approved by the Superintendent, and it is required to have any
cremations buried in a permanent non-biodegradable rigid container, excluding
china and glass in case of future removals.
SUPERVISION: All funerals, upon arrival at the cemetery
will be under the supervision of the Superintendent or his representative at
all times.
OPENING AND CLOSING
CHARGES: The cost of interments or
disinterment can be obtained at the Cemetery office. Undertakers or authorized
persons will be responsible for charges in all cases, to be paid at the time of
interment or disinterment.
WINTER BURIAL OR CREMATIONS: Will not be allowed from November 15 through
April 15; only as weather allows at the discretion of the Superintendent.
SATURDAY CHARGES: An extra charge
will be made for all burials on Saturday
LATE ARRIVAL
CHARGES:
An additional charge will be made for funerals arriving after
SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS: No interments will be made on Sundays and legal
holidays.
REMOVALS
Removals will not be made without a signed order from the
next of kin and the owner of the lot or grave, unless by court order. A licensed director must be present during
the removal. Removals will not be made
on Saturdays, Sundays or Holidays.
MEMORIALS
Bronze markers are allowed if desired, but must be set flush
and kept to size limitations and be secured to a concrete foundation. Similar foundations are required for all
stones.
Designs, locations and materials for all monuments and
markers or other structures must be submitted to the superintendent for
approval prior to signing of any contracts or giving instructions.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOCATION OF MONUMENTS & MARKERS:
Monuments or markers must
be set back six inches from walk on all lots.
Monuments on four and six grave lots must be in Center and all markers
to face the walk. All monuments must be set
on concrete base, which extends below frost line.
FOUNDATIONS
All
foundations are to be constructed by the Cemetery. They will be made of concrete and will be
finished at least two (2) inches below grade.
The
cemetery will not construct any foundations from November 1st
through May 1st.
INSTALLATION
& REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES
No memorials, monuments, markers or headstones may be placed
or removed from any lot without permission of the superintendent. The owner of
the plot will be held responsible for the removal of any memorials, etc.
illegally placed on a lot or grave.
All workmen employed by contractors or sub-contractors of
the Association shall be subject to the control and direction of the
superintendent.
In order to protect areas over which heavy material are to
be moved, workmen will be required to lay protective planking.
Moving stones, etc. across adjoining lots or attaching guide
rope is forbidden except as the superintendent gives permission.
All work must be done during Cemetery working hours and
cease at closing time.
Any violation of any rules or regulations will result in a
ban of that individual or company from doing any work in this cemetery in the
future.
Any memorials, monuments,
markers or headstones that are being removed for the purpose of repairs must be
approved by the superintendent before it can be removed from the cemetery. The
firm or persons that are removing the stones and/or doing repair work on stones
must show proof of insurance and the cemetery takes no responsibility for
injury or damage during the removal or restoration of stones.
WOODMAN SECTION – ADDITIONAL RULES
Personal Markers must be placed at ground level.
The
When there is a
There shall be neither personal shrubbery nor bushes
on the lots.
AMENDMENTS
The Board of Directors
reserves the right to amend and modify or make additions to these rules and
regulations at anytime without notice.