8.110 Prohibited Conduct.

(1) Defacement and Property Damage. No person may write upon, deface, or damage any monument, fence or other structure in, or belonging to, the cemetery. No person may dig or turn over any ground within the cemetery, contrary to cemetery rules, unless the person has been given written permission by cemetery staff.

(2) Picking Flowers and Crossing Lots Prohibited. Picking flowers, walking, driving, bicycling, skiing, or running over lots and graves is strictly prohibited.

(3) Harm to Birds or Animals Prohibited. No person shall be allowed to destroy bird nests, shoot or throw stones at birds, or catch or kill any wild animal on the cemetery grounds.

(4) Admission of Children. Persons under the age of 18 years are not permitted on cemetery grounds unless accompanied by a parent, guardian or relative over the age of 18 years.

(5) Hours. (See MMC 14.810).

(6) Niche Regulations. Niche vases and their inserts are not to exceed a total of eight inches in height and shall not cover up, impinge or interfere with any portion of another niche.

(7) Vehicular and Recreational Traffic. Skateboards and toy vehicles shall not be allowed or used on cemetery grounds at any time. Motorcycles, mopeds, bicycles, roller blades and roller skates are permitted in the cemetery during daylight hours as long as their use is restricted to roadways and is not disruptive or does not interfere with funeral processions and/or cemetery operations.

Manually or mechanically propelled wheelchairs and other low-powered mechanically propelled vehicles designed specifically for use by physically disabled persons are permitted during daylight hours.

(8) Fires Prohibited. No fires shall be permitted in the cemetery, unless permission has been granted by the Cemetery Foreman.

(9) Unauthorized Burial. No person shall bury human or animal remains in any form in the cemetery without the approval of the Cemetery Foreman. Burial of human or animal remains in City parks is strictly prohibited.

(10) Scattering of Remains. Scattering human or animal remains in the cemetery is strictly prohibited.

(11) Metal Detecting. Metal detecting is strictly prohibited within any City cemetery.

[Ord. 18-1058 § 1, 2018; Ord. 10-493 § 1, 2010; Ord. 08-041 § 1, 2008. Prior code § 8.11]