RULES AND REGULATIONS:
1. Persons visiting the cemetery or attending a funeral are strictly prohibited from writing upon or defacing any memorial or removing floral offerings from a headstone of a person not related to them.
2. Riding bicycles along the roadways will be permitted, but not across cemetery lots or any grassy areas.
3. Throwing rubbish on the drives or any part of the grounds is prohibited. Wire containers are provided at intervals for your convenience.
4. The placing of toys, metal ornaments, settees, benches, artificial or live Christmas trees, Easter Egg trees, statuary (both cement and stone), fences, gravel of any kind, trellis work, wooden, plastic and styrofoam objects or anything that interferes with the routine mowing will not be permitted. Bushes, trees, and shrubs of any kind are not permitted in the cemetery. Existing bushes, and shrubs will be allowed to remain as long as they are kept trimmed and properly cared for by the family. If the existing shrubs and bushes become a nuisance and are not properly cared for then the Superintendent or the Town Council reserves the right to remove them.
5. Floral saddles are permitted if placed on a headstone.
6. Winter wreath blankets are permitted but must be removed by the lot owner by March 1 of each year.
7. It is of utmost importance that there should be strict observance of the properties in the cemetery. All persons within the cemetery shall avoid conduct unbecoming a sacred place.
8. The Town of Spiceland will take all reasonable precaution to protect lot owners, and the property rights of lot owners within the cemetery, from loss or damage; but the town disclaims all responsibility for loss or damage caused beyond its reasonable control, and especially from damage caused by the elements, an act of God, thieves, vandals. or malicious mischief makers.
9. The general care of the cemetery is assumed by the Town of Spiceland ind includes the cutting of grass at reasonable intervals, raking and cleaning of the grounds; meaning and intending the general preservation of the lots and grounds, roadways, boundaries and any structures that might be erected, to the end that the grounds shall remain and be reasonably cared for as cemetery grounds forever.
10. The general care assumed by the cemetery shall in no case mean the maintenance, repair, or replacement of any monument, tomb, or mausoleum placed or erected upon lots, nor the doing of any special or unusual work in the cemetery; nor does it mean the reconstruction of any monument, bronze or concrete work on any section or lot, caused by the elements, an act of God, thieves, vandals, or malicious mischief makers.
11. The cemetery grounds keeper reserves the right to remove all floral designs, flowers, trees, shrubs, and plants of any kind from the cemetery as soon as they become unsightly, dangerous, detrimental, or diseased, or when they do not conform to the standards prescribed by the cemetery committee, or the Superintendent of the Town of Spiceland.
12. All live and artificial flowers in ground containers are to be removed no less than two weeks following Memorial Day weekend so they are not obstructions to the mowing of the cemetery.
13. Should any monument.headstone become unsightly, dilapidated, or a menace to life and limb, the Town ofSpiceland will notify relatives to correct or remove same. Any cost incurred shall be at the expense of the lot owner, If no relative remain, the Town of Spiceland reserves the right to correct the situation.
14. Individual care of lots and monuments is encouraged.
15. The groundskeeper shall make every attempt to control the mole population.
16. The placing of cemetery urns and shepherd's staffs on a family lot or by an individual grave is not encouraged, but not discouraged.
17. Special cases may arise in which the literal enforcement of a rule may impose unnecessary hardship. The groundskeeper with the advise and consent of the Superintendent and the Town Council reserves the right to make exceptions, suspensions, or modifications of any of these rules and regulation, without notice, when in the judgment of the Town Council and the Superintendent such actions appears necessary; and such temporary exception, suspension, or modification shall in no way be construed as affecting the general application of such rules and regulations.
18. No monument/headstone shall be placed in the cemetery without a proper base/foundation - one either installed by cemetery personal or by an individual or individuals approved by the Superintendent.
19. Monuments made of metal/iron are not permitted as they will require continual maintenance and will easily rust.
20. Monuments made of an artificial material that appear to look like tombstones or boulders are not permitted as they may deteriorate with age.
1. Persons visiting the cemetery or attending a funeral are strictly prohibited from writing upon or defacing any memorial or removing floral offerings from a headstone of a person not related to them.
2. Riding bicycles along the roadways will be permitted, but not across cemetery lots or any grassy areas.
3. Throwing rubbish on the drives or any part of the grounds is prohibited. Wire containers are provided at intervals for your convenience.
4. The placing of toys, metal ornaments, settees, benches, artificial or live Christmas trees, Easter Egg trees, statuary (both cement and stone), fences, gravel of any kind, trellis work, wooden, plastic and styrofoam objects or anything that interferes with the routine mowing will not be permitted. Bushes, trees, and shrubs of any kind are not permitted in the cemetery. Existing bushes, and shrubs will be allowed to remain as long as they are kept trimmed and properly cared for by the family. If the existing shrubs and bushes become a nuisance and are not properly cared for then the Superintendent or the Town Council reserves the right to remove them.
5. Floral saddles are permitted if placed on a headstone.
6. Winter wreath blankets are permitted but must be removed by the lot owner by March 1 of each year.
7. It is of utmost importance that there should be strict observance of the properties in the cemetery. All persons within the cemetery shall avoid conduct unbecoming a sacred place.
8. The Town of Spiceland will take all reasonable precaution to protect lot owners, and the property rights of lot owners within the cemetery, from loss or damage; but the town disclaims all responsibility for loss or damage caused beyond its reasonable control, and especially from damage caused by the elements, an act of God, thieves, vandals. or malicious mischief makers.
9. The general care of the cemetery is assumed by the Town of Spiceland ind includes the cutting of grass at reasonable intervals, raking and cleaning of the grounds; meaning and intending the general preservation of the lots and grounds, roadways, boundaries and any structures that might be erected, to the end that the grounds shall remain and be reasonably cared for as cemetery grounds forever.
10. The general care assumed by the cemetery shall in no case mean the maintenance, repair, or replacement of any monument, tomb, or mausoleum placed or erected upon lots, nor the doing of any special or unusual work in the cemetery; nor does it mean the reconstruction of any monument, bronze or concrete work on any section or lot, caused by the elements, an act of God, thieves, vandals, or malicious mischief makers.
11. The cemetery grounds keeper reserves the right to remove all floral designs, flowers, trees, shrubs, and plants of any kind from the cemetery as soon as they become unsightly, dangerous, detrimental, or diseased, or when they do not conform to the standards prescribed by the cemetery committee, or the Superintendent of the Town of Spiceland.
12. All live and artificial flowers in ground containers are to be removed no less than two weeks following Memorial Day weekend so they are not obstructions to the mowing of the cemetery.
13. Should any monument.headstone become unsightly, dilapidated, or a menace to life and limb, the Town ofSpiceland will notify relatives to correct or remove same. Any cost incurred shall be at the expense of the lot owner, If no relative remain, the Town of Spiceland reserves the right to correct the situation.
14. Individual care of lots and monuments is encouraged.
15. The groundskeeper shall make every attempt to control the mole population.
16. The placing of cemetery urns and shepherd's staffs on a family lot or by an individual grave is not encouraged, but not discouraged.
17. Special cases may arise in which the literal enforcement of a rule may impose unnecessary hardship. The groundskeeper with the advise and consent of the Superintendent and the Town Council reserves the right to make exceptions, suspensions, or modifications of any of these rules and regulation, without notice, when in the judgment of the Town Council and the Superintendent such actions appears necessary; and such temporary exception, suspension, or modification shall in no way be construed as affecting the general application of such rules and regulations.
18. No monument/headstone shall be placed in the cemetery without a proper base/foundation - one either installed by cemetery personal or by an individual or individuals approved by the Superintendent.
19. Monuments made of metal/iron are not permitted as they will require continual maintenance and will easily rust.
20. Monuments made of an artificial material that appear to look like tombstones or boulders are not permitted as they may deteriorate with age.
