Riverside Cemetery Rules & Policy - City of Alma

FLOWERS, PLANTINGS, DECORATIONS
(1) Unsightly Objects, erected or placed upon lots, out of harmony with the general
landscape design as adopted by the City will not be permitted whenever objects of
such nature are placed on lots or graves, the City reserves the right to remove them
without notice.
(2) Block’s “U”, “T”, “R”, “Baby U”, “Military”, and “Masonic Lots”, No Planting of
any kind will be allowed.
(1) Cast type receptacles installed flush with the ground adjacent to, and on the grave side
of the stone is permitted in all sections of the cemetery except as noted in item #2.
These will also be allowed in the FLUSH SECTION OF BLOCK “T”. Cut and
Artificial flowers may be left in these year round.
(2) No type of glass container is allowed in this cemetery, and will be removed when ever
found.
(3) Planting of annual flowers. A 18" flower bed the width of the stone will be allowed
in all Blocks except as stated in Item # 2. Any flower bed not properly taken care of
will be removed.
(4) Urns will be allowed except in “2 grave U”, “T”, and “Masonic Lots”. In Block’s
“S”, and “W”, Urns will only be allowed in the place of a monument (when a
monument is installed the Urn must go). All Urns will be placed on a proper base.
See the Cemetery Supervisor for exact information of Urn placement.
(5) Trees and Shrubs. No tree or shrub will be planted in any part of the Cemetery
without prior approval of the Cemetery Supervisor.
(6) Memorial Day. Flowers of all kinds may be placed in (all) parts of the Cemetery
between the last week of May until the 15 th of June. After that date any unauthorized
flowers/decorations will be removed by the Cemetery personnel.
(7) Winter Decorations/Blankets. These will be allowed in (all) parts of the Cemetery
between the 1 st day of November and the last day of March.
(8) The Cemetery highly recommends the use of cast type receptacles flush with the
ground, small vases on the sides of Monuments, flowers that are clamped to the top
of the Monument and/or almost any arrangement that is not on the ground will be
allowed.
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