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6.0519 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF GRAVESTONES AND<br />

MONUMENTS<br />

A. The City may, by written order, provide that when monuments,<br />

gravestones, or ornamental structures are broken beyond repair, or are in an<br />

unsafe condition so as to constitute a hazard to the public, said debris may<br />

be removed.<br />

B. The City, prior to ordering the removal of said debris, shall give six (6)<br />

months notice to the general public and proprietors of faulty stones and<br />

order the persons interested in said graves to remove the stones or to replace<br />

them with a marker of a size or material within cemetery regulations.<br />

6.0520 DEFACING CEMETERIES PROHIBITED<br />

A. Except by authority, no person shall dig up, pull up, break down, or in<br />

any manner injure, remove, or deface any shrubbery, flowers, plants, grass<br />

plot, or turf growing or being in and upon any part of the grounds of any<br />

cemetery, or injure or deface any building, monument, marker, or other<br />

structure on a cemetery.<br />

B. No tree shall be removed, no wooden fence or other wooden structure<br />

shall be erected, no trees or shrubbery shall be planted, and no vases,<br />

glasses, or other obstructions shall be placed on any lot in a cemetery, and<br />

no rubbish shall be deposited anywhere in a cemetery except in such places<br />

as designated.<br />

6.0521 INTERMENT REGULATIONS<br />

A. Sunday or Holiday Burial<br />

There shall be no burial, entombment or inurnment on Sundays or<br />

holidays unless ordered by the <strong>Public</strong> Health Officers, or unless a Sunday<br />

burial or committal takes place in the Congregation Montefiore/Sons of<br />

Jacob Section.<br />

B. City Clerk's Records<br />

No person shall inter, entomb or inurn any body or remains in any lot or<br />

part of the Cemetery or Mausoleum without first notifying the City Clerk<br />

of such intention and furnishing that office with the necessary information<br />

to enable staff to comply with official burial registry requirements. No<br />

burial will be made without a proper death certificate or burial permit.<br />

C. Notice to City Clerk<br />

Advance scheduling notification to the City Clerk shall take place during<br />

normal business hours Monday through Friday and no later than noon on<br />

the day prior to any internment, entombment or inurnment within City<br />

cemeteries or Mausoleum. Monday burials must be arranged by 12:00<br />

P.M. the previous Friday. During winter months, when ground frost must<br />

City of Marinette<br />

6-27<br />

Code of Ordinances

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