§ 10-60. Specifications for installations.

The following regulations shall govern the installation of memorials, monuments, foundations and curbs in the cemetery system:

(1)

Memorials. Bronze memorials conforming to the specifications set forth in the cemetery system's rules and regulations shall be permitted.

(2)

Monuments. Aboveground or ground level monuments of natural stone with a minimum thickness of four (4) inches shall be permitted only in Evergreen Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery. No artificial stone of any description shall be permitted.

(3)

Foundations. All memorials and monuments installed on the ground surface or below ground shall have a foundation.

a.

Bronze memorials not installed on a natural stone base or an upright monument shall be installed on a concrete foundation of appropriate size to prohibit the visibility beyond the edges of the bronze. The foundation shall have a minimum thickness of two and one-half (2½) inches and shall contain wire mesh or four (4) one-quarter-inch steel reinforcement rods, two (2) running end to end, two (2) running side to side and tied at the four (4) cross points. The reinforcement shall be placed at a depth of one-half (½) the total thickness of the foundation.

b.

Natural stone monuments in Evergreen Cemetery and Woodlawn Cemetery shall be installed on concrete foundations with four (4) five-eighths-inch steel reinforcement rods, two (2) running end to end and two (2) running side to side, tied at the four (4) cross points and placed at a depth of one-half (½) the total thickness of the foundation. Each foundation shall be at least twelve (12) inches in depth or as deep as the terrain allows, and shall have area at the bottom at least twice that of the base of the monument.

(4)

Curbs. An existing curb shall be permitted to remain until its removal for the purpose of preparing for an interment within the enclosed curbed area or in a plot adjacent to the curb. Such curbing, once removed, shall not be reinstalled. Curbs shall be permitted only in the first and the second additions (Blocks one (1) through fifty-eight (58), inclusive) of Evergreen Cemetery and shall comply with the following specifications:

a.

Concrete. Width six (6) inches. Depth twelve (12) inches. Reinforcement four (4) three-eights-inch steel rods, two (2) placed in the top and two (2) placed in the bottom and tied at each cross point. The mix shall be 1-2-4.

b.

Natural stone. A minimum of six (6) inches both in width and in height, mounted on concrete base which shall be a minimum of six (6) inches both in width and in height, and reinforced with two (2) three-eights-inch steel rods.

(Ord. No. C-90-102, § 1, 12-18-90; Ord. No. C-02-21, § 3, 9-4-02 )