Flower & Grounds Policy

March 1st through November 1 is our mowing and spraying season. During that time all decorations must be contained to the memorial vase except veteran issued flags and flag staffs. This allows our grounds crew to properly and safely mow, trim and spray the cemetery lawn.

Nothing is ever allowed on the bronze marker itself as it causes damage to the Diamond Coat finish on the memorial and will void the factory warranty. Bronze markers will eventually wear to a beautiful patina similar to that on the Statue of Liberty after many years. Markers purchased at Riverview can be reset to accommodate any shifting or sinking with a phone call or email request.

We encourage families to turn down the vase on their headstone and use grave blankets, wreaths or memory lights throughout the winter months. Turning down and storing vases helps prevent freezing and cracking. We do not replace lost, cracked or stolen vases. Our grounds crew will remove any items still left at the grave after March 1st. March is cemetery cleanup. Please refrain from placing flowers until April 1st or Easter, whichever comes first.

No landscaping materials such as, shrubs, perennials, annuals, etc. are allowed on the grave. Do not place any rock around the headstones. The granite border of the bronze memorial is the border. Rock will be removed as it destabilized the headstones causing them to sink and encourages weed growth if not meticulously maintained. Trees may be arranged and purchased through the cemetery office if the location is approved. All trees must be purchased through the cemetery.

Artificial flowers will be removed and the vases turned down once they become discolored or wind damaged.

Memory lights, shepherd's hooks, wind chimes and wreaths are not permitted during the mowing season.

Nothing can be placed on mausoleum walls except bronze lettering, uniform vases and veteran flags with holders.

Dogs may be walked in the cemetery. Please be respectful of others and clean up after them.

Complete Cemetery Rules

Rules and Regulations

Pursuant to established laws, traditions and customs, these Rules and Regulations are adopted for

the proper control of the business of the Cemetery, the safeguarding of the premises, the

regulating of the conduct of persons, and the maintaining of the principles and ideals on which the

Cemetery was founded. They shall apply equally to all parties.

I

Definitions

1. The term “Cemetery” means the one identified on the cover of this booklet.

2. The term “Corporation” means the owner of the Cemetery identified on the cover hereof.

3. The term “Owner” means any one who owns or is purchasing any rights for the placing of the

remains of a deceased person within the Cemetery.

4. The term “memorial” means any marker placed in the Cemetery for identification or in memory of a

person.

5. The term “interment” means any lawful disposition of the remains of a deceased person, including

cremation, inurnment, entombment or burial.

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Owns or is purchasing burial lot, niche, crypts or a sarcophagus.

II

Care of Cemetery

1. The general care of the entire Cemetery is undertaken by the Corporation under the provisions of

a Perpetual Care Trust Agreement. The Corporation will take reasonable precautions to protect the

rights of Owners, but its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, damages caused by the

elements, acts of God, thieves, vandals, trespassers, riots or public disturbances.

2. The Corporation has a perpetual right of ingress and egress over lots and the entire Cemetery

for purposes of general care and passage to and from other lots.

3. The Corporation may enlarge or reduce the boundaries of the Cemetery, change the location of

roadways and walks, replace or modify drainage and watering systems, and replot sections of the

Cemetery, so long as there is no encroachment upon the rights of Owners.

4. All grading, planting, trimming landscape work,

improvements of any kind,

and all care of lots shall be done by the Corporation or a contractor designated by it. All

openings and closing of burial spaces and all interments, disinterments and removals shall be

approved and performed by the Corporation.

5. The Corporation reserves the right to correct any errors that may be made by it in interments,

disinterments or removals, or in transfers or conveyances.

III

Memorials

1. For the purpose of maintaining uniformity of quality and appearance, the marking on lots or

burial spaces is limited to flat bronze set on flat granite bases, set flush with the turf, of such

dimension, metallic content, design, finish and construction as approved by the Corporation in

writing prior to delivery for installation. All foundations shall be of size, material and quality

specified by the Corporation. An installation fee or setting fee will be properly paid.

2. All memorials shall be set on uniform lines and shall be limited in number as required by the

Corporation to conform to the general plan of the Cemetery.

3. All charges in connection with the installation of memorial shall be the same to all, regardless

of who furnishes the memorial. A schedule of such charges is maintained subject to inspection and

copy at the usual place for transacting the regular business of the Cemetery. Such charges shall be

reasonable, and shall be in such amount as may be fixed by the Corporation from time to time. No

memorial will be installed until such charges have been paid in full. A bronze purchased and

brought to our cemetery by an outside dealer will be installed at the same rate as all others. A

bronze not purchased from our cemetery will not be covered by Perpetual Care.

i.e. broken or damaged bronze or vase. Death date will be the responsibility of the dealer it was

purchased from.

IV

Transfer of Interments Rights

1. In order that the Corporation may at all times have a complete and accurate record of all owners

and purchasers, no transfer of any interment right or purchase agreement shall be binding unless it

is first approved in writing by an authorized representative of the Corporation and recorded in the

office of the Cemetery. All transfers shall be subject to a reasonable service

charge, as fixed from time to time by the Corporation.

Cemetery property shall not be sold at a greater value than the original purchase.

2. The Corporation and Owners may make an exchange on interment rights when desired by Owners and

approved by the Corporation. In such event the original rights of the Owners must be surrendered by

proper reconveyance or transfer, before any exchange is affected.

3. No conditional or partial transfer of interment rights and no sale of an undivided interest,

except to a person who already is a part owner, will be approved by the Corporation. In the matter

of a divorce the Corporation must have proof that the Cemetery property and merchandise is to be

deeded to a specific person. If not mentioned in the divorce one of the parties must sign off in

order to deed the entire contract to one of the parties. The other alternative would be to split

the contract and give each of the owners credit toward another purchase. In the event of a death

after the divorce, the other party must sign for the burial to be made.

V

Use of Cemetery

1. Persons found on the grounds before or after sunrise or

sundown, may be considered to be trespassers.

2. After entering the gates, funerals shall be subject to the direction of the Family Service

Counselor of the Cemetery or other designated representative of the Corporation.

3. Notice of desired arrangements for an interment shall be given to the Corporation at least 48

hours prior to the announced time of the funeral. Special arrangements must be made for holidays.

There are no Sunday burials.

4. The Corporation shall have authority to make an interment upon receipt of a written

authorization of a person representing himself or herself to be the surviving spouse, child or

parent, or next of kin, of the decedent, and there shall be no liability against the Corporation

for the making of an interment pursuant to such authorization. When there is ownership of more

than one interment space, the space to be used for interment also shall be designated in writing by

such person. If such interment order is not obtained, the Corporation in its descretion may select

such space as it deems best and proper, so as not to delay the funeral.

5. All ground burials are required to use a vault whether full size or cremation. Only vaults

approved by the Corporation may be used. No air-seal vaults are allowed. We require a probable

cremation vault so that we can later probe and find the vault when digging in proximity without

damaging previous burials.

6. The placing of two bodies in one interment space will not be permitted, except when a second

right of interment is purchased.

7. A cremation may be placed on a burial space designed for a burial with the payment of a second

right of interment.

8. The scattering of cremated remains on cemetery grounds is strictly prohibited.

9. No interment shall be made until full payment of the amount required by the Corporation for

interment rights under the terms of the purchase contract.

10. Disinterments or disentombments shall be made when the cemetery deems safe for such processes.

A disinterment or disentombment is done at a charge of 3xs the current interment/entombment rate.

The removal of the headstone is billed at the same price as an installation unless the

headstone is being left to the cemetery for disposal. Then the charge is half the installation fee.

A headstone left at the cemetery for more than 30 days is deemed abandoned and may be properly

disposed of by the Cemetery. Should any space be vacated through disinterment and the remains

removed from the cemetery, the space so vacated shall revert to the cemetery and the regular charge

for disinterment will be made as the ground is unsuitable to permit safe burial for many years. The

purchased right of interment has been fulfilled at the time of burial.

11. For everyone’s safety, the speed limit within the cemetery is not to exceed 10 miles per hour.

VI

Regulation of Floral Decorations

1. Any flower arrangement not in a bronze vase will not be permitted except for the following

holidays: Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day. Arrangements not in bronze vases

will be removed.

2. Flowers are not recommended during the winter months due to freezing and cracking of the bronze

vase. Wreaths with stands, vases, ceramic pots,

etc. are permitted during the winter months and will not be removed before March 1st.

3. On outside mausoleum crypts, fresh or artificial flowers will be permitted throughout the year.

These flowers must be placed in a bronze vase purchased or supplied by the Cemetery. Only Cemetery

supplied emblems or pictures may be permanently placed or attached to the crypt fronts. Any other

decorations attached in any way to the crypt fronts will be removed.

4. If crypts are inside, only silk or artificial flowers will be permitted, and shall be placed in

the vase purchased or supplied by the Cemetery and attached to the crypt front by the Cemetery.

5. Any floral arrangement, such as wreaths or sprays, will not be allowed at any time except during

the above-mentioned holidays. Any temporary decoration (1 to 15 days) will be allowed on Cemetery

supplied tables only. Any decorations left over 15 days will be removed by the Cemetery.

6. Tables and stands, or other devices will not be allowed and will also be removed by the

Cemetery. Please do not bring decorations that require electrical power, the outlets are not for

public use.

7. The Corporation is not responsible for any flowers or containers placed at any interment or

entombment location. Visitors are encouraged to make inquiries at the office for any decoration

that may have been removed. Any decorations removed by the Cemetery will be kept in a specified

location for a period of 15 days and families may pick them up if so desired. After 15 days, all

remaining decorations will be destroyed.

8. Flag holders provided by the Veterans Association will be placed on the veteran’s grave by

volunteers for Memorial Day and will remain until about July 5th.

9. ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS THAT IS A RESULT OF NOT OBSERVING THE AFOREMENTIONED RULES AND REGULATIONS IS

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INTERMENT RIGHT OWNER.

VII.

Modifications And Amendments

1. The Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal these Rules and Regulations or any part

thereof at any time without notice. A copy of the current Rules and Regulation, including all

amendments, shall be maintained at all

times at the usual place for transacting the regular business of the Cemetery, and shall be

available to any owner upon request.

2. Special cases may arise in which the literal enforcement of a Rule or Regulation may impose

unnecessary hardship. Therefore, the Corporation reserves the right to make an exception in such

cases if in its judgment such action is advisable, and the granting of such exception shall in no

way be construed as affecting the general application of the Rules and Regulations.

3. All prior Rules and Regulation shall be deemed to be amended and superseded by the foregoing.

Effective date: May 23, 2001