RULES AND REGULATIONS
AND
It
is the intent of the Charter Township of Milford to make both the
1.
2. Full payment must be made on reserved lots
within ninety (90) days of date
reserved at which time a certificate of burial rights or a deed will be
issued.
3. If an owner wishes to dispose of a lot, it
shall be sold back to the Township at the price paid by the owner. The original certificate of burial rights or
deed must be relinquished back to the Township.
4. All opening and closing of graves will be
handled by the cemetery sexton. Fees
will be paid directly to the sexton by the family or funeral director in
advance of interment unless prearranged.
5. Each grave site may be used for the interment
of one (1) full casket and two (2) cremation urns or three (3) cremation urns.
6. Oak Grove: Purchases of lots will be
restricted to four (4) lots per address.
Memorial Markers
1. The grave or lot cannot be marked in any way
until a deed or a certificate of burial rights is obtained.
2. All memorial markers or monuments, including
government markers, shall be installed by the cemetery sexton. Cost for this work is to be paid directly to
the sexton. A price schedule for this
work is on file at the Township Office.
3.
Double
Depth Shall Not Exceed 16”
Planting /
Donations
No
shrubs or trees shall be set or planted on any grave, lot or elsewhere in the
cemetery. Donated planting must be
arranged through the Township Office.
Flowers, Floral Arrangements, Grave
Decorations
1. From
November 1 until March 15 a winter wreath or grave blanket made of evergreen
boughs may be placed on the grave. No
container is permitted on any grave during this time period. The cemetery maintenance contractor will
remove any blankets or wreaths remaining after March 15.
2.
3. Milford
Memorial: During the Holiday periods
(Easter, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day), a potted
plant (pot not to exceed ten (10) inches in diameter) will be allowed seven (7)
days preceding the holiday until seven (7) days following the holiday. Any pots placed before or after that time
will be removed by the cemetery maintenance contractor.
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THESE POLICIES, anything
else above the ground surface is expressly prohibited: mounding of soil,
curbing or fencing, placement of grass or plastic objects, toys, cans,
balloons, streamers, banners, lamps, eternal lights, candles, bird feeders,
bird houses, pinwheels, wind chimes, statues, stones, wooden crosses,
decorations on trees or shrubs as well as any other objects that may be
detrimental to the maintenance, safety, beauty, or serenity of the
setting. All such items will be removed
by the cemetery maintenance contractor.
Cemetery Use
1. Pets must be contained on a leash.
2. No alcohol will be allowed.
3. No firearms will be allowed, except in the
case of military funerals or ceremonies by official veterans’ organization on
federal holidays, without permission of the Township Office.
4. No person shall create noise, disorderly
conduct or any activity that tends to destroy the peace of the cemetery.
5. Any Group use of the cemetery, other than the
interment of the dead, shall have approval from the Township Office.
6. Cemetery hours shall be deemed as dawn to
dusk.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Township Clerk, ex-officio-clerk of the Board
of Health, shall have the general supervision and sale of the lots of the Oak
Grove Cemetery and Milford Memorial Cemetery and shall issue a cemetery
certificate of burial rights for the lots sold in the name of Charter Township
of Milford, and shall certify such purchases to the sexton and shall turn over
to the Township Treasurer all the monies collected by the Clerk for the sale of
lots, donations, etc.
Charter
Colleen
Schwartz, MMC
Clerk
Date
of Adoption: February 15, 2006