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DIANA PAVLEY-ROCK-CITY CLERK
2 NORTH MAIN
CANTON IL 61520
CERTIFICATE
THE UNDERSIGNED CERTIFIES THAT SHE IS THE CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF
CANTON,ILLINOIS,AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULARLY CONSTITUTED
MEETING OF SAID CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON ON THE 18TH DAY OF
DECEMBER 2018 ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO 4125 A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF
WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THIS PAMPHLET.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2018.
(SEAL)
DIANA PAVLE CK
CITY CLERK
Ordinance No. 4125
An Ordinance Amending Ordinances Pertaining to Greenwood Cemetery and Adopting New
Cemetery Rules
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Illinois Municipal Code the City of Canton has the ability to
enact ordinances to protect the safety and welfare of its citizens;
WHEREAS, the City of Canton operates the Greenwood Cemetery and has existing
Ordinances regulating behaviors within the Cemetery and rules pertaining to activities of the
Cemetery;
WHEREAS, the rules require updating to assist with better overall operation and
regulation of the Cemetery.
THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON,FULTON
COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THE FOLLOWING CITY OF CANTON CODE PROVISIONS SHALL
NOW PROVIDE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1:
"8-8-4: RULES,REGULATIONS AND DEFINITIONS OF CEMETERY:
DEFINITIONS
"Box" means a grave liner or permanent outside container, consisting of a one piece box, and a
one piece lid, which is not sealed.
"Burial"or"Buried"means the act or result of interment, entombment,or inumment.
"Cemetery" means the burial park, for earth interments; the community mausoleum, individual
mausoleum, for crypt or vault interments; and the columbarium, or individual niches for cinerary
interments. In these Rules and Regulation it specifically means Greenwood Cemetery.
"Contractor" means any person, firm, or corporation engaged in setting any vault or memorial, or
performing any other work on the cemetery grounds,other than an employee of the cemetery.
"Cremation" means the technical heating process that reduces human remains to bone fragments,
which occurs through heat and evaporation.
"Crypt" means a space in a mausoleum or in the ground where lawn crypts are placed of
sufficient size used, or intended to be used,to entomb cremated or embalmed remains.
"Endowment Care Fund" means the trust fund established by the cemetery for the purpose of
care and maintenance of the cemetery grounds and improvements thereon.
"Entombment" means the disposition of human remains in a mausoleum crypt.
"Entombment right" means the right to place individual human remains or individual cremated
human remains in a specific mausoleum crypt selected by the consumer for use as a final resting
place.
"Grave" means a space of ground in a burial park used, or intended to be used, for the burial of
human remains.
"Interment" means the disposition of human remains by earth burial, entombment, or cremation
and imminent.
"Interment right" means the right to place individual human remains or cremated remains in a
specific interment space within the cemetery selected by the consumer for use as a final resting
place, and subject to the limitations set forth herein.
"Interment or Lot services"means the opening and closing of a particular interment space.
"Interment space" means the particular grave, crypt, niche, or lawn crypt within the cemetery to
which a particular interment right relates. An owner of an interment right does not, by virtue of
such ownership, acquire ownership of the interment space or of any land or improvements within
the cemetery.
"Inumment" means placing cremated human remains in an um and placing in a niche, or in the
ground.
"Inumment right" means the right to place individual cremated human remains in a specific
niche selected by the consumer for use as a final resting place.
"Lot" means the same as Plot.
"Management" means the Canton City Council; Superintendent of Building and Grounds or his
designee.
"Marker" means a memorial of granite and/or bronze and/or bronze on granite placed level with
the grade.
"Mausoleum Crypt" means a space in a mausoleum used or intended to be used above or
underground,to entomb human remains.
"Memorial" means a marker, monument, vase, crypt or niche name plate for the purpose of
identification or in memory of the interred.
"Monument" means a memorial of granite that extends above the surface of the lawn and has a
base and die.
"Niche" means a space used, or intended to be used, for inurnmem of cremated remains.
"Outer burial container" means the rigid outer container used to surround a casket or a cremated
remains container, and shall include the products commonly known as vaults and grave liners.
"Owner" means the owner of an interment right or rights within the cemetery, as reflected in the
records of the cemetery.
"Plot" means space in the cemetery used, or intended to be used, for the interment of human
remains. The term includes and applies to one, or more than one, adjoining grave and or space,
one or more than one adjoining crypt or one or more than one adjoining niche.
"Space"means the space on a lot for the interment of one human remains.
"Vault" means a permanent outside container of grade better than a two piece box, which is
sealed.
GENERAL SUPERVISION OF CEMETERY
ADMISSION TO CEMETERY
The cemetery management reserves the right to compel all persons coming into the cemetery to
obey all Rules and Regulations adopted by the cemetery. The cemetery management further
reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone not an interment right owner or relative of a
person buried in the cemetery, and to refuse the use of any of the cemetery facilities at any time
to any person or persons whom the management may deem objectionable to the best interests of
the cemetery.
CEMETERY MANAGEMENT IN CHARGE OF FUNERAL
All funerals, on reaching the cemetery, shall be under the supervision of the management. The
management is hereby empowered to enforce all Rules and Regulations and to exclude from the
cemetery any person violating the same. The management and its assistants shall have charge of
the grounds and buildings and at all times shall have supervision and control of all persons in the
cemetery, including the conduct of funerals, traffic, employees, interment right owners, and
invitees.
VETERAN'S MARKERS
The cemetery and its employees reserve the right to set all veteran's markers in the cemetery.
GRAVES—DIGGING
The cemetery and its personnel reserve the right to open and close all graves in the cemetery, for
interments and disinterments.
MANAGEMENT SHALL CONTROL MROVEMENTS
The cemetery shall have the sole and exclusive authority with respect to the planting, sodding,
surveying and improvements within the cemetery. All improvements or alteration of individual
property in the cemetery shall be under the direction of and subject to the consent, satisfaction
and approval of the management; and, should they be made without its consent, the management
shall have the right to remove, alter or change such improvements or alterations at the expense of
the lot owner, at any time.
The management reserves the right to remove from any lot anything that it deems unsightly, or
which in any way conflicts with the Rules and Regulations, or general beauty of the cemetery. If
any tree, shrub, or plant standing upon any lot, by means of its roots,branches or otherwise, is or
becomes detrimental to adjacent lots or avenues, or if for any other reason its removal is deemed
necessary, the management shall have the right to remove such tree, shrub, or plant, or any part
thereof, or otherwise correct the condition existing as in their judgment seems best, and without
notice to any interested party.
RECORDS OF CEMETERY
The files, papers, documents, reports, ledgers, maps, lot cards, correspondence, and other written
records maintained by Greenwood Cemetery are the sole and exclusive property of Greenwood
Cemetery. Only Greenwood Cemetery employees have access to these permanent documents.
Except where disclosure is required pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act,
information contained therein is for the exclusive use of management, and shall be disclosed, as
management deems proper. Record requests may be subject to an administrative fee, which may
be charged from time to time by management.
REMOVAL OF OFFICIAL RECORDS
No Greenwood Cemetery official records shall be removed from the Greenwood Cemetery
Office without management approval, as well as no official record shall be altered or damaged in
any manner.
WORK TO BE DONE BY CEMETERY
No persons, other than the duly authorized employees of the cemetery, shall be allowed to
perform any work within the cemetery without explicit authorization issued by the cemetery
management, and any such work so authorized shall be subject to all provisions contained herein
pertaining to such activity.
All grading, landscape work and improvement of any kind, and all care on lots shall be done and
all trees and shrubs and ground cover of any kind shall be planted, trimmed, cut or removed only
by the management and appropriate City of Canton employees. All infrastructure improvements
shall be completed after approval of management.
All openings and closings, all interments and removals, and every aspect of the disposition of
human remains shall be done by the management, exclusively.
All locating of memorial sites shall be done by the cemetery, exclusively.
BURIALS AND REMOVALS
AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED
The management reserves the right to refuse interment or removal, except on written application
by the legal representatives or proper authorities. No interment shall be permitted nor shall a
body be received unless the burial permit and proper authorization is furnished prior to
disposition.
BURIAL OF MORE THAN ONE BODY
Not more than one body, or the remains of more than one body, shall be buried in one grave,
vault, crypt, or niche, unless such grave, vault, crypt, or niche has been purchased with the
written agreement that more than one body, or the remains of more than one body, may be buried
therein. In the event the cemetery elects to allow the interment of more than one human remains
in a particular interment space, the cemetery shall charge a separate fee for each right of
interment in a particular interment space as well as a separate fee for each interment service
provided. The management must approve these second or third rights of interment or inumment.
The family and the funeral home must provide all pertinent information regarding each
interment, inumment or entombment, and appropriate signatures must be provided for each
burial. The cemetery will maintain a separate interment record for each interment, inurement or
entombment. No more than three interments per space are allowed, as approved by management.
These interments can be one full casket interment and two inurnments; or three inurnments of
cremated remains. No pet remains may be interred with human remains.
CASKET CONTAINER STANDARDS
Remains for interment shall be delivered to the cemetery in a casket or container composed of
rigid material such as wood, fiberglass, plastic or metal and shall be of such construction so as to,
(1) assure protection to the health and safety of the cemetery personnel, (2) provide proper
covering for the remains and (3) meet moral codes for the respect and dignity of the deceased. A
full enclosure"dome" or top piece so constructed that in its closed position it completely shields
the remains from view at all times, with a rigid bottom, substantial enough not to deflect under
the weight of an adult human body shall be required. The management reserves the right to make
exceptions for special conditions, oversized or overweight deceased persons, children, limbs, or
pathological tissues and other reasons determined by the management.
All babies or stillborn births, whether interred in Baby Heaven or on any other interment right in
the cemetery shall be in a retrievable container. Receptacles of biodegradable materials shall not
be permitted.
All remains entombed in mausoleums shall be in a casket or alternative container conforming to
the standards as prescribed by the cemetery. The management may, at its discretion, require that
mausoleum entombments be in a casket or alternative container, or other container approved by
the cemetery, which is constructed and designed to be resistant to the leakage of fluids and odors.
CASKET NOT TO BE OPENED OR BODY TOUCHED WrMQUT CONSENT
Once the committal service is completed and the casket is ready to be placed, no person shall
open the casket or touch the body without the consent of the legal representative of the deceased
or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided the management may take appropriate
steps to correct any obnoxious or improper condition.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS
It shall be the duty of the lot owner to notify the management of any change in post office
address. Notice sent to a lot owner at the last address on file in the office of the cemetery shall be
considered sufficient and proper legal notification.
CONTAINER—OUTSIDE
All burials must be made in a two (2) piece concrete box or vault that is not hinged of type,
quality, and construction approved by the management. The use of wooden boxes and sectional
boxes shall not be permitted.
All cremated remains of human bodies shall be buried in a permanent, retrievable container.
Inumment or entombment shall be in a container approved by the management. Short term
storage may be permitted as provided in these Rules and Regulations.
Construction shall be such that the container shall resist cracking, puncturing or structural failure
as determined by management, which decision shall be conclusive on all third party sellers and
installers.
DISINTERMENT
No disinterment or removal shall be made except by the management on request of the person(s)
with legal authority to direct the same, or by court order prior to time of removal. At least
seventy-two hours notice shall be given prior to any removal. The removal will be made at the
convenience of the management, with consideration to inclement weather, weather predictions,
and interment schedules. The management may defer an interment or disinterment until a more
appropriate time for any reason. All fees associated with any disinterment shall be paid in full
prior to the service being provided.
The cemetery shall exercise due care in making disinterments, but shall assume no liability for
damage to any body, casket, outer burial receptacle, or urn in making a disinterment. When a
disinterment is to be made from one grave to another grave and an outer burial container was not
used for the original interment, an outer burial container meeting the cemetery's specifications
must be furnished by the owner or next of kin for the new interment.
The cemetery may require that all persons attending an interment or disinterment remain at safe
distance, as determined by the management, from the interment space during the interment or
disinterment.
ERRORS MAY BE CORRECTED
The management reserves, and shall have, the right to correct any errors that may be made by it
either in making burials or removals, or in the description, either by canceling such conveyance
and substituting and conveying in lieu thereof other interment property, of equal value and
similar location as far as possible, or as may be selected by the management, or by refunding the
amount of money paid on account of said purchase. In the event the error shall involve the burial
of the remains of any person in such property, the management reserves, and shall have, the right
to remove and bury the remains in such other property of equal value and similar location as may
be substituted and conveyed in lieu thereof. The management shall also have the right to correct
any errors made by placing an improper inscription, including an incorrect name and/or date,
either on the memorial or on the container for cremated remains. The cemetery shall have no
liability as a result of any errors of the type described herewith other than its obligation to take
the remedial actions described.
HOLIDAYS
As a municipal cemetery, the holidays observed by the City of Canton will be observed by the
cemetery. These include, but are not limited to, days in observance of New Year's Day, Martin
Luther King's Birthday, President's day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor
Day, Veteran's Day,Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
When any holiday falls, or is observed, on a Saturday or Monday, arrangements for an interment
must be provided by the last weekday preceding the holiday.
IDENTITY
The management assumes no duty for identity of the remains of the deceased, and can give no
assurance that the remains interred are that of the person shown on the interment authorization
executed and delivered to the management. The management relies upon the representation of
family, funeral director, or others making such statements of identity for interment authorization,
burial permits, or death certificates, and shall have no obligation to independently establish or
verify the identity of the remains.
INTERMENT OF PETS
No pets shall be interred in the cemetery, either alone or with human remains.
INTERMENT—RIGHT OF DESCENT
If no interment is made in an interment lot which has been transferred by deed or certificate of
ownership to an individual owner, or if all remains previously interred are lawfully removed,
upon the death of the owner, unless he has disposed of the lot either in his will by a specific
devise or by a written declaration filed and recorded in the office of the cemetery authority, the
interment rights descend to the heirs at law of the owner subject to the rights of interment of the
decedent and his surviving spouse provided for in these Rules and Regulations.
INTERMENT SPACE—LOCATION
When instructions from the lot owner regarding the location of an interment space in a lot cannot
be obtained, or are indefinite, or when for any reason the interment space cannot be opened
where specified, the management may, in its discretion, open it in such location in the plot as it
deems best and proper, so as not to delay the funeral; and the management shall not be liable in
damages for any error so made.
INURNMENT CONTAINER SPECUICATIONS
All cremated remains to be inumed in the cemetery shall be placed in a sealed, permanent,
retrievable container of a type, quality and construction approved by the management. A
temporary cremation container by definition is not a permanent retrievable container. The use of
paper, cardboard, or other similar biodegradable materials shall not be permitted.
LAWS
In addition to being subject to these Rules and Regulations, all burials and removals are made
subject to the orders and laws of the properly constituted authorities of the city, county and state.
LIABILITY—NO LIABILrrY FOR DAMAGE DURING REMOVAL
The cemetery shall not be liable for damage to any casket, burial case, or um occurring during
the removal thereof.
LOT SALE POLICY
All Interment rights on pinned or platted lots within Greenwood Cemetery are considered "For
Sale" unless determined by Greenwood Cemetery to be unusable due to physical barriers such as
trees, roots, infrastructure, utilities, etc. No useable lots or blocks may be held, reserved or
restricted for the convenience of any family or individual, unless that family or individual owns
the interment rights for said lot(s) or block. Greenwood Cemetery may at its' discretion allow a
maximum of a 30 day "courtesy hold" without a deposit, on a lot(s) for a family needing time to
make a purchase decision.
LOT OWNERS—PROPERTY RIGHTS OF
Only the right to inter is conveyed. Greenwood Cemetery retains all other interest in the space,
crypt, or niche conveyed. All interment rights conveyed to individuals are the sole and separate
property of the owner named in the instrument of conveyance.
Successors in interest shall be determined as follows: The spouse of an owner of any lot
containing more than one interment space has a vested right of interment of his/her remains in
the lot and any person thereafter becoming the spouse of the owner has a vested right of
interment of his/her remains in the lot if more than one interment space is unoccupied at the time
the person becomes the spouse of the owner.
No conveyance or other action of the owner without the written consent of joinder of the spouse
of the owner divests the spouse of a vested right of interment, except that a final decree of
divorce between them terminates the vested right of interment unless otherwise provided in the
decree.
In a conveyance to two or more persons as joint tenants, each joint tenant has a vested right of
interment in the lot conveyed. Upon the death of a joint tenant, the title to the lot held in joint
tenancy immediately vests in the survivors, subject to the vested right of interment of the remains
of the deceased joint tenant.
A vested right of interment may be waived and is terminated upon the interment elsewhere of the
remains of the person in whom vested.
An affidavit by a person having knowledge of the facts setting forth the fact of the death of the
owner and the time of the person or persons entitled to the use of the lot is complete
authorization to the cemetery to permit the use of the unoccupied portions of the lot by the
person entitled to the use of it.
An affidavit by any person having knowledge of the facts setting forth the fact of the death of
one joint tenant and establishing the identity of the surviving joint tenants named in the deed to
any lot, when filed with the cemetery, is complete authorization to the cemetery to permit the use
of the unoccupied portion of the lot in accordance with the directions of the surviving joint
tenants or their successors in interest.
When there are several owners of a lot, or of right of interment in it, they may designate one or
more persons to represent the lot and file written notice of designation with the management. In
the absence of such notice or of written objection to its so doing, the cemetery is not liable to any
owner for interring or permitting an interment in the lot upon the request or direction of any co-
owner of the lot.
No vested right of interment gives to any person the right to have his/her remains interred in any
interment space in which the remains of any deceased person having a prior vested right of
interment have been interred, without acquisition of a second/third right of interment.
NOTICE
48 hours notice, Sundays and Holiday excluded, must be given to the management before any
burial. The management is authorized to refuse interment in, or the erection of any memorial
work on any lot against which there is an unpaid balance or no endowment care. The potential
waiver of the required notice will be considered on a case by case basis and will be subject to
additional fees.
No disinterment or removal shall be made except by the management on request of the person(s)
with legal authority to direct the same, or by court order prior to time of removal. At least
seventy-two hours notice shall be given prior to any removal. The removal will be made at the
convenience of the management, with consideration to inclement weather and weather
predictions. The management may defer an interment until a more expedient time for any reason.
PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE
The management shall have the right to maintain guard at the cemetery at any time of its
choosing. The management shall have no liability for loss or damage and especially from
damage caused by the elements, and act of God, common enemy, thieves, vandals, strikers,
malicious mischief makers, explosions, accidents, invasions, insurrections, riots, or order of any
military or civil authority, whether the damage be direct or collateral, including the loss of
human remains,under any circumstances.
RIGHT TO REPLAT,REGRADE,AND USE PROPERTY
The management shall have the right and privilege, at any time and from time to time, to
resurvey, enlarge, diminish, replat, alter in shape or size, or otherwise change all or any part,
portion or subdivision of the property hereby mapped and platted, including the right to lay out,
establish, close, eliminate, or otherwise modify or change the location of roads, walks, or drives,
and amend maps or plats, and to use the same for the erection of buildings, or for any purposes
or uses connected with, incident to or convenient for the care, preservation or preparation for the
interment of human remains or other cemetery purposes, together with easements and right of
way over and through said premises for, and the right and privilege of installing, maintaining and
operating pipeline, conduits or drains for sprinklers, drainage, electric or communication lines, or
for any other purposes.
The management shall have the right to use cemetery property not sold to individual lot owners
for the burial of human remains, or for anything necessary, incidental or convenient thereto. The
management reserves to itself the perpetual right of ingress and egress over the cemetery for the
purpose of passage to and from other lots.
REMOVAL FOR PERSONAL GAIN PROHIBfrED
Removal of a body or cremated remains so that a space, lot, crypt, or niche may be sold or used
for personal gain is not allowed. Removal contrary to the express or implied wish of the original
owner is forbidden, unless the cemetery is directed to do so by court order.
SCATTERING
The scattering of cremated remains is prohibited both on common cemetery property and on
grave spaces/lots where interment rights are owned. All cremated remains are to be interred in
retrievable containers, with complete cemetery records afforded for each inurement.
SCHEDULING A SERVICE
Services are scheduled to accommodate the family and the clergy in a time frame where both the
funeral home and the cemetery can best serve the family. The cemetery cannot properly serve a
family if multiple services are scheduled for the same area at the same time. Prior to scheduling a
burial the funeral home must contact the cemetery or designated cemetery personnel to assure
that the cemetery can accommodate the service at the time desired. Services cannot be scheduled
without the concurrence of all parties.
SERVICE CHARGES—PAYMENT OF
The charges for the cemetery service must be paid at the time of the issuance of the order of
burial or removal, unless payment arrangements are made with the management prior to the
service, and proper signatures obtained on any documentation the management may require.
STATEMENT OF EMPLOYEES AND SALES AGENTS
The contract, deed, and these Rules and Regulations, and any amendments thereto shall be the
sole and only agreement between the cemetery and the lot owner. The statements of any
employee and/or sales agents shall in no way bind the management.
SUBSTITUTION IN THE EVENT OF SIZE
Spaces and crypts are laid out, designed, and constructed based upon recognized industry
standards. In the event, because of an oversized or overweight deceased person, or because of
disfigurement, such human remains cannot be interred within the confines of such standard
spaces or crypts, then the management reserves the right to relocate the human remains, and to
substitute the interment site to accommodate such circumstances.
TIME AND CHARGES
All burials and removals must be made at the time and in the manner and subject to the payment
of such charges as fixed by the management. All charges shall be paid a minimum of twenty-four
hours in advance of the service, or arrangements satisfactory to the management made for their
payment. Additional charges shall be made on burials occurring other than at authorized hours
and for standard rates.
TELEPHONE ORDERS
The management shall not be held responsible for any order given by telephone, or for any
mistake occurring from the want of precise and proper instructions as to the particular space, size
and location in the lot where interment is desired.
TRANSFER OF UVFERMENT RIGHTS
Transfers of interment rights me accomplished through the execution of a Quit claim. This Quit
Claim must be approved by cemetery management. Burials cannot be made on interment rights
that have not been duly transferred with an approved Quit Claim that has been filed with the City
Clerk. Please contact cemetery office for detailed instruction.
WARRANTIES
No express or implied warranties are given with respect to burial rights conveyed to the owner,
including but not limited to, suitability for a particular use, or other qualities of memorials,
markers, monuments, outer burial containers, or crypts. No agent, servant, employee, or
representative of the cemetery has the authority to alter this disclaimer. To the extent that any
express or implied warranty may be given or extended by the manufacturer or supplier, then the
cemetery assigns to the Owner any such representations or warranties for the purpose of
providing privity with said manufacturer or supplier.
CONDUCT OF PERSONS WMI N THE CEMETERY
ADVERTISING AND NOTICES
No advertising, notices, or signs of any kind shall be allowed in the cemetery, unless placed by
the management.
CEMETERY HOURS—GROUNDS AND OFFICE OPEN
The cemetery is open daily from dawn until dusk. The cemetery and/or office may be opened or
closed as deemed necessary by management. Any person found on the grounds from dusk until
dawn may be considered a trespasser. All persons are reminded that the grounds are devoted to
the sacred burial of the dead, and the provisions and penalties of the law, as provided by statutes,
will be strictly enforced.
CHILDREN
Children under sixteen (16) years of age shall not be permitted within the cemetery, or its
buildings, unless accompanied by an adult, or with specific permission of the management.
CONDUCT
Boisterous or unseemly conduct that would disturb the quiet and good order of the cemetery
shall not be permitted in the cemetery, or in any of its buildings. Walking,jogging, and bicycling
are permitted on streets and roads during times the cemetery gates are open.
CONSUMPTION WITHIN CEMETERY
The possession or consumption of illegal drugs or alcoholic beverages within the cemetery is
strictly forbidden.
FIREARMS
No firearms shall be permitted within the cemetery except on special permit from the
management or duly constituted authorities. Management permits exceptions to this for law
enforcement personnel, U. S. military honor guards at military committal services.
IMPROPRIETIES
It is of the utmost importance that there should be strict observance of all of the proprieties of the
cemetery, whether embraced in these rules or not, as no improprieties shall he allowed, and the
management shall have power to prevent improper assemblages.
LINHTATIONS—OTHER
All persons are prohibited from gathering flowers, either wild or cultivated, or breaking trees,
shrubbery or plants, or disturbing birds or other animal life.
The cemetery reserves to itself and to those lawfully entitled thereto, a perpetual right of ingress
and egress over interment spaces for the purpose of passage to and from other interment spaces.
Except as may be necessary to gain access to other interment spaces within the cemetery, persons
within the cemetery grounds shall use only the avenues, walkways and roads. All persons are
strictly forbidden to break or injure any tree or shrub, or mar any landmark, marker or memorial
or in any way deface the grounds of the cemetery.
LOITERING PROHIBITED
No person shall be permitted to loiter in the cemetery, or in any of its buildings.
PETS
No pets shall be permitted in the cemetery except on a leash and in the control of the owners.
Owners walking dogs in the cemetery we expected to carry supplies to pick up any solid waste
left by their animal on cemetery property, and remove this waste from the cemetery entirely.
Guide dogs for the visually impaired we permitted.
RUBBISH
The throwing of rubbish on the roads, drives, paths, parking lots, or on any part of the grounds,
or in the buildings, is prohibited.
RULES—ENFORCED BY
The management, its employees, and all others designated by management are hereby
empowered to enforce all Rules and Regulations, and to exclude from the property of the
cemetery any person violating the same. The management shall have charge of the ground and
buildings, and at all times shall have supervision and control of all persons in the cemetery,
including the conduct of funerals, traffic, employees, lot owners,tourists, and visitors.
SMOKING
Anyone smoking on the grounds of the cemetery is expected to make sure the tobacco is
extinguished properly. Smoking in the public buildings is prohibited.
SOLICITING OR PEDDLING
Soliciting or peddling the sale of any commodity by third persons is prohibited within the
confines of the cemetery, except with the expressed permission of the management. No sign
indicating that a space, lot, crypt, niche, or other structure is for sale will be permitted on the
grounds.
TRESPASSERS ON CEMETERY
The management deems the cemetery to be sacred and must be treated accordingly by all who
visit. The right is reserved by management to refuse entrance to any person, to expel from the
grounds anyone violating the rules, and to refuse admittance of any material or merchandise.
VEHICLES
Vehicles shall not be driven through the grounds of the cemetery at a speed greater than fifteen
(15) miles per hour, and must be kept on the right hand side of the cemetery roadway. Vehicles
are not allowed to park or to come to a full stop in front of an open grave unless such
automobiles are in attendance at the funeral. Vehicles are prohibited on common cemetery green
property and on all walks.
No unlicensed vehicles are permitted in the cemetery, unless owned by the cemetery and
operated in performing the duties of the cemetery, without written authorization of the
management.
CEMETERY MEMORIAL REGULATIONS
CEMETERY—NOT RESPONSIBLE
The management takes reasonable precaution to protect lot owners, and the property rights of lot
owners within the cemetery, from loss or damage; but the cemetery distinctly disclaims all
responsibility for loss or damage from causes beyond its reasonable control, and, especially,
from damage caused by the elements, acts of God, a common enemy, thieves, vandals, strikers,
malicious mischief makers, riots, or orders of any military or civil authority,whether the damage
be direct or collateral (other than as herein provided.)
CRAFPMANSHIP—BRONZE
Memorials shall be free from scale, sand holes, pits, pinholes and other imperfections, which
mark the appearance of or impair the usefulness and stability of the finished memorial tablet. All
ornaments, letters and background shall be clean and sharp and all edges true and accurate.
Ornaments and letters must be handchased, tooled and burnished appropriately for a memorial
tablet.
DESIGN AND FINISH
1. Memorial dealers shall be required to famish the management for approval a blue print or
sketch of the proposed memorial, specifying size, location on lot, inscription, quality of stone,
and purchaser name of said stone. Lot owner must approve monument purchased by 3rd party
before monument installation.
2. Management shall have authority to reject any plan or design for any memorial which, on
account of size, design, inscription, kin or quality of stone is (in the opinion of the management)
unsuited to the lot on which it is to be placed.
3. The management reserves the right to stop all work of any nature, whenever, in its opinion,
property preparations therefore have not been made; or when tools and machinery are
insufficient or defective; or when work is being executed in such a manner as to threaten life or
property; or when the monument dealer has been guilty of misrepresentation; or when any
reasonable request on the pan of the management is disregarded; or when work is not being
executed according to specifications; or when any person employed on the work site violates any
rule of the cemetery.
4. The completed work is subject to the approval of the management, and, if unsatisfactory, may
be removed.
5. The name or inscription on each marker must correspond with the name and record in the
office of the cemetery, and no changes shall be made thereon except upon request of the proper
parties and by permission of the cemetery.
6. Duplication of the design of any memorial shall not be permitted in a location sufficiently near
to the original that the duplication is readily noticeable without the written consent of the
person(s)with legal authority and the expressed consent of the management of the cemetery.
7. No memorial showing drill or tool marks, or staining from removal of rubber mat used for
sand engraving, shall be considered as first grade workmanship.
8. Dealer's names shall not appear on any marker.
ERRORS IN PLACING OF MEMORIALS
The management reserves and shall have the right to correct any error that may be made by its
employees or by any other person or persons in the location or placing of a memorial in the
cemetery.
FOUNDATIONS
All monuments must be set on a concrete foundation of no less than 36" deep. All excavations
shall be inspected and approved by management before concrete is to be poured. Foundations
shall be poured at time of excavation. Grass marker excavations must take place day of grass
marker installation. The cemetery reserves the right to enforce a 6 month grave settling time
before foundation excavation and installation.
MATERIALS
1. No lot owner shall erect or place, or cause to be erected or placed, on any lot in the cemetery,
any memorial until it is first approved by the management, and all charges related to the lot have
been paid.
2. The bottom beds of all bases and markers must be cut level and true, and the sides of all bases
shall not be polished.
3. While the cemetery will exercise all possible care to protect raised lettering, carving or
ornaments on any memorial, or other structure, or any lot, it disclaims responsibility for any
damage or injury thereto.
4. No coping, curbing, fencing, hedging, borders, or enclosures of any kind shall be allowed
around any lot or memorial; and no rock, bark or like material shall be allowed around any
memorial, monument, marker, or bench; and no walks of brick, cinders, tile, stone, marble,terra-
cotta, sand, cement, gravel or wood shall be allowed on any lot. The management reserves the
right to remove the same if so erected, planted and placed.
5. No adornments shall be used as memorials or added to memorials that are breakable, such as
glass, ceramics, terra cotta, resin, etc.
6. Monuments shall not be secured to bases as this enhances the possibility of damaging the
monuments.
7. Any memorial benches shall be approved by management for both design and location, shall
be placed on a concrete foundation provided by the cemetery, for which such fees are paid in
full, and be constructed of first grade granite.
MEMORIAL.INSTALLATION
For the protection of all lot owners, the granite quality, size, finish, color and engraving of all
memorials must be approved by the management before any work is commenced. All memorials
must conform to the specifications of the particular section where it is to be installed. Any
proposed memorial that management deems to be detrimental to the appearance, uniformity, or
safety of the section will not be permitted; however, recommendations will be made as to
necessary changes that would then conform to the regulations. Memorial restrictions for each
section are shown on Appendix "A" attached to these Rules and Regulations, and no deviation
therefrom will be authorized without the explicit approval of management of the cemetery.
Before any person, other than cemetery personnel, does any work on any marker or lot,
authorization shall be obtained from the cemetery office. No memorial shall be installed without
this authorization. In every case the charges due the cemetery shall be paid in advance or
arrangements satisfactory to the management are made concerning payment, including, but not
limited to, any other outstanding charges on that particular lot, space, crypt, or niche.
Any recognized monument dealer may be approved by the management to enter on any section,
lot, or space for the purpose of installation of memorials.
In addition, the monument dealer shall provide to the management of the cemetery proof of
general liability, worker's compensation and products liability insurance satisfactory to the
management. Said insurance certification shall provide that the insurance carrier must give thirty
(30) days written notice to the management in the event the insurance is canceled by the
monument dealer.
Memorials shall be installed at such times as the management may permit, dependent upon
committal services and the maintenance activities of the
cemetery. No memorial installation shall take place on blocks where interments are scheduled for
that day, until such time as the interments are completed.
Any monument dealer performing installations of memorials shall insure that the cemetery
grounds are not injured by the installation, and that all excess materials, rubbish, and other waste
is cleaned up and removed from the premises, and that the grass, or other ground cover is
restored; and to insure that the memorial was not damaged in installation.
Upon inspection by the management of the cemetery, any damage to the grounds of the cemetery
must be corrected and the grounds restored. In the event this is not done to satisfaction, the
management shall do whatever necessary to restore the cemetery premises to their condition
prior to installation, and shall charge back against the monument dealer the costs of correctional
restoration. Any balances owed to the management of the cemetery by the monument dealer
shall be remitted within thirty (30) days of receipt of the itemized statement, or the management
shall prohibit the memorial dealer access to the cemetery until such time as the balance is paid in
full.
Memorial installation requires experience and often times special equipment. No person, firm or
corporation, other than recognized and approved monument dealers or management shall be
permitted to install memorials in the cemetery.
Any monument dealer who refuses or fails to comply with these Rules and Regulations shall not
be given the privilege to enter on the cemetery grounds for installation purposes until compliance
is affected.
No final date can be engraved on a memorial marker unless the remains are actually interred at
the gravesite lot. In the event a marker has been placed and an interment has not, or will not take
place at that specific grave lot, and inscription stating "In Memory of may be placed on the
marker, so as to not falsely represent an interment within that lot. With an inscription of "In
Memory of both the birth date and final date may be inscribed. This inscription will allow
cemetery staff to know that the remains are not at the grave site and no official record interment
will be on file.
MEMORIALS—GRANITE
The following standards must be met with granite memorials.
1. The size and dimensions of granite memorials must be within the guidelines of each block of
the cemetery and meet the approval of the management of the cemetery.
2. Granite memorials must consist of good, sound, durable stock and shall be free from seams or
any imperfections.
3. All memorials must have sawed bottoms; monument bases shall not have polished sides.
4. All granite memorial markers (not bases) must be a minimum of 4" in thickness, with granite
markers five feet or longer being a minimum of 6" in thickness.
5. All granite markers will be set level with the grade. 6. In Ground vases or memory rings
containing vases, either free standing, within a Cremorial, or adjacent to or upon a flush marker
or adjacent to an upright marker will not be allowed. Vases constructed of Bronze or Granite will
be allowed if mounted and recessed upon the bases of upright memorial markers and shall not
protrude beyond the base. Footstones will be allowed in instances where cremains we interred on
an existing grave with no space on the existing headstone to memorialize the inumed. Footstones
shall not exceed 2-0 X 1-0 in size and shall be placed on a prepared footing with granite
thickness not to be less than 4".
MISCELLANEOUS
Should any memorial become unsightly, dilapidated, or a menace to visitors, the management
shall have the right either to correct the condition or to remove the same, at the expense of the lot
owner.
No marker shall be removed from the cemetery, except by the management, unless with written
order of the owner and permission granted by management.
No sign or advertising of any description except that placed by the management shall be
permitted within the cemetery.
There shall be no more than one upright monument marking a grave.
The cemetery shall in no way be liable for any delay in the fulfillment of any contract or
obligation, including, but not limited to maintenance, care, memorial work or construction,
which may arise from causes beyond its control, and especially from delays caused by the
elements, acts of God, common enemy, thieves, vandals, strikes, malicious mischief, explosions,
unavoidable accidents, invasions, insurrections, riots, or order of any military or civil authority.
PRODUCERS AND RETAIL DEALERS
1. Retail dealers to secure approval of the management must agree to use only first grade granite
and must guarantee the memorial to be executed in first grade workmanship, with the agreement
that should faults develop within five years due to the setting, treatment or handling of the same
by the memorial dealer, such memorial will be replaced by such memorial dealer without cost to
the cemetery or lot owner.
2. Letter cutters, persons or firms who engage in the business of cleaning memorials (not
connected with established retail dealers already doing business at the cemetery), and all other
persons or firms, must provide satisfactory evidence to the management of their ability to
properly perform the work for which they have been engaged before being allowed to commence
work in the cemetery. In addition, these persons or firms shall provide to the management of the
cemetery proof of general liability, worker's compensation, and products liability insurance
satisfactory to the management. Said insurance certification shall provide that the insurance
carrier must give thirty (30) days written notice to the management in the event the insurance is
canceled.
3. Persons engaged in erecting memorials, or other structures, are prohibited from attaching
ropes to monuments, trees, shrubs, or from scattering their material over adjoining lots, or from
blocking streets, avenues, or pathways, or from leaving their material on the grounds longer than
is absolutely necessary. They must do as little injury to the grass, trees and shrubs as possible,
and must remove all debris and restore the ground and sod to its original condition.
4. Damage done to lots, walks, drives, tree, shrubs or other property by dealers or contractors, or
their agents, shall be repaired by the management and the cost of such repair shall be charged to
the dealers or contractor.
5. No materials, equipment, machinery, or other things for the setting of memorials may be
brought into the cemetery until required for immediate use; nor, when a funeral procession or
funeral is in that part of the cemetery.
6. While a funeral or interment is being conducted nearby, all work of any description shall
cease.
7. Approaching the bereaved and soliciting memorial business within the cemetery is not
permitted.
8. Contractors must adhere to city employee dress code. No music is to be played from vehicles
or boom boxes while working in the cemetery.
DECORATIONS
CERTAIN ORNAMENTS PROHIBITED
The placing of boxes, shells, toys, metal designs, frames, ornaments, chairs, settees, wood or iron
cases, glass, anything breakable, and similar articles upon lots shall not be permitted, and, if so
placed, may be removed.
The cemetery is not responsible for theft or damage to any personal property, including artifacts,
personal effects, etc., placed on or near interment spaces or elsewhere in the cemetery.
CLEAN UP
A minimum of three times a year the cemetery shall have a cemetery clean up when decorations
will be removed according to the following dates and guidelines.
Decorations to be retained should be removed prior to and during these 15 day periods.
The scheduled general clean up dates and specifications are:
March 1"—March 15'h
All decorations will be removed from the grave site This includes flowers in vases and
saddles All shepherds' hooks will also be removed.
July 15" —July 30'h
Ground level decorations will be removed.
October 15"—October 30".
Ground level decorations will be removed.
The cemetery shall not condone or allow the removal of memorial decorations from graves by
persons other than the family of the deceased, with exception being the employees of the
cemetery in the operation of their duties.
FLORAL REGULATIONS
The management shall have the authority to remove all floral designs, flowers, weeds, trees,
shrubs, plants, or ground cover of any kind from the cemetery as soon as, in the judgment of the
management, such becomes unsightly, dangerous, detrimental or diseased, or when it does not
conform to the standards maintained. Shrubs or bushes encroaching upon the interment rights of
others or too tall to shape and trim shall be removed at the discretion of the management. In the
event of any such removal, the cemetery shall have no obligation to replace the removed tree,
shrub, or plant.
Greenwood Cemetery strives to ensure the safety of both visitors and our workers. We thank you
for abiding by the following rules and regulations.
* For the safety of all in the cemetery no glass containers, statuary, ceramics, terra cotta, resin,
exposed wire, toys, balloons, pinwheels or breakable items are permitted at any time. They will
be removed and discarded.
* No more than three floral arrangements per interment right are allowed. The excess will be
removed and discarded.
*Grave blanket, half blankets, wreaths, and bouquets are allowed during non-mowing season
only,and as long as the blankets have plastic spikes. Blankets with metal spikes are not allowed
* Anything deemed by the management to be breakable and a possible hazard shall be removed
for the safety of all.
* Monuments and flush markers are placed at the very head/top of each grave. Flowers and
Shepherd's hooks are not to be placed above/behind the monument or marker. This would, in
effect, be in someone else's grave.
* Temporary cones, wreaths and sprays are only permitted if placed directly in line with the
monuments, either at the side or in front of the monument or marker. Flowers incorrectly placed
on another grave will be removed and discarded.
* Shepherd's hooks are only allowed in areas with upright monuments and only one Shepherd's
hook per monument is permitted. Shepherd's hooks are not allowed in garden areas where
markers are flush with the ground.
* No coping, curbing, fencing or borders of any kind or any rock, bark, or like materials are
allowed around graves, monuments or markers.
* Temporary markers are not allowed.
* No plantings are allowed other than what is planted by the cemetery staff.
* Floral arrangements that are affixed to Styrofoam must be secured to the tripod or base
supporting them. A single wire stuck into the Styrofoam does not secure the floral arrangement.
* The cemetery is not responsible for theft or damage to any personal property or floral
arrangements placed on or near interment rights or elsewhere in the cemetery.
* Please observe the speed limit of 15 miles per hour and do not drive or park on the grass or
sidewalks.
* Thank you for your cooperation.
The management shall not be responsible for lost, misplaced, or broken flower vases. The
management shall not be responsible for any ground level wreath, spray, floral decorations,
plants, or decorations of any kind damaged by the elements, thieves, vandals, or routine
maintenance. The management reserves the right to regulate the method of decorating lots so that
a uniform beauty may be maintained. Management reserves the right to remove any and all
arrangements that, in its opinion, are in inferior condition or out of season.
PLANTINGS
The cemetery shall have sole and exclusive authority with respect to the planting, sodding,
surveying, and improvements within the cemetery.
No plantings of any trees, shrubs, flowers or bulbs will be allowed in the cemetery without the
written permission of the management and without specification by management as to the kind
and location of such planting. Any placed without permission is subject to removal by
management.
In every case the charges therefore shall be paid in advance or arrangements satisfactory to the
management made concerning payment, including but not limited to, any other outstanding
charges on that particular lot or space.
The management shall provide for the planting of 0 nursery items unless other arrangements
satisfactory to the cemetery are made. Plantings shall be made at such times as the management
may permit,dependent upon committal services and the maintenance activities of the cemetery.
POTTED FLOWERS
Potted flowers we not permitted on graves or any part of a lot at any time, without the written
approval of the management.
TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENTS
INDEBTEDNESS
The management may refuse to consent to a transfer or an assignment so long as there is any
indebtedness due the management from the original lot owner or from anyone else in connection
with an interment, purchase of the lot, or for any other reason.
INTERMENT RIGHTS CONVEYED BY DEEDS
Interment Rights will be conveyed to the purchaser(s) by a Cemetery Deed. No deed for any
interment right shall be issued nor shall any right of ownership pass to the purchaser(s), until the
purchase price is paid in full.
RECORDING OF LOTS AND BURIALS
Complete records of all lot owners and interments will be kept at the cemetery office. Because
the cemetery is a municipal cemetery and city records are public, information about property
owners and interments shall be provided to those who inquire. Record requests may be subject to
an administrative fee,which may be charged from time to time by management.
TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENTS
For the protection of lot owners of the cemetery, and to prevent unauthorized transfers and
interments, the management shall have complete records of the ownership of all lots in the
cemetery. Therefore, the following restrictions are necessary and mandatory concerning sales,
transfers, and assignment of all lots: No person shall sell,transfer or assign any lot or any interest
therein without complying with this Rule, and all sales, assignments and transfers contrary to the
terms of this Rule are void and of no effect, and will not be recognized by the management. Any
person desiring to sell, transfer or assign any lot, or any interest therein, shall convey, transfer
and assign such lot or their interest unto the cemetery, and the management will, after checking
its records or making such other investigation as it may deem necessary, issue to the person(s) to
whom the lot owner desires to sell, transfer or convey such lot, or any interest therein, a
Cemetery Deed. Any sale, transfer, or assignment of interment rights must follow any
restrictions within the cemetery.
Interment rights shall be purchased solely for the purpose of personal or family interment or the
interment of the person designated in the purchase agreement, and not for purposes of
speculation. The price received for the sale of any lots, graves, crypts, or niches cannot exceed
the current selling price of like property by the cemetery.
MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS
The management may, and it hereby expressly reserves the right, at any time or times, to adopt
new Rules and Regulations, or to amend, alter or repeal any rule, regulation, article, section,
paragraph or sentence in these Rules and Regulations.
EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
No waiver of any violation of these Rules and Regulations shall operate as a waiver of any
subsequent violation of the same Wile or regulation or as a waiver of any other rule or regulation,
or the violation thereof.
Special cases may arise in which the literal enforcement of a rule may impose unnecessary
hardship. The management therefore, reserves the right, without notice, to make exceptions,
suspensions, or modifications in any of these Rules and Regulations when, in its judgment, the
same appear advisable; and such temporary exception, suspension or modification shall in no
way be construed as affecting the general application of such rules.
SERVABIIdTY
If any rule or regulation or part thereof shall be declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect
or invalidate the remaining Rules and Regulations or parts thereof herewith established.
MONUMENT AND MARKER REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
DEPTH: Measurement of the thickest part of the monument from front to back. "Front of the
monument" is defined as that side of the monument facing the foot or interior of the coffin.
HEIGHT: Measurement from the ground vertically in a ninety degree (90°), or right angle to the
uppermost part of the monument.
WIDTH: Measurement of the monument from side to side, left to right, at the most distant lateral
points as one faces the front of the monument.
Upright Monument Maximum Dimensions
Single Grave-40"W x 16"D x 36"H
Double Grave—60"W x 16"D x 36"H
Flush Marker Maximmn Dimensions
Single Grave—40"W x 12"D
Double Grave—60"W x 18"D
Baby Heaven Maximum Dimensions
18"W x 10"D
New Military Section and New County
Restricted to flat bronze markers(MILT) and flush markers(County)
Oversized Monuments
Oversized monument requests will be evaluated on a case by case basis. If approved, an
oversized monument fee of$400 must be paid to the cemetery before monument installation.
8-8-5: NEW CEMETERIES PROHIBITED:
No cemetery or burying ground shall hereafter be established within the corporate limits of the
city, or within one mile thereof, nor shall any cemetery or burying ground heretofore established
within the city be extended or enlarged; any cemetery so established, extended or enlarged is
hereby declared a nuisance and shall be abated under the direction of the board of health.
8-8-6: GENERAL PENALTY:
Any person who shall be guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be
subject to a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) for each offense; and shall also be liable in a separate suit for the costs and expenses of
repairing any injury or damage named in section 8-8-3 of this chapter.
8-8-7: FINES; DISPOSITION:
All fines, forfeitures or penalties imposed or recovered under the provisions of this chapter, less
the expense in recovering the same, shall be paid over to the city treasurer to be carried to the
perpetual care fund and to be used in the maintenance, improvement and support of the
cemeteries.
8-8-8: SUPERINTENDENT OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS OR SEXTON; NOTICE OF
VIOLATION:
It shall be the duty of the superintendent of buildings and grounds or the sexton to give notice to
the mayor, or his designee of every violation of the provisions of this chapter, which in any
manner comes to his knowledge, and it shall be the duty of the mayor, or his designee to
prosecute promptly all persons who shall be guilty of such violations of this chapter.
8-8-9: GREENWOOD CEMETERY:
(A) Description: The premises heretofore conveyed by the Canton Cemetery Company to the
city in trust for cemetery purposes known and described as follows:
A part of the northwest quarter of section thirty four town seven north range and range four
east of the fourth principal meridian, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the southwest
corner of said quarter section and running thence east fifty three and one-eighth poles to a
stake, thence north twenty four poles to stake, thence west fifty three and one-eighth poles to
stake, thence south twenty four poles to place of beginning, containing seven and ninety six
hundredths acres; also a part of the northwest quarter of section thirty-four in the same
township above named and described and bounded as follows: Beginning at the southwest
comer of said section running thence west forty rods, thence north twenty rods, thence east
forty rods, thence south twenty rods to the place of beginning, containing five acres more or
less; and also a part of said section thirty-four bounded as follows: Beginning at a stone five
chains north and five chains west of the center of said section thirty-four, running thence
west four chains and ninety-two links, thence north one degree east six chains and 60 links,
thence north 83 degrees and 4 chains, thence south 7 chains and twenty links to the place of
beginning, containing three and thirty-eight hundredths acres more or less, be and the same
are, set apart and dedicated to cemetery purposes and uses, to be kept, controlled and directed
by the city, and that the survey and plat of the burial ground above described duly recorded in
the office of the recorder of deeds of Fulton County, Illinois, shall be the legal and
established survey and plat of said burial ground hereinafter named.
(B) Name: Said burial ground as described in the preceding subsection of this section, shall be
called and known hereafter by the name of Greenwood Cemetery.
(C) Rights Of Purchasers: The purchasers or assigns of any lot, under the provisions of this
chapter, or heretofore purchased from the Canton Cemetery Company, shall not be
dispossessed of the same for nonpayment of any taxes, fines or penalties that may be
imposed by any provision of this code, and any such lot may be alienated by the purchaser,
or his heirs or assigns, but the same shall not be used for any purpose except for the burial of
the dead in conformity with the regulations now in force, or which shall hereinafter be
enacted by ordinance of the city, and the owner of any lot may permit, under such
regulations, others to bury their dead on such lot.
(D) Use Of Funds: All money arising from the sale of any cemetery lots in Greenwood Cemetery
shall be reserved as a fund to be appropriated exclusively to the fencing and ornamentation of
said cemetery and for the employing of a sexton in the manner hereinafter provided, to take
care of the same and to perform such other duties incident hereto as the city council may
from time to time ordain in making such improvements therein as shall become proper or
necessary, or the city council shall direct.
8-8-10: MAPLE ADDITION:
(A) Description: The following described territory:
A part of the southwest quarter of section thirty-four, town seven north, range four east of the
fourth principal meridian, in the county of Fulton and the state of Illinois, described as
follows: commencing at the center of said section thirty-four running thence west 941.4 feet,
thence south 614 feet, thence east 941.4 feet, thence north 614 feet to the place of beginning,
heretofore purchased by the city of Canton for cemetery purposes and use, and to be kept,
controlled, and directed by the city.
(B) Name, City Council To Have Charge Of: The said cemetery described in subsection (A) of
this section shall be known and designated as Maple Addition to Greenwood Cemetery, and
shall be under the charge and control of the city council as hereinbefore established, and shall
be subject to all provisions of this chapter relating to cemeteries so far as they shall apply to
the same.
(C) Perpetual Care And Improvement Fund: Forty percent (40%) of the purchase price of all lots
in said Maple Addition shall be set apart by the city council as a perpetual care fund for said
lots and said fund to be controlled and invested as provided for in this code in the case of
perpetual raze funds.
8-8-11: FOREST LAWN ADDITION:
(A) Description, Name: That tract of land lying immediately south of division A of Greenwood
Cemetery, immediately east of Maple Addition to Greenwood Cemetery, and immediately
north of St. Joseph's Cemetery, heretofore acquired by the city for cemetery purposes, is
hereby set apart and dedicated to cemetery purposes and uses, to be kept, controlled and
directed by the city, and to be known and designated as, Forest Lawn Addition to Greenwood
Cemetery.
(B) City Council To Have Charge Of: The said cemetery described in subsection (A) of this
section shall be known and designated as Forest Lawn Addition to Greenwood Cemetery and
shall be under the charge and control of the city council as hereinbefore established, and shall
be subject to all of the provisions of this chapter relating to cemeteries so far as they shall
apply to the same.
(C) Perpetual Care And Improvement Fund: Forty percent (40%) of the purchase price of all lots
sold in said Forest Lawn Addition shall be set apart by the city council as a perpetual care
fund for said lots and the said fund to be controlled and invested as hereinafter provided in
the case of perpetual care funds.
8-8-12: SWAN'S ADDMON:
(A) Description: The following described property, situated in the county of Fulton and the state
of Illinois:
A part of the southwest quarter of section 34, township 7 north, range 4 east of the 4th
principal meridian, a more detailed description being: Beginning 614 feet south of the section
34, township and range aforesaid, thence west 471 feet, thence south 50 feet, thence east 471
feet, thence north 50 feet to the place of beginning, known and designated as Swan's
Addition to Greenwood Cemetery is hereby set apart and dedicated to cemetery purposes and
uses, to be kept, controlled, and directed by the city.
(B) Name, City Council To Have Charge Of: The cemetery described in subsection (A) of this
section shall be known and designated as Swan's Addition to Greenwood Cemetery and shall
be under the charge and control of the city council as hereinbefore established, and shall be
subject to all of the provisions of this chapter, relating to cemeteries so far as they shall apply
to same.
(C) Perpetual Care And Improvement Fund: Forty percent (40%) of the purchase price of all lots
sold in said Swan's Addition shall be set apart by the city council as a perpetual care fund for
said lots and said fund to be controlled and invested as provided in this code in the case of
perpetual care funds.
8-8-13: SHEPLEY ADDTHON:
(A) Description, Name: The following described property, situated in the county of Fulton and
state of Illinois:
A tract of land located in the Southwest Quarter of section Number 34, in Township Number
7 North, Range Number 4 East of the Fourth P.M., more particularly described as beginning
661.5 feet South of the Northeast corner of said quarter section, running thence South 84
degrees 41 minutes, West 1475 feet to a stake, thence South 5 degrees 19 minutes East 435.6
feet to a stake, thence South 85 degrees 34 minutes, East 500 feet, thence South 89 degrees
21 minutes, East 480 feet, thence South 4 degrees 30 minutes, East 90 feet, thence North 84
degrees 41 minutes, East 500 feet, thence North 4 degrees 30 minutes, West 661.5 feet to a
point of beginning, containing 19 acres of land, situated in the town of Canton, county of
Fulton, and state of Illinois, excepting that part of said premises describes as follows:
Beginning at a state set 5 feet North of an iron pin set at the Southeast corner of the North
Half of the Southwest Quarter of section 34, in township 7 North and Range 4 East of the
Fourth Principal Meridian, thence North 4 degrees 30 minutes, West 120 feet to a stake,
thence South 84 degrees 41 minutes, West 500 feet, to a stake, thence South 4 degrees 30
minutes, East 120 feet to a stake, thence North 84 degrees 41 minutes, East 500 feet to the
place of beginning, situated in the County of Fulton, and the state of Illinois, be known and
designated as Shepley Addition to Greenwood Cemetery is hereby set apart and dedicated to
cemetery purposes and uses, to be kept, controlled, and directed by the city.
(B) Name, City Council To Have Charge Of: The cemetery described in subsection (A) of this
section shall be known and designated as Shepley Addition to Greenwood Cemetery and
shall be under the charge of and control of the city council as hereinbefore established, and
shall be subject to all the provision of this code relating to cemeteries so far as they shall
apply to same.
(C) Perpetual Care And Improvement Fund: Forty percent (40%) of the purchase price of all lots
sold in said Shepley Addition shall be set apart by the city council as a perpetual care fund
for said lots and said fund to be controlled and invested as hereinafter provided for in the
case of perpetual care funds."
Section 2:
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon the retirement of the upcoming
retiring sergeant and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and adoption.
Further, the City Clerk shall be instructed to provide to the codifiers of our municipal ordinance
this ordinance amendment for insertion and its proper place and each copy of this code within
thirty (30)days of its final passage.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, at a regular
meeting this 18TH day of December,2018 upon a roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Aldermen Ryan Mayhew, Justin Nelson, John Lovell, Craig West,Angela Hale,
Tad Putrich
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Alderman Quin Mayhew, Angela Lingenfelter
APP OVED:
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DT: