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 Winter Garden
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 26. CEMETERIES
 Article II. WINTER GARDEN CEMETERY

  § 26-40. Lot improvement and maintenance.  

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  • (a)

    All work on all cemetery lots sold in sections platted and to be platted from and after July 1, 1943, will be done under the direction of the city manager, by the cemetery employees, except when permission is otherwise given.

    (b)

    Work performed on lots to maintain, change, alter, improve, inter or disinter shall be accomplished by employees of the cemetery under the direction of the city manager.

    (c)

    All grading, landscaping work and care of trees, shrubs, herbage and all plantings shall be done by cemetery employees, unless special permission is first granted by the city manager.

    (d)

    Estimates for any special work will be made by the cemetery supervisor upon application, and charges for such work shall be paid in advance.

    (e)

    If any improvement or alteration of individual property in the cemetery shall be made without prior approval of the city manager, he shall have the right to remove such improvement or alteration at the expense of the owner.

    (f)

    Chairs, settees, benches and vases shall be permitted only if properly installed and maintained. Failure to properly install or maintain such fixtures will be cause for their removal.

    (g)

    Coping enclosures, fences, structures of wood and hedges are prohibited. Those structures or enclosures established on any lot prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this section derives which have, in the judgment of the city manager, become unsightly because of neglect or age will, after 30 days' written notice to the owner, be removed by the city at its expense.

    (h)

    No elevated mounds shall be built over graves, and no lot shall be filled above the grade established by the cemetery supervisor.

    (i)

    If any tree, shrub or plant standing upon any lot, by means of its roots, branches or otherwise, becomes detrimental to adjacent lots or avenues or if for any reason its removal is deemed necessary, the cemetery supervisor shall have the right and it shall be his duty to remove such tree, plant or shrub or any part thereof or to otherwise correct the condition existing.

    (j)

    Potted plants, wreaths and baskets shall be removed from lots and graves when in the judgment of the cemetery supervisor it is in the best interest of the cemetery to remove them.

(Code 1988, § 7-41)