10-80 ORDINANCE NO. 10-80
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
DELRAY BEACH CEMETERY BY AMENDING SECTION VIII, "CONTROL
OF WORK BY CITY" RULE 1 TO ADD "ALL INSTALLATION OF
GRAVE MARKERS"; AMENDING SECTION XVI, "RULES FOR MEMORIAL
WORK", RULE 1, TO ADD THE WORDS "AND GRAVE MARKERS",
CHANGING THE WORD "PLACED" TO "INSTALLED"; AMENDING RULE
5 TO ADD A SUBSECTION 6 TO ESTABLISH A CHARGE FOR IN-
STALLATION OF GRAVE MARKERS; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACtI, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section VIII, Rule 1, of the Rules and Regula-
tions governing Delray Beach Cemetery is hereby amended to read as follows:
RULE 1. Work to be done by City of Delray Beach - All
grading, landscape work and improvements of any kind; all
care on plots; all planting, trimming, cutting and removal
of trees, shrubs and herbage; all openings and closing of
plots, all installation of grave markers, and all inter-
ments, disinterments and removals shall be made by the City
of Delray Beach.
Section 2. That Section XVI, Rule 1, of the Rules and Regula-
tions governing Delray Beach Cemetery is hereby amended to read as follows:
RULE 1. General - Monuments, lot enclosures, surface
burial vaults, copings, tombstones, tablets, headstones,
private mausoleums, tombs, or stones, of any kind, or struc-
tures, shall not be permitted. Only bronze tablets or
markers shall be allowed, and they must be set level with
the ground at the head or foot of each grave, except in the
case of a family marker, which shall be set in the center of
the plot. The foundation and grave marker must be ~ee~
installed by the City of Delray Beach. No markers may be
set to embrace two or more lots, nor shall double markers be
permitted, nor shall two or more inscriptions be allowed on
one marker, unless specifically permitted by the Management.
The Management shall make all decisions as to whether a
marker is placed at the head or foot of a grave. Unless
otherwise specified the head of a grave shall be away from
the drive or path.
Section 3. That Section XVI of the Rules and Regulations govern-
ing Delray Beach Cemetery is hereby further amended by enacting a new Rule
6 to read as follows:
(6) Charges - installation of the foundation and
grave markers - $50.00
Section 4. That should any section or provision of this ordinance'
or any portion thereof, any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a
Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof
other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 5. That this ordinance shall become effective ten days
after passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading
on this the 25th day of February , 1980.
M A Y O~'R
LEON M. WEEKES
ATTEST:
City Clerk
First Reading February 11, 1980
Second Reading February 25, 1980
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