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 Rocky Hill
 Code of Ordinances
 Part II. General Legislation
 Chapter 105. Cemetery

  § 105-9. Monuments and memorials; vaults.  

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  • A. 
    No monument or other memorial may be brought into the cemetery until a sketch or a blueprint showing the design, material, finish, size and inscription thereon is first submitted to the Sexton for approval.
    B. 
    Workpersons engaged in the erection of memorials, monuments, markers and vaults of any description shall be subject to the control of the Sexton. Any workperson failing to conform to the directions of the Sexton shall not be allowed to continue his/her work.
    C. 
    Notice of the intent to set a monument shall be given at least three days in advance of the work.
    D. 
    The building of monument foundations shall only be in accordance with the specifications for the same as promulgated by the Sexton.
    E. 
    The erection or installation of monuments or memorial markers shall not take place on Sundays or holidays designated in § 105-8A.
    F. 
    The lower base of all monuments must be dressed to a true level on the bottom so as to bear evenly at all points upon the foundation without the use of chips, sprawls or underpinnings. A bed of cement must be spread evenly over the top of a foundation and the base lowered into it.
    G. 
    No chains or ropes may be attached to trees or other objects for the installation of monuments.
    H. 
    All monument foundations shall be installed clear of graves and shall be constructed to a depth equaling that of a single-depth grave, except where a concrete vault is used and a marker foundation may be constructed at the end of the same. Bridging or constructing any foundation for a monument over a grave is prohibited. The provision and installation of all markers and monuments and the bases and foundations therefor shall be at the cost and expense of the gravesite owner.
    I. 
    No monument shall have a height at its highest point measured from the surrounding ground of more than 36 inches. However, upon the approval and recommendation of the Rocky Hill Town Manager, a majority of the members of the Rocky Hill Finance Committee may, in their sole and absolute discretion, approve an application submitted by the owner, or representative of an owner, of a grave site to erect a monument in excess of 36 inches; however, in no event shall a monument exceed 48 inches in height at its highest point measured from the surrounding ground. The application shall be submitted to the Town Manager and shall contain the applicant's name, grave site owner's name, plot number and rendering of the proposed monument showing all dimensions.
    [Amended 2-21-1996 by Ord. No. 177-96]
    J. 
    No memorial, whether an upright monument or block marker, shall be less than four inches in thickness at its narrowest dimension.
    K. 
    Upright monuments shall be made only of granite. Memorial flush markers shall be made only of granite or bronze. No monumental work, once installed, shall be removed from a grave unless approved by the Sexton.
    L. 
    Only one upright monument shall be allowed on each lot.
    M. 
    Each grave shall have a concrete vault of a type approved by the Sexton and installed in accordance with his/her direction. The provision and installation of vaults shall be at the cost of the gravesite owner.
    N. 
    Within the availability of moneys, the Sexton will make every reasonable effort to repair any vandalized monuments.