Enlow Cemetery Rules & Regulations
(A) ITEMS PERMITTED IN CEMETERY
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig any grave or make any other excavation, erect any burial vault monument, gravestone, marker, or structure of any character whatsoever in the Jasper City Cemetery without first notifying the City of Jasper Maintenance Supervisor.
It shall be unlawful for any person to plant any tree, shrub, or do other landscaping work in the Jasper City Cemetery on their respective grave space, except such work as is specifically requested from the Maintenance Supervisor and authorized by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City or such work as may be generally authorized or required by the rules of said Board and posted in and about such cemetery.
All floral arrangements or memorials attached to the headstone, must stay within the width of the headstone. Shepherd's Hooks or any such apparatus used to hang floral or decorations must
be inserted into the ground flush with the base of the monument.
No floral arrangements will be permitted on the ground during mowing season from March through November.
The Maintenance Supervisor shall have the right to remove or order to be removed shrubs, trees, landscaping, or anything causing difficulty with maintenance or infringing upon other burial plots, and anything that has deteriorated.
Neither the City of Jasper nor any of its employees shall be responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged items put on the graves.
(B) PERPETUAL CARE
The City shall provide for all plot owners of the Cemetery, perpetual care, which shall consist of, but is not limited to, cutting grass and noxious growths; removal of rubbish and litter; keeping graves properly leveled and filled; seeding of graves; and performing all other work that shall be deemed necessary to meet the maintenance requirements and rules as established by the Jasper Board of Public Works and Safety.
(C) PLACING OF MONUMENTS
Permission for the erection or placement of any monument or grave marker in the Jasper City Cemetery shall be given upon payment of all charges due the City of Jasper, Indiana, with respect to the involved grave spaces. Only the Cemetery Curator for the City of Jasper can mark off the proper location of the monument. Monuments must be placed on foundations substantial enough to carry the weight of the stone. The City of Jasper shall not be responsible for the foundation or the stone after placement.
(D) CEMETERY HOURS
Jasper City Cemetery hours shall be from dawn to dusk daily.
(E) FEES
The cost of obtaining burial rights in a plot in the Cemetery shall be Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00).
The purchase of burial rights in a plot in the Cemetery authorizes the owner the right to inter human remains within the plot boundaries. Title to the real estate remains with the City of Jasper.
Plot(s) shall not be transferable without written permission from the City of Jasper.
All payments required hereunder shall be made to the City of Jasper, Indiana and shall be deposited in the Jasper City Cemetery Fund of the City of Jasper, Indiana.