RULES AND REGULATIONS
of
WOODWREATH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
Sangamon County, Illinois
(Revised May 25, 2005)
The following are hereby adopted by the Board of Trustees of Wood Wreath Cemetery Association as the rules and regulations governing said cemetery.
I. Lot Ownership:
A. Application for ownership of a lot shall be made to the Secretary or his or her designee, accompanied by full payment of the amount, as determined from time to time by the Trustees, required for purchase thereof. Upon receipt of such application and payment, the President and Secretary of the Association shall execute and deliver a deed for the lot.
B. A burial plot owner shall be owner only of a right or easement for burial purposes of one (1) human body or three (3) human cremains, and for no other purpose. As a rule, a burial plot is measured 4 feet by 10 feet (4’ x 10’). In no circumstances will a burial plot be greater than 5 feet by 10 feet (5’ x 10’).
C. Fee simple ownership of the underlying real estate shall be and remain in the Association.
D. No owner of any lot shall allow an interment thereon for remuneration.
E. No transfer of ownership of a lot shall be valid unless and until the transfer is recorded in the records maintained by the Secretary.
F. No person shall have the right to resell a lot to the Association or to receive refund of any part of the purchase price of the lot.
G. Lot owners shall have the right to erect any proper stone, monument, or sepulchral structure thereon, except that no slab shall be more than four feet high or less than four inches thick, and no corner or designating stone shall be over four inches high. All parts of any stone, monument, or sepulchral structure that is above ground level shall be of cut stone, granite, or marble. All such stones, monuments, and structures shall be properly placed on a foundation adequate to keep the same level and erect indefinitely. Further, all such stones shall be placed facing east, at the west end of the lot, and in line, north and south, with the stones located on the lots to the north and south.
H. There shall be no mausoleums or other forms of aboveground disposition of bodies at any place in the cemetery.
I. Lot owners shall have the right to plant trees, shrubs, and plants on their lots, except in Blocks 12, 13, and 14, where owners may make no plantings. However, no planting shall be made that constitutes an enclosure or hedging of over one foot in height. No lot owner shall remove or heavily trim back any tree growing or encroaching upon his or her lot, without first obtaining the written consent of the Trustees. The Trustees may, in their discretion, remove or trim back any tree, shrub, or plant on any lot, if deemed by the Trustees to be detrimental to any lot or avenue in the cemetery, inconvenient to visitors, or unsightly.
J. Floral arrangements, including hanging baskets, both fresh and artificial are welcome anytime. All worn, faded or weathered floral arrangements will be removed without further notice or fifteen days after a funeral, whichever the case may be. Christmas wreaths and grave blankets are permitted beginning at the Thanksgiving Holiday and will be removed between February 15th and March 1st, weather permitting.
K. The Trustees shall have the right to remove any sign, structure, or other item from any lot that is not permitted herein and to remove any inscription on any lot, if any of the same be deemed by the Trustees to be offensive or to be injurious to the appearance of the cemetery.
L. No lot owner shall raise or depress the level of the surface of his or her lot, except for such temporary period as necessary for settlement after a burial.
II. Interments.
A. No interment shall be made on any lot in the cemetery without first obtaining a permit from the appropriate government agency and from the Secretary.
B. No interment of a body shall be made on any lot in the cemetery unless within a wood or metal casket, with such casket to be enclosed in a vault or other suitable enclosure made of concrete or other non-corrosive, non-deteriorating material.
C. All cremains interred shall be within a sealed metal container.
D. No disinterment shall be made unless with the consent of the Trustees, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
E. Any body or cremains interred in violation of these Rules and Regulations is subject to dinterrment by the Trustees.
III. Operation of Cemetery.
A. Lot owners and visitors may enter the cemetery at any hour between sunrise and sunset. No persons shall remain in the cemetery after sunset unless by consent of the Trustees.
B. No vehicle shall pass along the avenues of the cemetery at a speed greater than five (5) miles per hour, and no vehicle shall be driven off an avenue, except for parking of a vehicle alongside an avenue and except as necessary for digging a grave, preparing for or conducting a funeral, or delivering and setting up a stone or vault.
C. No persons shall write upon, deface, or injure any structure, monument, stone, fence, or plant located in the cemetery.
D. No persons shall, by making of noise or by any offensive or improper conduct, disturb the peace, quiet, and good order of the cemetery.
IV. Amendment.
These Rules and Regulations may be amended by the Board of Trustees of Wood Wreath Cemetery at any regular meeting thereof or at any special meeting called for the purpose of making such amendment; provided, however, that notice of any proposed amendment shall be given to all Trustees, in writing, at least fifteen days prior to such meeting.
These Rules and Regulations are adopted this 25th day of May, 2005.
TRUSTEES:
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Agnes Ridder William M. Pfeffer
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Ruby A. Simpson Robert B. Hitt
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Michael G. Neuman R. Edward Cowman