Regulations for keeping our Catholic cemetery beautiful and safe · 2020-05-16 · will help keep...

Mt. Calvary Cemetery801 S.W. Westchester Rd.

Topeka, KS 66606

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Regulations for keeping ourCatholic cemeterybeautiful and safe

May 2012

Maintaining the beauty and safety ofour Catholiccemetery• Through theseregulations andthe work of ourdedicated staff,we strive to maintain the grounds efficiently—controlling weeds, fertilizing, and trimming and mowing.We coordinate this maintenance withregularly scheduled clean-ups.

• We take precautionary steps to avoidinjury to our staff and visitors by notallowing breakable containers, wireattached to monuments or otherobjects that could become caught in a mower or trimmer.

• Removal of cut flowers and flowerbouquets. Cut flowers and flower bouquets, even in approved cemeteryvases, will be removed by the cemeterywhen, in the sole opinion of the cemetery, such flowers or bouquetshave become unsightly or withered, or otherwise are no longer attractive.

• Because the cemetery is open to thepublic with many people visiting annually, it is very difficult to controlthe activities of every visitor.We regretthat we cannot guarantee that decora-tions will be protected from damageor loss. We caution you against leavingany items of sentimental or monetaryvalue on your lot.

• Any decorations deemed by management to be in violation of these regulations will be removed anddiscarded without notice to the owner.Cemetery management assumes no liability to owners for removing anddiscarding these items.

A Catholic cemetery

is a sacred place;

it is holy ground.

Our commitment

is to the perpetual

care of the

cemetery out of

respect for persons

who have died and

to provide a peaceful

environment for

family and friends.

The uniform beauty

of the entire cemetery

is our responsibility—

one that we take

seriously and one

for which we invite

the support of

persons who visit

the cemetery.

To keep the

cemetery beautiful

and to promote

a safe environment,

we respectfully

request your

cooperation in

meeting the

following regulations.

Questions? Please call.785-272-0820

Decoration removal schedule

Annual cemetery clean-up – February 15-March 1During this time, weather permitting, decorations that are not in cemetery-approved vases will be removed.

Memorial Day and other holidaysAll decorations, including flags, may beplaced one week prior to the holiday andmust be removed one week following the holiday.

Other year-round regulations• Decorative shells, rocks, toys, statues, wire fences, vigil lights and similarobjects are unsafe and are not permittedin the cemetery.

• Metal or breakable containers or pieces of wire, etc., can cause injuries to visitors or to personnel mowing and trimming, and are not allowed.

• Digging holes in the ground for placement of flowers or any other purpose is unsafe and not allowed.

• Mowing and trimming are not permitted except by cemetery personnel.

• Cemetery personnel plant flowers,shrubs or trees in designated plantingareas. No other planting is allowed.Grass seed or sod is to be planted onlyby cemetery personnel.

Your cooperation with these regulationswill help keep the cemetery beautifuland safe.

Decorations

For upright monuments and flat memorialsSeasonal artificial or live flowers are permitted year-roundin cemetery-approvedvases.

March 8 throughNovember 1 is ourground maintenanceseason. Any containeror artificial decorationthat interferes withground maintenancewill be removed.

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