REGULATIONS
We hope you will read the rules set forth in the booklet carefully. Their sole objective is to respect, protect and beautify the burial places under the care of the Board, and to ensure the care of the graves in the Cemetery.
It is hoped that any misunderstanding between Interment Rights Holders and the Management of the Cemetery might thus be prevented. We are sure that you will co-operate with the Board in this.
The Board may, from time to time, repeal the rules or parts thereof in such a manner as in their discretion will best serve the interests of the property under their control, subject to the approval of the Ministry of Government Services, Consumer Protection Branch, Cemeteries Regulations Unit.
There is a Business Manager in charge who, along with other Cemetery staff, will be pleased to advise you concerning matters relating to the Cemetery. The members of the Board of Trustees are also available for consultation. It is hoped that every Interment Rights Holder will feel free to consult these various officials at any time.
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OFFICE HOURS
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday or by appointment
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Liability of the Board: The Cemetery Board and the management will take reasonable precautions to protect the property of Interment Rights Holders but assumes no responsibility for damage to any monument, marker or other article of any type that may be placed on any grave.
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GENERAL REGULATIONS
1. Decoration of Graves: Flowers, plants, shrubs and trees may be placed in the Cemetery after consultation with the Business Manager regarding the following general directions:
(a) Cut flowers are allowed on all lots but must be placed in metal receptacles constructed of galvanized or other non-rusting metal. These containers must be set in the ground with the top even with the surface of the ground and covered when not in use.
(b) Rose bushes are not permitted.
(c) Ornamental evergreen shrubs are allowed on all lots of two graves or more containing monuments. They must be placed in line with the monuments and be of reasonable size and shape (not more than four feet high at any time and not interfering with lots on either side). Before purchasing shrubs, you must consult with the Business Manager concerning planting regulations and recommendations relating to type and size. The Board has the right to remove or trim shrubs which do not conform to these regulations and encroach on adjacent lots.
(d) Flowerbeds may not exceed the length of the monument base or exceed 15 inches in width. Plantings are allowed only in front of the monument. Plantings in Cremation plots may only be in front of the marker. Artificial flowers are not permitted in flowerbeds.
(e) Ornaments: Ornaments such as trinkets, glassware, stuffed animals, balloons, stones and decorations other than flowers in flowerbeds are prohibited.
(f) Artificial flowers and monument saddles will not be permitted on any plot from April 15th to November 15th . During the winter months these will be allowed. These must be removed by April 15th each year.
(g) Artificial free-standing wreaths are permitted during the winter months only. These must be removed by April 15th each year.
2. Refuse and Rubbish: Rubbish must not be thrown on the roads, walks or any part of the grounds. Receptacles are provided at convenient points for the disposal of weeds, wilted flowers, plants, wrappings, etc.
3. Hanging Baskets: Hanging baskets will be permitted on a sheppard hook only. Portable urns, glass artificial flower holders and other semi-permanent articles are prohibited.
4. Solar Lights: Solar lights will be limited to one per single grave including cremation plots and up to two solar lights maximum for two graves or more.
5. Picking Flowers: Picking or cutting flowers, wild or cultivated, is prohibited.
6. Picnics and Camping: No picnic, party or camping will be permitted on the grounds.
7. Fences or Railings around Lots: Borders, fences, railings or hedges in or around lots are prohibited.
8. Complaints: Complaints of Interment Rights Holders or visitors should be made to the Business Manager and not to the workers on the grounds. You are assured of a courteous hearing by the Business Manager regarding any problem relating to the cemetery.
9. Trucks: The Cemetery has the right to limit access of trucks and large vehicles during interments due to the narrow roads in the Cemetery grounds, in order to ensure that interments in the Cemetery are carried out in a decent and orderly manner and that quiet and good order are maintained.
10. Monument Installation: Only contractors approved by Cemetery Management are permitted to install monuments and markers and are required to provide a list of all work to be carried out in the Cemetery including the name of the Interment Rights Holder. This list must be assigned to the Cemetery Office before the work takes place.
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PURCHASE OF INTERMENT RIGHTS
TO LOTS AND NICHES
1. Purchase: Interment Rights to lots and niches may be purchased from the Board at the tariff of rates in effect at the time of purchase and according to the plans of the Cemetery.
The Purchase of interment rights entitles holders to the burial of the dead and the erection of monuments, but only in accordance with the rules set out in the section entitled "Monuments and Markers".
The purchase of niches rights entitles holders to inurnment rights and memorialization in accordance with the rules set out in the section entitled "Niches".
2. Care and Maintenance: Fees for care and maintenance, which include maintenance of the grounds, are included in the purchase price of the rights, as specified in the provincial legislation.
3. Transfer of Burial Rights: To ensure correctness of Cemetery records, no transfer of interment rights will be recognized unless written notice has been given to the Business Manager, as specified in the provincial legislation.
4. Resale of Interment Rights by Holders: Holders may only resell interment rights back to the Cemetery, as specified in the provincial legislation. Interment Rights Holders wishing to take this action should contact the Business Manager.
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INTERMENTS
1. Burial Permit: A burial permit, or Certificate of Cremation issued by the Divisional Registrar and showing that the death has been registered properly, must be deposited with the Business Manager before an interment can take place.
2. Notice Required: The Business Manager must be given at least two working day’s notice of an interment need. The Board cannot be responsible for having graves prepared unless such notice is given.
Regular interments are held between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. Special arrangements may be made with the Business Manager for interments at other times. Extra charges apply in these special situations.
3. Employee’s Presence: The Business Manager or an appointed representative will be in attendance at each interment.
4. Holidays: Interments or entombments will not be made on the following days: Christmas Day , New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day and Saturdays. Saturday interments may occur when preceded or followed by a Statutory Holiday.
5. Lower Animals: Bodies of any of the lower animals shall not be placed in any grave in the Cemetery.
6. Disinterments: No disinterment shall be made without the consent of the local Medical Officer of Health, and the Interment Rights Holder, except under an order of the court, as specified in the provincial legislation.
7.Charges Incurred: Persons ordering Cemetery services will be held responsible for charges incurred.
8. Double Depth Interments: Double depth interments are not permitted. The interment rights sold previously with double depth interment rights will be honoured.
9. Interment of Cremated Remains: The interment of cremated remains upon existing graves will be limited to four per grave. A flat marker without base and not exceeding 24 inches by 18 inches may be installed. Any exceptions must be approved in writing by the Board.
10. Graves containing a casket burial - 4 cremated remains are also allowed.
Graves containing no casket - 8 cremated remains are allowed.
Cremation Plot - 4 cremated remains are allowed.
Niche Walls - 2 cremated remains are allowed.
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NICHES
CHAPEL COLUMBARIUM
- Indoor Glass Front Niches-
1. Inurnment: The cremated remains of 1 person up to 4 persons may be inurned in a niche within the chapel columbarium, dependent on the size of the niche purchased; contact Business Manager for details.
2. Decoration of Niche: A framed photo will be permitted along with a small floral arrangement, if desired. Jewellery items of great value may not be placed in niches. Some items may require the Business Manager's approval.
3. Additional Openings: Each subsequent opening of the niche will be subject to additional charges.
4. Entry Access Codes: Each Interment Rights Holder will be issued an entry code to the building allowing access for visitation. The building will be monitored by an alarm system overriding the entry access codes during the hours of 8pm to 8am. Access to the building will be available 7 days per week.
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"A Life of Memories Columbarium"
Chapel Niches
Cremated remains of 1 to 4 persons may be inurned in a niche in the chapel columbarium, dependant on size of niche purchased.
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- OUTDOOR-
1. Inurnment: The cremated remains of up to two persons may be inurned in a niche.
2. Niches Plates: The niches plates used on the niches must be supplied and installed by the Cemetery. Interment Rights to niches may be purchased from the board at the tariff of rates in effect at the time of purchase and according to the plans of the Cemetery.
3. Landscaping: The niche grounds will be suitably landscaped by the Cemetery.
4. Niches Vases: The placing of floral tributes must be in containers available through the cemetery. Contact the Business Manager to arrange purchase and installation.
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WINTER INTERMENTS
Winter interments will be done by the cemetery at the family's request.
Winter interments are available Monday to Friday from 1pm to 3:30pm; extra charges apply.
We restrict those attending to family only as it will not be possible to park a large number of vehicles on the property during the winter.
We require at least 48 hours notice for a funeral. There will be areas of the cemetery where we foresee that we will not be able to work during the winter months due to the terrain. This judgment will have to be made when an actual circumstance is known.
There may be weather days that will preclude a burial and or the preparation of the grave.
We will continue to offer the Winter Vault service as an alternative to winter interments for the benefits of the families and out of town cemeteries.
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WINTER VAULT
During the season of severe winter weather (approximately December 15th to April 15th) temporary entombment will be made in the Winter Vault. Those caskets placed in the vault will be interred the following spring. All bodies placed in the vault must be embalmed.
1. Contagious Disease: If ordered by the Simcoe County Health Unit, persons dying from contagious diseases shall not be placed in the Winter Vault. These bodies must be interred and shall not be disinterred.
2. Removal: All bodies must be removed from the vault by May 15th each year.
3. Opening of Caskets: No casket is to be opened without a special permit from a Medical Officer of Health once it has been deposited in the Winter Vault.
4. Spring Interments: Spring interments are to be completed by May 15th. The Business Manager will schedule all interments and notify the Funeral Directors. Families of the deceased will be notified by the Funeral Director regarding the date and time so they may be in attendance. All interments will proceed as scheduled. Families are responsible for all charges incurred.
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MONUMENTS AND MARKERS
1. Definition: For the purpose of these regulations, a monument shall be understood to be a permanent memorial structure projecting above the ground level. A marker shall be understood to be either a pillow or a flat marker. A pillow marker is not to exceed 8 inches in height with the back being approximately 2 inches higher than the front. A flat marker is installed level with the ground.
2. Limitation: No monument or marker shall be erected until all charges are paid in full. Drawings with dimensions must be provided and approved by cemetery office on all monuments or markers to be installed. Variances must be approved by Business Manager.
3. Material: Monuments and markers shall be of standard granite or marble. No artificial or perishable material including sandstone and limestone shall be allowed. Natural boulders and field stones are not permitted.
4. Foundations: All monuments must be placed on concrete foundations built to the following specifications: not less than five feet deep; not more than twelve inches wide and the upper surface to be flush with the ground. Foundations can be up to 14 inches in width, depending on the location in the cemetery. Some areas in the cemetery will not accommodate 14 inch foundations. Variances to foundation sizes must be approved by Business Manager. All foundation work will be done by the cemetery staff.
5. Removal of Monuments: When any monument or marker is to be removed for cleaning, inscription or renovation etc., written notification signed by the Interment Rights Holder shall be made to the Business Manager regarding the intended removal. Contractors or Monument Dealers removing such monuments or markers shall be responsible for any cemetery damages.
6. Comprehensive Insurance: Proof of insurance must be presented to Business Manager upon entering cemetery for any and all work performed in the cemetery.
7. Monument Base: All upright monuments must be placed on a granite or marble base having a minimum thickness of eight inches. Monument bases together with corner markers and shrubs (ornamental plantings etc.) must not exceed the width of the lot.
8. Monument: Monuments must have a minimum thickness of six inches (D.V.A. monuments excepted) and the monument must not protrude over the end or side of the base. Preferably, there should be a 3 inch margin on all sides around the monument. Checked or cut-out monuments do not comply. See item #4 Foundations for specifications.
9. Number of Monuments: Only one monument or pillow marker is permitted on each single or double grave lot. Plots containing more than two graves may have more than one monument installed but only with the approval of the Business Manager.
10.Dimensions for Monuments: The following dimensions for monuments have been specified in order to preserve uniformity in appearance of the cemetery:
LENGTH OF BASE OF UPRIGHT MONUMENTS
Maximum Measurements
Single Grave 30 inches
Two Grave Lot 60 inches
Three Grave Lot 96 inches
Four Grave Lot 132 inches
Five Grave Lot 168 inches
* Dimensions do not provide for shrubs on end
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Maximum Measurements
Pillow Size Pad Size
Single grave lot 30x16 inches 36x20 ins.
Two grave lot 60x16 inches 66x20 ins.
Three grave lot 96x16 inches 102x20 ins.
Call cemetery office for more details.
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CREMATION PLOT
Maximum Measurements
Single grave 30 inches x 18 inches
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VISITORS
1. Visitors: Visitors are welcome at the Cemetery.
2. Visiting Hours: The Cemetery is open for visitation from 8:00 a.m. until sundown seven days a week. The north gate closes at 4:30 p.m. daily and is closed weekends. The main gate is always open.
3. Improper Conduct: Visitors are expected to show appropriate respect for the Cemetery. Any person disturbing the quiet and good order of the Cemetery by noise or other improper conduct, or who violates the rules of the Cemetery may be expelled from the grounds by the Business Manager or other Cemetery staff.
4. Dogs and Pets: Dogs and pets are not allowed to run at large in the Cemetery and must be kept on a leash.
5. Children: Children under the age of ten years are not admitted to the grounds unless in the charge of an adult who shall be responsible for their good conduct and shall see that they do not run over lots and graves.
6. Firearms: No person with firearms will be admitted to the Cemetery except in the case of military funeral.
7. Vehicles and Speeding: Vehicles within the Cemetery shall be driven with due decorum at a speed not to exceed 15 km per hour. Vehicles must remain on the roadways. Owners of vehicles shall be responsible for any damage done by them or their drivers.
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These revised regulations supersede all previously
published regulations and are approved by the
Ministry of Consumer Services
Consumer Protection Branch
Cemeteries Regulations Unit
Province of Ontario
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