Our family is
committed to continually improving upon our standards to give your family a
comfortable, peaceful place to remember your loved one. We strive to maintain a beauty found in no
other memorial park. To maintain the
Cemetery’s appearance, we adopt the following rules and regulations:
Visiting our Cemetery:
1.
Visitors
are welcome in our cemetery anytime during daylight hours. Violators trespassing on cemetery grounds
after hours will be subject to arrest and prosecution.
2.
Speed
limit in the cemetery is 10 miles per hour.
3.
Please
do NOT drive on the grass. If the road
is blocked, please wait for the vehicle in front of you to move. Many areas of the cemetery have burials very
close to the road. Driving on the grass
even a little bit could mean you are driving on someone’s grave.
4.
All
visitors shall move their cars out of the way of a funeral procession when requested
by Cemetery personnel.
5.
The
Cemetery reserves the right to approve all memorials, markers, flowers or other
embellishments to be placed in the cemetery.
6.
Leashed
pets are allowed in the cemetery. Owner
is responsible to clean up and droppings or waste left by their pet. Any pet causing a disturbance or leaving
waste behind will be prohibited from entering the cemetery in the future.
7.
No
alcohol or illegal drugs are allowed in the cemetery at any time.
8.
No
firearms are allowed in our cemetery at any time with the exception of official
law enforcement or military duties.
9.
Children
must never be left unattended in the cemetery and must be supervised at all
times.
10. Removal or vandalism of any
decorations, memorials or other cemetery property is considered theft and will
be prosecuted under current laws of the State of Illinois.
11. Visitors are prohibited from
interfering with mourners or funeral services in any way.
12. Any public gathering must be approved
by an Officer of the Corporation prior to the date of the gathering. Any such gathering shall not interfere with
funeral services or visitation by any mourner.
13. NO PEDDLING, SOLICITING OR LOITERING
IS PERMITTED IN THE CEMETERY.
14. If members of the media are present
to document a service, it can be done so only with permission of the family and
in abidance of parameters requested by either the family or the Cemetery.
Memorials:
1. Loved one’s gravesites are located by
the placement of properly approved memorials, paid for by the family. Interment right owners must notify an Officer
of the Cemetery immediately after
placement of a memorial if there is any error in placement so said error can be
corrected.
2. Application (with drawing) of any
memorial to be placed in the Cemetery must be signed by the Interment Right
Owner and approved by an Officer of the Cemetery. If the Interment Right Owner is unable to
sign the document or can not be contacted, an Authorization to Remove Memorial
at Owner’s Expense must be notarized and filed in the cemetery office.
3. No homemade memorials or memorials
that do not meet our criteria as described below can be installed in our
Cemetery.
4. Only cemetery staff trained for
identification of the burial site can determine placement of a memorial.
5. Any unauthorized installation of a
memorial will result in immediate removal of the memorial from the Cemetery and
the memorial will be discarded. The
cemetery assumes no liability for unauthorized memorials.
6. The Cemetery has the right to
repossess an installed memorial if final payment of any outstanding balance is
not made within six months following the installation.
7. Interment fees and Interment Right
Fees must be paid in full before memorial work is installed or interment can be
made, unless otherwise authorized by an Officer of the Cemetery.
8. Monuments, markers and memorials are
the personal property of the individuals who purchased them. The cemetery assumes no liability for their
care and maintenance unless a specific written agreement has been set up in
advance of placement. Cemetery insurance
does not cover privately owned memorials or damages as a result of vandalism,
nature or Acts of God. Cemetery is only
responsible to replace stone or memorial if damaged by Cemetery Personnel or to
refund money paid (less depreciation) as the Cemetery Authority decides.
9. Should any memorial become unsightly,
dilapidated, or a menace or hazard to visitors, the Cemetery shall have the
right to either correct the condition or to remove the menace or hazard at the
expense of the Interment Rights Owner, at the discretion of the Cemetery.
10. Due to the increase of theft in
cemeteries, the cemetery will no longer allow the installation of memorials with
a base smaller than 28” x 16”. Special
allowances will be made for preneed memorials contracted and paid for in
entirety prior to November 1, 2009 and also for select memorials for placement
on graves in our children’s gardens or in cremation burial areas as designated
by the Cemetery. Any exception to this
rule must be approved in writing by an officer of the corporation.
11. Memorials allowed differ by section
and sometimes by grave space within the section. Please contact Cemetery office for a copy of
the Memorial Addendum to our Rules and Regulations.
Other Rules and
Regulations:
1. When purchasing Interment Rights, the
Interment Rights Owner is only purchasing EASEMENT RIGHTS OF BURIAL. Any purchase of Interment Rights does not
include any real estate or plantings.
Said purchase is subject to all of the rules and regulations of the
Cemetery (past, present and future).
2. The Cemetery has and reserves the
right to correct any error that may be made by its employees or personnel in
regards to the location of or placing of a memorial in the cemetery; or in the
location of or interment of remains or cremains in the gravesite of the
Cemetery. Correction of such error will be
made in accordance with the State of Illinois Cemetery Protection Act (765 ILCS
835/14.5)
3. In order to replace a gravesite that
can not be occupied for any reason, the Cemetery will allow selection of
another available space within the Cemetery that holds the same current market
value of the space that can not be used.
Interment Right Owners can upgrade to a space holding a higher current
market value, but the difference in the current market value must be paid by
the Interment Rights Owner.
4. Whenever a space is traded, the rules
and regulations regarding the location of the new space are enforceable
including type of memorial placed, decorations allowed, etc.
5. While a funeral, interment or other
service is taking place nearby, the Cemetery reserves the right to stop all
work of any description.
6. Cemetery reserves the right to drive
over any gravesite, monument or memorial or to move any memorial, monument or
decoration in order to access a gravesite in preparation for interment, to fill
in a grave, to mow, or to maintain our grounds in any other way WITHOUT
PRIOR NOTICE TO FAMILY MEMBERS OR TO INTERMENT RIGHTS OWNERS.
7. Deeds are issued only to those who
pay for interment rights in a lot or section.
Interment rights are separate of openings and closing fees, outer burial
containers, and monuments. All deeded
interment rights are to be sold with a contribution to our Endowment Care fund
as required by law.
8. All interments require a proper Outer
Burial Container. This includes
interments of remains and of cremains.
Cemetery does not guarantee any Outer Burial Container as being
waterproof or water resistant in any manner whatsoever.
9. Interments scheduled are subject to
adverse conditions such as but not limited to frozen ground, severe weather conditions
or equipment failures that may restrict or prohibit burial for the scheduled
time or day.
10. All easements are the sole property
of Mt. Olivet Memorial Park, Ltd. and might be deemed as usable for burial
purposes. This includes road and walkway
easements. The decision to change or
eliminate any such easement shall be at the sole discretion of the Officers of the
Cemetery.
11. All roads, buildings, tools,
equipment, features, shrubbery and plantings installed by our Corporation are
the sole property of Mt. Olivet Memorial Park, Ltd. It is expressly stated that NO Interment
Right Owner has any interest in aforementioned property or real estate owned by
the Corporation.
12. Interment Right Owners and their
heirs are responsible for their Loved Ones remains in the event of vandalism or
natural disaster (such as flooding) to pay for re-interment of said remains in
the proper gravesite or mausoleum and any rebuilding fees.
13. The Cemetery maintains the right to
determine whether or not a graveside service can take place or if a chapel or
mock set up is necessary due to inclement weather or to accommodate a safer
location for those attending the service.
If such determination is made prior to the day of the scheduled
graveside service, the family will be notified by the Cemetery directly. If such determination is made the day of the
service, the funeral home will be notified so proper notification can be made
to the family.
14. If a family schedules a graveside
service, they have the right to change to a chapel service for any reason. If this notification is communicated to a
cemetery officer PRIOR to the gravesite set up being completed, the amount due
for the opening and closing will be changed to the chapel opening/closing
fee. If the gravesite has already been
set up, the service can take place in the chapel, but the family will still be
charged for set up.
15. All interments require written
consent of the Lot Owner or their assigns and in some instances a physical
identification of the burial site prior to preparation. Cemetery reserves the right to require
twenty-four (24) hours notice for the preparation of the burial site.
16. New rules and regulations can be
implemented at any time for the benefit of all lot owners and for the
beautification and operation of the cemetery.
