Cemetery

Santaquin Cemetery

Cemetery Clean-Up

Public Works will do a Cemetery Clean-Up the 2nd week of March. Make sure any items you would like to keep are removed from loved one's graves before then. 

 

Key Rules: (For a full list of rules, see the City Code)

  • No animals shall be allowed in the Santaquin City Cemetery unless confined in a vehicle. It shall be unlawful for any person having the care of any animal to allow the animal to be within the cemetery, except physically confined in a motor vehicle or seeing-eye dogs used by the visually impaired.
  • Glass containers and items driven into the ground such as iron, wires, sticks, and pegs are prohibited and will be removed upon discovery.
  • Flowers and other decorations must be confined to the headstone and its cement apron.
  • The Public Works Director, or designee, may remove all floral pieces and/or decorations left on graves longer than five (5) days, including Memorial Day and all other holidays. Floral pieces and/or decorations will be removed without notice when they are deemed unsightly by The Public Works Director or designee.
  • It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or maintain any fence, corner post, coping, hedge or boundary of any kind upon any lot, street, alley, or walk-in said cemetery, or grade the ground or land thereof.
  • No planting of any type of plant material or digging or disturbing of the sod within the cemetery will be permitted. When cemetery employees deem it necessary to remove shrubs, trees, bushes, etc., presently growing due to disease, unsightly appearance, or preparation of a grave, they will not be replaced.
  • It shall be unlawful for any person to place any monuments or markers upon any lot in the said cemetery without written permission from the City Office and under the direction of the Public Works Director or designee. Contractors and others who work in the cemetery must receive permission from the City Office at least two (2) working days before work is commenced.

Burial shall not occur on federally observed holidays, including Christmas, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Labor Day, or on Sundays. Provided, however, that a burial may be permitted on any of the days described above if the deceased died of a contagious disease or if other health or welfare concerns so require.

 

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