The following is a summary of the Madera Cemetery District’s Rules and Regulations as presented in order that the users and visitors of the District’s facilities may have a basic source of information. The complete rules and regulations can be reviewed at the District office. For this format the Madera Cemetery District will be shortened as follows to MCD. BOARD OF TRUSTEES A five-member Board of Trustees appointed by the Madera County Board of Supervisors for a four-year term governs MCD. They have a fiduciary responsibility for financial planning, overseeing management, and setting District policy and procedures in accordance with the California Health and Safety code pertaining to public cemeteries. BURIAL PLOTS • All property situated in any cemetery operated and maintained by MCD is the sole property of the district, to which no person, firm, organization or corporation shall have any interest or right except as shall be granted by MCD “Rules and Regulations”. • The sale of burial rights shall be consistent with MCD “Rules and Regulations”, provided the sale be made in accordance to that section of the State of California Health and Safety Code pertaining to the eligibility of persons allowed to be buried in a MCD cemetery. • Any religious service may be performed at any burial of any person in any cemetery of the MCD, when such burial has been properly complied with in accordance with MCD “Rules and Regulations”. RIGHTS GRANTED • The sale of burial rights does not convey title but only grants the right to the perpetual use and occupancy of the parcel of land for burial purposes. • No transfer of rights shall be made without prior written approval of MCD. INTERMENTS • Each person, firm, association, corporation, or funeral home requesting a burial must contact MCD and schedule such burial before making public the time of burial. Staff is available by pager to schedule services during weekends. • Burials on Saturday shall be concluded before noon. No burial shall be performed on Saturday afternoon or at any time on Sunday. • Final graveside committal services must not begin later than 3:00 p.m. in Arbor Vitae and Calvary Cemeteries and not later than 2:00 p.m. in Oakhill, North Fork and Raymond Cemeteries. • The purchase price of any plots sold and the fees and/or charges for any and all products supplies or services performed in connection with the interment of any body shall be paid prior to the opening of the grave, crypt, or niche or prior to the performance of any other services to be performed by MCD. OPENING AND CLOSING GRAVES • The district shall open and close the graves for burials in any of MCD cemeteries, and install any and all liners/ vaults/ or urns. • A member of the family of the deceased or their authorized agent must sign a form called an “Interment Order” giving permission for burial and all charges for the services must be paid before a grave will be opened. CASKET AND LINERS • No burials, interments or re-interments shall be made in the cemeteries of MCD unless said bodies with a casket/ urn containing the same is placed in and protected by a concrete liner, vault, metallic or vantage vault, or urn liner of type approved by MCD. • No casket shall be opened before, during or following a service without the direct permission of the deceased family and then only under the direct supervision of the funeral director in charge. MONUMENTS AND MARKERS • Only the size and type of markers as set forth in "Markers and Monuments Rules" at MCD will be allowed. • Only those markers manufactured from granite, marble, bronze, or District markers are allowed. • All setting of markers, bases, or monuments in any MCD cemetery shall be done by MCD staff, according to the current fees on file at MCD. • Any marker set shall have at least two vases for flowers, of the type approved by MCD, placed in the ground, embedded in the a concrete foundation or mausoleum/niche wall in a design to conform to that area. DECORATION OF GRAVES • No plot shall be defined by any so-called fence, railing, coping, hedge, embankment or ditch, or contain any seat, wire work, rock work, monuments, marker, stone or any architectural object, except as approved by MCD. • Persons wishing to place cut flowers on graves not provided with vases shall not use glass or ceramic or breakable flower containers. The cemetery personnel shall not be held responsible for loss or breakage of any type of container. Every reasonable effort will be made to care for flowers and containers placed on graves. But neither MCD nor any of its employees will be responsible for anything of a movable nature that may be lost due to theft, wind or other causes beyond our control. Cut flowers will be removed twice a month. • Funeral floral pieces will be removed as soon as they become unsightly. • Artificial flowers shall be treated the same as fresh flowers during the mowing season. No more than two bouquets will be left on each grave, in the set vases. If the flowers start to deteriorate, cemetery employees will remove and dispose of them. Additional flower bouquets may be placed on the grave for special holidays, for example: Easter, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Father's Day, and Birthday's. They will be allowed to remain for one week following the holiday. • Only fresh, artificial or natural dried flowers shall be placed on Mausoleum/ Niche fronts. District personnel shall have the right to reject any flowers that they feel would stain, mar or in any way damage the crypt or niche fronts. • No person shall place or pour any sand, gravel, rocks, casting plaster, wax or metal of any type in vases, jars, cans or flower containers because of the hazards and safety issues concerning the public, employees and the expensive equipment. • No person shall place any figurines, statues, vases, potted plants, metal hooks, plant hangers, bird houses, helium balloons, pin wheels, toys, candles, containers or any other substance on any marker or foundation, or plot unless so authorized by the rules and regulations or written approval is given.                             2003 - MaderaCemetery.com | E-mail MaderaCemetery.com | Web Design By Designs By Vivid | Affiliates