Rules & Regulations

RULES AND REGULATIONS PURPOSE

These rules and regulations are designed for the protection of owners of Entombment, Interment and Inurnment rights as a group. Their enforcement will help protect your rights and create and preserve the beauty of the Cemetery. All owners of Entombment, Interment and Inurnment rights, visitors and contractors performing work within the Cemetery, shall be subject to these Rules and Regulations, and to such amendments or alternations thereto as shall be adopted by the company from time to time. Management reserves the right, at any time or times, with or without notice to Owners, to adopt new Rules and Regulations or to amend, alter or repeal any rule or regulation, or portion thereof. The reference to these regulations and policies in the Deed or Certificate of Interment Rights shall have the same force and effect as if set forth in full therein. In addition to these general Rules and Regulations there are specific Rules and Regulations, Copies furnished upon request.

GUIL-RAND MEMORIAL PARK is organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina

SECTION 1:

DEFINITIONS

The term Cemetery, Company, Corporation, Gardens or Park shall be used interchangeably and is hereby defined to include a burial park or burial estate for the permanent internment of the human dead.
The term Lot, Plot, Burial Space, Space, Memorial Estate, shall be used interchangeable and shall apply with like effect to one (1) or more adjoining Graves, or in the case of Mausoleum Crypts or Niches, one (1) or more adjoining Spaces in a Mausoleum or Columbarium.
The term Interment is hereby defined as the permanent disposition of the remains of a deceased person whether by Burial, Entombment, Scattering or Inurnment.
The term Memorial is hereby defined as a bronze marker with granite base set approximately level with the turf for the purpose of memorializing and identification, or interchanged to mean upright monuments in Garden Section that are specified for their use. The term Marker and Monument are interchangeable with the term Memorial.
The term Interment Right is defined as the Lot Owners’ rights to use a specific space for the Interment of human remains. The term Deed or Certificate of Interment Rights refers to a burial right and burial location and does not infer actual ownership of the Ground Space, Crypt or Crypt Front, Niche or Niche Front.
The term Lot Owner, Estate Owner, or Owner is defined as any person in whose name the Deed or Certificate is registered and recorded in the office of the Corporation.
The term Contractor is hereby defined as any person or entity, which is not an employee of the Corporation, who is performing any commercial work or service within the Cemetery grounds on behalf of the Lot Owner or on behalf of the Corporation.
The term Outer Burial Container is hereby defined as a rigid receptacle designed to encase the casket, or similar burial device. This term is sometimes referred to as a vault.
The term Urn Vault is hereby defined as a rigid container designed to encase the Urn or remains receptacle when interred.
The terms Opening and Closing Fee, Interment Fee and Professional Service Fee are used interchangeably and are hereby defined as the at need cost of various family service and grounds functions associated with the opening and closing of the grave, time of counselor, record keeping by administrative and clerical staff and immediate aftercare to grave space.

SECTION 2:

GENERAL SUPERVISION

The cemetery is a private corporation, and reserves the right to refuse admission to anyone other than Lot or Crypt Owners, or their immediate relations; and, may refuse the use of any of the Cemetery’s facilities, at any time, to any person or persons whom the management may deem objectionable to the best interest of the Cemetery or Lot Owners.
All funerals, on reaching the Cemetery, shall be under the charge of the designated Cemetery official, or any officer of said Cemetery.
Any person or company providing services or merchandise within the boundaries of the Park will do so within the Cemetery guidelines and during normal working hours. Further, the Cemetery must be provided, in advance of any work to be performed, a current Certificate of Insurance for Worker’s Compensation, Automobile Liability, and Comprehensive Liability Insurance, with limits acceptable to the Cemetery Corporation, for any and all work or services to be performed within the Cemetery boundaries.

SECTION 3:

RECORDS

The locations of all Lots and graves are shown by a plat and by a system of recorded measurements from fixed and indestructible landmarks. Every reasonable precaution shall be taken so that in future years the exact location of any Grave in the Gardens can be definitely established. In the event of any dispute over the location, section, or space number of a specific Grave Space, the Cemetery will have the final determination of the location.
Complete documentation is required for any Marker or Memorial installed in the Gardens. Required information such as manufacturer, order number, installer and date of installation is necessary for any future replacement, additions or repairs.
An Interment Authorization with proper signatures and documentation determined by the Cemetery and payment of all fees are required before the Cemetery can complete arrangements of any Interment, Entombment or Inurnment.

SECTION4:

ENDOWMENT CARE

When a certificate of ownership, requiring the payment of a perpetual care fee, is issued, then and in that event the cemetery must remit the amount required by state law or the amount called for in the contract of sale, whichever is greater, to an institution qualified to receive perpetual care funds.

SECTION 5:

MEANING OF ENDOWMENT CARE

The general objective of the Corporation is to build, operate, and maintain a modern garden-plan Burial Estate that will always be a beautiful memorial to the dead and a place that the living may appreciate and sacredly enjoy. Hence, the term “Endowment Care” shall mean all general work necessary to keep the property in a presentable condition at all times. This shall include the cutting of grass at reasonable intervals, raking, cleaning, filling and seeding or sodding of graves, replacement and pruning of shrubs and trees, repair and maintenance of the enclosures, buildings, drives, walks in the different Memorial Gardens.

SECTION 6:

LOTS AND CRYPTS

Lots, Crypts and Niches are sold for immediate or future need only. The Corporation does not recommend or encourage the purchase of space in excess of family requirements.
Terms on Lots, Crypts and Niches sold for immediate use shall be cash.
Persons desiring to acquire Lots, Crypts or Niches for future need and not wishing to pay all cash at time of purchase, may arrange to purchase on a convenient, monthly payment plan; payments to be made in such amounts and upon such terms, as may be mutually agreed upon.
- Upon receipt of initial payment on said Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s), or at any time thereafter, when payments are not in arrears, the Purchaser shall have the right to make Interments or Entombments in said Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s) provided the amount paid to Company is equal to the proportionate principle part of contract for said space or spaces to be used for Interment or Entombment. The payment of such money and privilege of making Interments, Entombments or Inurnments shall not confer upon Purchase any title whatsoever to said Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s), or any part thereof, until all of said amount shall have been paid in full.
- Pursuant to state law, and in the event of the cancellation of any “Contract for Purchase” for default on the part of the registered holder, the Corporation shall have the right at any time after such cancellation shall have become effective, to enter upon the Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s) covered by such contract and to move any body or bodies interred or entombed therein, together with any and all makers placed thereon, to other ground in the Gardens. In such event, all monies paid upon the purchase price of such Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s) shall be retained by the Corporation as consideration for the right to make Interments or Entombment in such Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s) for the occupancy thereof for the time being, for the perpetual right of Interment or Entombment in the grounds to which such body or bodies shall be transferred and to cover the cost of transferring such remains and marker, and thereafter the holder of such contract shall have no right, title or interest or equity whatsoever in, or to, the Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s), so conditionally purchased, or in the Lot, Crypt or Niche from which the body or bodies was removed.
- In lieu of the rights reserved by the Corporation in the event of cancellation for default as herein above provided, the Corporation, at its option, may permit the body or bodies interred upon such Lot(s), or entombed in such Crypt(s) or Niche(s) to remain therein, in which event, all monies therefore paid upon the purchase price of such Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s) shall be retained by the Corporation as consideration for the perpetual occupancy by that body or bodies interred or entombed therein. Of that portion of such Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s) in which it or they shall have been interred or entombed, and thereafter the Purchaser or registered holder of such contract shall have no right, title, interest, or equity whatsoever, in such Lot(s), Crypt(s) or Niche(s) or any portion thereof, excepting only the right of having such body or bodies previously interred or entombed to remain perpetually where so interred or entombed as herein provided.
- In the event the Corporation shall elect to remove any such body or bodies as herein provided the Corporation shall give thirty (30) days written notice by registered mail addressed to the registered holder of such contract at his/her address as shown in the Corporation’s records.
The Corporation reserves a protectorate over each, and every Lot, Parcel Grave, Crypt or Niche sold in said Gardens. That is, no Lot, Grave, Crypt or Niche shall be molested, marred, changed, improved or bodies disinterred, without the written consent of the Corporation. The Corporation cannot be responsible, however, for vandalism, acts of Nature or other such catastrophes outside the Corporation’s control.
A grave space will only accommodate outer burial containers designed for caskets up to 29 inches wide by 25 inches high by 85 inches long. Caskets larger than 29 inches wide by 25 inches high by 85 inches long, (oversized caskets), will require an oversized outer burial container and will require two grave spaces. Mausoleum crypts will not accommodate a casket larger than 29 inches wide by 25 inches high by 85 inches long. Single niches will not accommodate an urn greater than 6 inches wide by 12 inches high by 12 inches long. Double niches will accommodate two urns with total dimensions of the two urns greater than 12 inches wide by 12 inches high by 12 inches long.

SECTION 7:

INTEMENTS AND ENTOMBMENTS GENERALLY

Besides being subject to these rules and regulations, all Interments, Disinterments, and Removals are subject to the orders and laws of the properly instituted authorities of the county and state.
All Interments, Disinterments, and Removals shall be made at a time and in the manner designated by the Corporation. All charges are to be paid in advance.
The Corporation requires at least twenty-four (24) hours notice prior to any Interment, and at least seven (7) days notice prior to any Disinterment or Removal. The Corporation reserves the right to not Inter on certain holidays or occasions.
The Corporation reserves the right to refuse Interment in any Plot, and to refuse to open any burial space in any Plot, except on written application by the Plot Owner of record, or his/her successors in burial rights, made out on blanks provided by the Corporation, and duly filed in the office of the Corporation.
When instructions regarding the location of an Interment space in a plot cannot be obtained, or are indefinite, or when for any reason the Interment space cannot be opened where specified, the Corporation may, in its discretion, open it in such location in the Plot as it deems best and proper, so as not to delay the funeral, and the Corporation shall not be liable for damages for any changes so made.
The Corporation shall not be held responsible for any order given by telephone or for any mistakes occurring by the want of precise and proper instructions as to the particular space, size, and location in a Plot, Crypt or Niche where Interment is desired.
The Corporation reserves the right to correct any error that it makes in performing Interments, Disinterments or Removals. The Corporation reserves the right and discretion to correct any errors that may occur in the description, transfer or conveyance of Interment or Entombment rights either by cancelling such conveyance and substituting and conveying in lieu thereof other Interment rights of equal value in similar location or by refunding to purchaser the full amount of money paid in Interment or Entombment rights. In the event such error shall involve the Interment of the remains of any person in such property, the Corporation reserves, and shall have, pursuant to state law, the right to remove and transfer remains so interred to such other property of equal value and similar location.
The Corporation shall not be liable for any delay in the Interment of a body where a protest to the Interment has been made, or where the Rules and Regulations have not been complied with. The Corporation shall be under no duty to recognize any protests of an Interment unless these are in writing filed in the office of the Corporation.
In sections of single depth Graves, not more than one (1) body shall be interred in a Grave. Exceptions would be a parent and a child, in one (1) casket, or two (2) infants buried in one (1) casket, or when a second right of Interment has been purchased.
Only the remains of a human being shall be interred, entombed or inurned in the Cemetery.
The number of interments of cremated remains shall not be greater than the number of regular Interments permitted on a standard Lot. Any exception to this will be handled as a second right of Interment. No more than two (2) cremains will be permitted in one (1) space.
Second rights of Interment for ground burial may only be exercised after first Interment has taken place. Cremains may only be interred as a second right after the first burial has occurred. Second rights of entombment in the mausoleum are for actual cremated remains only and not for an urn. There is not enough space in the crypt to accommodate an urn in addition to the casket. A casket that has previously been entombed will not be opened for the purpose of inserting cremated remains.
Private Mausoleums and Memorial Benches may be permitted in locations designed by the Cemetery, and the Cemetery has the right to change the location if circumstances warrant. The Cemetery must approve the composition, color, design and wording of all Memorial items.
A rigid Outer Burial Container, Crypt, Vault or other permanent type grave liner is required for all Caskets and Urns buried below ground.
The Cemetery requires that all remains to be entombed must be embalmed.
The Cemetery reserves the right to include in the Crypt any items or materials that it deems necessary to assist in the entombment process.
The Cemetery reserves the right to remove all unapproved floral containers, as well as any other items which, in the opinion of management, detract from the uniform appearance of the Mausoleum.
Management in writing must approve all Crypt and Niche Memorials. All other will be removed.
In order to insure that the beauty and integrity of the Mausoleum(s) remains intact, the Cemetery reserves the right to enter any Crypt at any time, if in its opinion, remedial maintenance is required.

SECTION 8:

DISINTERMENTS AND REMOVALS

Removal, by the heirs, of a body or cremated remains so that the Plot or Crypt may be sold for profit for themselves, or removal contrary to the expressed or implied wish of the original Plot Owner, is repugnant to the ordinary sense of decency and is highly discouraged.
A body or cremated remains may be removed from its original Plot or Crypt to a larger or more suitable Plot or Crypt in the Gardens when there has been an exchange or purchase for that purpose.
The Corporation shall exercise the utmost care in making Removals, but it assumes no liability for damage to any Casket, Other Burial Container, or Urn in making said removal.
The Corporation has the right to require a court order prior to any Removal.

SECTION 9:

SERVICE CHARGES AND DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS

Payment or satisfactory arrangements covering any delinquent indebtedness, due the Corporation, must be made before Interment or Entombment will be permitted.

SECTION 10:

PROPERTY RIGHTS OF LOT OWNERS

PROPERTY RIGHTS: All rights, title, and interest conveyed in any Lot, Plot, Crypt, Niche or Burial Space is, and at all times shall be, limited to a right of Interment of human remains only. Subject at all times to the Rules and Regulations and by-laws of the Corporation, on file at its office now existing and/or which may be hereafter adopted either by amendment or alteration. All of which are conditions, reservations and restrictions, and are binding on the Lot Owner, his/her heirs, devisees, executors, administrators and assigns.
JOINT CONVEYENCES: In all conveyances to tow (2) or more persons, each Lot Owner shall have a vested right of Interment of his or her remains in the Plot so conveyed. Upon the death of a Lot Owner, the interest of the Lot shall immediately vest in the survivor or survivors, subject to the vested right of interment for the remains of the deceased Lot Owner. (1) An affidavit by any competent person setting forth the fact of the death of one Lot Owner and establishing the identity of the survivor named in the Certificate of Interment Rights when filed with the Corporation, shall be its complete authority to permit the use of the unoccupied portion of such Plot in accordance with the directions of the survivor of his/her successors in interest. (2) A vested right of interment provided in these rules may be waived and shall be terminated upon the Interment elsewhere of the remains of a person entitled thereto under this provision. No such vested right of interment shall be construed to give any person the right to have his or her remains interred in any interment space in which the remains of any deceased person having a prior vested right of interment therein shall have been deposited, or to give any person the right to have the remains of more than one (1) deceased interred in a single interment space in violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Gardens in which such interment space is located. Exception will be made in instances of infants, stillborns, and very small children when placed in the same casket.
INALIENABLE BY DEATH OF OWNER: If the Owner of Record dies and is buried in his Burial Estate and said owner has not made disposition of said Burial Estate in his will by specific devise or by written declaration filed and recorded in the Cemetery records, then and in that event, said Burial Estate becomes inalienable (non-transferable) and will be held as the Family Burial Estate of said owner.

In said burial Plot one (1) Grave may be used for the Owner’s Interment, one for the surviving spouse, if any. The parents and children of said deceased. Owner in order of need, may be interred without the consent of any person claiming any interest therein.
In the event there shall be no parent or child surviving such deceased person the right of interment shall go in the order of need; first, to the spouse of any child or said record Owner, and second, in the order of need to the next heirs at law of said Owner as specified by the statues of descent, or the spouse of any such heir at law.
Any surviving spouse and any parent, child or heir of such deceased Owner having a right of interment in such Plot may waive such right in favor of any other relative or spouse of such relative of such deceased Owner, or spouse of such deceased Owner, and upon such waiver the body of the person in whose favor the waiver is made may be interred therein.

If no Interment shall have been made in a Burial Plot, or if all remains of deceased persons previously interred therein shall have been lawfully removed therefrom, upon the death of the Owner, unless such Owner shall have disposed of such Burial Plot in his/her will by a specific devise thereof, or by a written declaration filed and recorded in the office of the Corporation the whole of said burial Plot subject to the right of interment of the descendant therein shall descend in regular line of succession to the heirs at law of the Owner; provided, that one (1) Grave shall be reserved to the surviving spouse of the Owner. An affidavit by a competent person setting forth the fact of the death of the Owner and the name of the person or persons entitled to use such property, in accordance with these rules, shall be complete authority to the Corporation to permit the use of the unoccupied portion of such Plot by the person or persons entitled thereto.
When there are several Owners of a right of interment in a burial Plot, such Owners may designate one (1) or more persons to represent said Plot and file written notice of such designation with the Corporation; in the absence of such notice or written objection to its so doing, the Corporation shall not be liable to any Owner for interring or permitting an Interment therein upon the request or the direction of any registered Co-owner of such Plot.
All rights of Interment or Entombment herein conveyed shall be forfeited and conclusively deemed to have been abandoned by the Purchaser, and any persons claiming through said Purchaser as to any of the Grave or Crypt spaces herein described which shall remain unused ninety-nine (99) years after the date of purchase, and all such rights shall revert to the Corporation or its successors. Provided that if any person or persons having any valid claim to the right of Interment in such spaces have within two (2) years prior to the expiration of such ninety-nine (99) year period filed a written notice of such claim together with a request that such unused grave spaces be reserved for the Interment of Entombment of such person or persons, then no forfeiture and reverter shall take place until such person or persons have been buried elsewhere or have withdrawn such notice and claim.

SECTION 11:

TRANSFERS OR ASSIGNMENTS

No transfer or assignment of any right of Interment shall be valid unless completed on the appropriate Cemetery forms and recorded on the books of the Corporation.
The Corporation may refuse to consent to a transfer or to an assignment as long as there is any indebtedness due the Corporation from the Owner of record.
All transfers of ownership shall be subject to a reasonable charge. Charge must be paid before the transfer is made and recorded on the books of the Corporation.

SECTION 12:

CONTROL OF WORK BY CORPORATION

All work performed in the cemetery, including but not limited to, grading, landscaping, care of plots and roads, planting and care of trees and shrubs, Interments, Entombments, Inurnments, Disinterments, Removals, opening and closing of the graves shall be performed only by the Corporation or under the Corporation’s supervision and control.
If any trees or shrubs situated on any Plot or adjacent thereto by reason of growth of their roots and branches or in any other way, become detrimental to the Lot or adjacent Lot, walks, or drives, become dangerous or inconvenient to passers-by, the Corporation shall have the right to enter upon the said Lot(s) and remove the said trees, and shrubs, or such parts thereto as are detrimental, dangerous, or inconvenient.

SECTION 13:

FLOWERS AND FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS

During mowing season, determined by the Cemetery, floral decorations are limited to bronze vases integral to the Marker or base, or in the case of Monuments, floral arrangement s are limited to those arrangements confined to marble, granite or bronze vases integral to the Monument.
Floral decorations and frames shall be removed from the Interment site, unless taken away from the Cemetery by those lawfully entitled to them, within five (5) days of Interment and will be disposed of by the Cemetery.
The placing of vases, shells, toys, metal designs, ornaments, chairs, settees, glass, crockery, wood or iron cases, similar articles or materials hazardous to maintenance personnel, Lot Owners, equipment or lawn mowers, shall not be permitted and if so placed, the Corporation reserves the right to remove same.
No holes are to be dug in the ground.
Potted plants and special arrangements will be permitted upon Lots and Graves at Christmas, Easter, Memorial Day, and other special occasions. If such special containers and arrangements are not called for in seven (7) days, they may, at the option of the management of the Gardens, be eliminated. Any Christmas Decorations(s) remaining in the cemetery after March 1^st will be removed and disposed of by cemetery personnel.
At times, other than those specified herein, flowers are permitted only in approved Memorial vase assemblies. Flowers in vase assemblies will be permitted to remain until becoming withered, unsightly or out of season.
The Corporation reserves the right to remove any arrangement or container that is considered unsightly.
No arrangement over 48 inches is allowed.
The cemetery is not responsible for loss, theft, or damage to flower arrangements or containers.
Floral arrangements for Mausoleum Crypts or Niches are permitted only in approved Memorial vases. The cemetery reserves the right to remove all others, as well as items which, in the opinion of management, detract from the uniform appearance of the Mausoleum.

SECTION 14:

ROADWAYS AND REPLATTING

The right to enlarge, replace, replat, and/or change the boundaries or grading of the Gardens or of a section or sections from time to time, including the right to modify and/or change the locations of or remove or regrade roads, drives and/or walks, or any part thereof, is hereby expressly reserved. The right to lay, maintain, and operate, or alter or change pipe lines and/or gutters for sprinkling systems, drainage, lakes, etc., is also expressly reserved. The right to prepare to inter and to inter human remains or for anything necessary, incidental or convenient thereto is expressly reserved. The Corporation reserves to itself and to those lawfully entitled thereto, a perpetual right of ingress and egress over Plots for the purpose of passage to and from other Plots.
No easement or right of Interment is granted to any Plot Owner in any road, drive, alley, or walk within the Gardens, but such road, drive, alley, or walk may be used as a means of access to the Gardens or buildings as long as the Corporation devotes it to that purpose.

SECTION 15:

GRATUITIES

No person, while employed by the Corporation, shall receive any fee, gratuity, or commission, except from the Corporation, either directly or indirectly.

SECTION 16:

PROTECTION AGAINST LOSS

The Corporation shall take reasonable precaution to protect Plot and Crypt Owners and the rights of Plot and Crypt Owners, within the Gardens, from loss or damage; but it distinctly disclaims all responsibility for loss or damage from vandalism or causes beyond its reasonable control, and especially, from damage caused by acts of nature, explosions, unavoidable accidents, invasions, insurrections, riots, order of any military or civil authority, whether the damage be direct or collateral, other than as herein provided.

SECTION 17:

CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF LOT OWNERS

It shall be the duty of the Lot Owner to notify the Corporation of any change in his/her mailing address. Notice sent to a Lot Owner at the last address on file in the office of the Corporation shall be considered sufficient and proper notification.

SECTION 18:

MEMORIALS, FOUNDATIONS, INSTALLATION, ADJUSTMENT AND

RE-ALIGNMENT

In order that improvements be kept uniform, the Cemetery Corporation reserves the right to regulate the size and quality of all Memorials and other construction on any Grave or Lot in said Cemetery, and to prevent the erection or placing of any obstruction which may conflict with the regulations, or which may be injurious to the general appearance of the Cemetery, and to remove same if necessary.
Since the placement of a marker is not compulsory, and due to the varying available sizes and selections, an Installation, Adjustment, and Re-Alignment Charge will be made prior to installation of any Memorial.
Only one (1) Grave Memorial assembly will be permitted on one (1) Grave Space. Veterans Memorial exceptions may apply. No Memorial may be set to embrace two (2) or more Grave Spaces except a Companion or a Family Memorial, nor shall more than one (1) family name be permitted on any Memorial unless approved in writing by the Cemetery. All Memorials shall be set on uniform lines as prescribed by the Park, to conform to the general plan of the Park. Minimum Memorial sizes apply and are posted in the Cemetery office.
The marking of each Lot, Grave or Graves, except as hereinafter provided is restricted and limited to flat Bronze tablets with granite Foundations, set flush with the turf, except in areas platted and specified for the sole use of upright Memorials.
Written approval by a duly authorized agent of the Cemetery must be secured before any Marker, Memorial, or Foundation may be delivered to the Cemetery for installation.
To preserve uniform beauty, all bronze Markers or Memorials must meet the following specifications:

Each casting shall be true, free from all weak defects of any character, and imperfections, which would be visible from a distance of three (3) feet. All exposed surfaces must be smooth; no sand-like roughness will be permitted.
Each Memorial shall be cast with integral bosses on the back in locations specified by the Cemetery. These bosses shall be drilled and tapped to receive 3/8” diameter anchor lugs of brass, from 4” to 6” in length, these anchor lugs to be supplied to the Cemetery for the Memorial.
The Bronze Alloy shall consist of:

Not less than ……………………………87% Copper

Not less than ……………………………5% Tin

Not less than ……………………………2.5% Lead

Not less than ……………………………5% Zinc

All other elements in total are not to exceed 1%.

Cemetery shall be liable only to replace or repair any defective materials or defective workmanship furnished by the Cemetery.
The Cemetery shall specify the size and material of all Foundations. Material must be of quality and appearance deemed appropriate by the Cemetery Corporation. Foundation must have thickness of no less than four (4) inches, and surface area must exceed surface area of bronze plaque so as to produce an exposed Foundation surface of no less than two (2) inches on all sides of bronze plaque.
Cameos to be installed on ground memorials are to be the stainless steel type and have a cast/integrated frame/ring. Porcelain cameos will not be permitted on ground memorials. No closed frame cameos will be permitted on ground memorials.

Memorials and Foundations purchased through the Cemetery, and other sources will require and Adjustment and Re-alignment Charge, payable in advance of installation. This charge is based on the square inch size of the total area, and shall be determined by the Corporation, and said charges shall be posted in the office of the Cemetery, and are subject to change without notice.

The Corporation defines Adjustment and Re-Alignment as, but not limited to:
1. Removal of floral arrangements, when becoming dirty or unsightly.
2. All work reasonable to insure a good general appearance of the Marker.
3. Re-Aligning and leveling of Markers when necessary.
4. Resetting of Marker caused by ground swell or freeze as required.

The Cemetery is not responsible for the adjustment and re-alignment for the first three months after installation of Memorials not installed by the Cemetery.

SECTION 19:

INSTALLATION OF MONUMENTS AND FOUNDATIONS

In those sections open to memorialization by upright Monuments, a separate Foundation fee is required.
All Monuments must be finished on at least two (2) sides, except that the base may only be finished on its top with sawed bottom and rock pitch sides.
Slant face Memorials are not allowed.
Monuments are required to be installed on a granite Foundation cover flush with the ground creating a two (2) inch border around the base of the Monument.
The Monument must be of an approved size, color and finish and must not exceed 85% of the overall width of the Lot.
Minimum Memorial sizes apply and are posted in the Cemetery office.
Single Monuments are not allowed, except for individual Markers flush with the ground as provided below. Any exception must be approved in writing by management.
Individual Markers of an appropriate size and finish are allowed at the foot of the grave. Because of the difficulty of maintenance, vases are not allowed for individual foot Markers. Markers must be flush with the ground. No granite Foundation is required. A granite base is always required for a bronzed memorial.
The Installation, Adjustment and Re-Alignment charge applies to the square inches comprised on the length and width of the granite Foundation. See Rules and Regulations.
All Memorials shall be set on uniform lines as prescribed by the Cemetery, to conform to the general plan of the Cemetery.
All Monuments must have a base separate from the tablet, at least six (6) inches in height and one (1) foot in width.
Installation of Monuments and Foundations by sources other than the Cemetery must be performed within Cemetery guidelines and comply with the Cemetery specifications. Foundations must meet the following minimum requirements:

Granite Foundation covers, which extend two (2) inches beyond the base on all sides are required.
Concrete Foundations must be poured to a minimum depth of six (6) inches below the granite Foundation. Only poured in place concrete Foundations may be used.
After the Foundation is poured, it must be allowed a minimum of five (5) days to cure prior to the installation of the Monument.

The Cemetery reserves the right not to install Monuments not sold by the Cemetery. Guidelines and specifications are available in the office for Outside Installers.

SECTION 20:

INSTALLATION OF MARKERS AND FOUNDATIONS

Installation is defined by the Corporation as, but not limited to:

Locating and surveying location of Marker Foundation in accordance with specifications.
Aligning of Marker and Foundation with existing Memorials and Foundations in accordance with specifications.
Placement of Marker and Foundation at proper ground level and aligning with specifications.
Specifications are available at the office of the Cemetery.
Removal to specified area all excess dirt from excavation, complete cleanup of Lots surrounding placement area, repair of any property damage to surrounding area of placement, cleanup of Marker and Foundation.

An installation fee must be paid in advance on Memorials and Foundations installed by the Cemetery. This fee is based on the square inch size of the total area, and shall be determined by the Cemetery. Said charge shall be posted in the Cemetery office and is subject to change without notice.
The Cemetery reserves the right to not install Memorials not sold by the Cemetery. Guidelines and specifications are available in the office of the Cemetery for Outside Installers.
Installers who are not employees of the Cemetery are referred to as Outside Installers. They must operate within the Cemetery guidelines and specifications while working within the Cemetery boundaries.
The Cemetery reserves the right to locate and properly identify the Lot location for placement of the Memorial and Foundation and record administrative information in the records of the Cemetery for Memorials and Foundations to be installed by sources other than by the Cemetery. An Outside Installer must pay an Administrative and Inspection Fee to the Cemetery prior to installation. These fees are posted in the Cemetery office and are subject to change without notice.
The Cemetery reserves the right to inspect the completed work as outlined and make the determination if work was performed completely and in accordance with the Cemetery guidelines.
Advance notice of actual work to be performed is required by the Cemetery. Work will be performed at a mutually agreed time.
Outside installer must furnish documentation of said Memorial and Foundation to Cemetery for record keeping purposes prior to installation.
No Memorial or Foundation shall be installed without authorization of the proper Owner or Owners of record.
When a memorial is purchased through outside sources, the cemetery will not be responsible for any defects, errors, omissions, scrolls or future lettering.
When a memorial needs to be temporarily removed to facilitate the opening of a grave, it will be the responsibility of the vendor who sold the memorial to perform the memorial removal. In most cases the removal will need to take place within 24 hours of the vendor being notified. In the event this applies to a memorial that has been installed by an outside vendor, the memorial may not be stored on the property of the cemetery. A memorial installation permit must be completed and accepted by the cemetery prior to the re-installation taking place. The cemetery has the responsibility of scheduling the time of re-installation of the memorial.
If Memorials and Foundations are installed by sources other than the Cemetery, the Outside Installer must submit to the Corporation, in advance, a current Certificate of Insurance for:

WORKER’S COMPENSATION:

Waivers of this coverage will not be allowed.

AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY INSURANCE:

Comprehensive Automobile Liability Insurance covering owned, borrowed, non-owned, and hired vehicles. Minimum coverage of each occurrence of bodily injury and property damage required in the amount of $1,000,000.00.

COMPREHENSIVE LIABILITY INSURANCE:

Standard Comprehensive General Liability insurance covering Premises Operation, Contractual Liability, Personal and Advertising limits, Products and Completed Operations is required. Minimum coverage of each occurrence of bodily injury and property damage required in the amount of $1,000,000.00

The Installer’s Insurance Carrier must notify the Cemetery (30) days in advance, of any cancellation or material changes in the Installer’s coverage.

The Cemetery Corporation shall be indemnified in the following manner:

The Outside Installer shall be responsible for any liability arising out of its employees and/or its employee’s work at the Cemetery.
The outside installer shall indemnify and hold harmless the cemetery corporation against claims for bodily injury, property damage or professional negligence which arises in connection with the performance and actions of the outside installer, his employees, agents or subcontractors.

Odd shaped or unusual Memorials will not be permitted in the cemetery without prior written approval of cemetery management. A reasonable charge will be made to cover any special handling of odd or unusual memorials. A charge for continuing care of odd or unusual memorials may be required before installation.
Temporary Markers supplied by funeral homes are not permitted, as they are a safety hazard to visitors, Cemetery personnel and equipment.
For sections where upright Memorials are permitted, the specifications will be available as to design, size, finish, materials, and Foundation requirements in Cemetery office. Installation Adjustment & Re-Alignment, Administrative and Inspections Fees, and documentation of said Memorials are the same as required for Bronze memorials. Fees are based on the total square inches of surface area. Agreements must be signed and fees paid in advance of installation.

SECTION 21:

STATEMENT OF EMPLOYEES

The instrument conveying to Lot Owner the right of Interment, and the Rules and Regulations of this Corporation, now in force or which may hereafter be adopted, including modifications or amendments thereof, shall be the sole agreements between the Corporation and the Lot Owner. The statement of any employee shall in no way bind the Corporation unless in writing and signed by management.

SECTION 22:

MODIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS

Special cases may arise in which the literal enforcement of a rule may impose unnecessary hardship. The Corporation, therefore, reserves the right, without notice, to make exceptions, suspensions, or modifications to any of these Rules and Regulations. Such temporary exception, suspension, or modification shall not be construed to affect the general application of said rule.
The Corporation may, and hereby expressly reserves the right, at any time, to adopt new Rules and Regulations or to amend, alter, or repeal any Rule, Regulation or article, section, paragraph or sentence in these Rules and Regulations.
Guil-Rand Memorial Park was established in 2015 to provide a final resting place for departed loved ones in a uniform, peaceful, park like setting. The rules and regulations set out and contained herein provide reference and guidance to visitors, lot owners and management.

SECTION 23:

CONDUCT OF PERSONS WITHIN THE PARK

Visitors are reminded that the Gardens are sacredly devoted to the interment of the dead, and that a strict observance of the proprieties due such a place will be required, whether or not specifically embraced in these rules. No impropriety will be permitted.
The superintendent has authority over the buildings and grounds within the cemetery. He is empowered by management to enforce the cemetery’s rules and regulations. The superintendent shall have charge over visitors, funerals, traffic, and cemetery employees.
Children are not permitted unless attended by an adult who will be responsible for their conduct while in the cemetery.
Gathering flowers, wild or cultivated, breaking trees, shrubbery, plants, feeding, disturbing birds, fish or other animal life, is not permitted.
Alcoholic beverages may not be consumed within the cemetery.
No loud talking will be permitted on the Gardens’ grounds, and especially within hearing distance of funeral services. No profanity, or persons influenced by intoxicants will be tolerated.
The throwing of rubbish on the drives and paths, or on any part of the grounds, or in the buildings is prohibited. Receptacles for waste material are located at convenient places.
Automobiles shall not be driven through the grounds at a greater speed than fifteen (15) miles per hour, and must always be kept on the right hand side of the road. Automobiles are not allowed to park or come to a full stop in front of an open grave unless such automobiles are in attendance at a funeral. Automobiles must not drive in any portion of Cemetery other than on roadways built and maintained for such automobile traffic.
No bicycles or motorcycles shall be permitted in the Gardens except as may be in attendance at funeral or on business.
No firearms shall be permitted within the Gardens except on special permit or unless in use at military ceremonies.
No signs or notices or advertisements of any kind shall be allowed in the Gardens, unless placed by the Corporation.
Pets are not allowed in the Gardens or in any of the buildings.
Strangers must keep a respectful distance during funeral services. It is not the time or place to satisfy idle curiosity. Be thoughtful and considerate and do as you would wish to be done were you in the place of the bereaved.

Management may take any action deemed legal and necessary to protect and preserve the peace and tranquility of the cemetery and to protect all property within the cemetery. Visitors are urged to report any breach of the rules and regulations as well as any other undesirable conduct.