Monument & Marker Materials :: Foundations :: Installation
Materials
No material except granite, a good grade of white
marble, cut stone from recognized monument quarries
or standard bronze shall be used for markers
or monuments. Bronze may be used for markers
extending above the grade only if attached to
a granite base. This does not prohibit use of
standard metal markers of the type used by the
Veteran’s organizations.
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Foundations All monuments and markers shall
be placed on foundations of solid masonry. Markers
or bases
of monuments shall
not extend over foundations more than one-half inch.
The top of foundations for monuments and markers
shall be smooth and level and shall be higher than
four and one-half inches below grade for a grass
marker and not higher than two inches below the grade
for all other monuments and markers. Construction
of all foundations and setting of lot corner posts
shall be done only by municipal employees. In garden
or park type sections the top of the foundation shall
be at such height as to permit the marker or monument
to be installed flush with the level of the ground.
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Installation
of Monuments & Markers
Those persons engaged in placing
monuments and markers shall provide planking adequate
to protect
turf and
shall remove material, equipment and rubbish immediately
upon completion of work. The site shall be left
in a clean, orderly condition. Rope or cables shall
be attached to trees or other objects only on the
approval of the sexton. The lot owner or his agent
shall install markers and monuments in excess of
two feet by one foot.
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