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Rules & Regulations

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The Bayard Cemetery District has updated their rules & regulations: Keep these items in mind when visiting the either cemetery under the District

1. Flowers and other forms of decoration will only be allowed in an approved vase attached to a headstone. An approved vase is one constructed and installed by a licensed and bonded monument company.
2. Placement of decorations on the ground will not be allowed March 15 through October 31. Examples of things not allowed include, but are not limited to: shepherds hooks, metal or wooden rods, solar lights, toys, glass or ceramic statues or flowerpots. All of these things can become projectiles and cause harm to people and objects in surrounding area.
3. Planting of live flowers and placement of borders of any kind on the ground next to a headstone is not allowed.
4. Memorial Day decorations and potted plants are only permitted on grave sites 10 days before and after Memorial Day.
5. Artificial flowers are allowed in approved vases year-round. Decoration may be placed on the grave November 1 through March 15, if any time before or after these dates they will be removed by cemetery staff.
6. The cemetery shall have the authority to remove all floral design, flowers, weeds, trees, and shrubs, of herbage of any kind from the Cemetery. When, in the judgment of the supervisor, they become unsightly, dangerous, and detrimental, or diseased, or when they do not conform to the standard maintenance.
7. All pets must be on a leash, or properly restrained, and kept on roadways or in common areas. Owner must remove waste.
8. Work performed in the cemetery shall be performed by cemetery staff, or people or companies approved by the cemetery.
9. Cemetery staff will do all burials. Scattering of ashes in the cemetery is not permitted.
10. Lighting of fireworks of any kind are not permitted within cemetery grounds.