Julesburg Cemetery (Hillside)

The Sedgwick County Commissioners shall appoint a cemetery board, which shall have the entire supervision, control, and management of the cemetery, and shall be authorized to make all necessary rules and regulations governing the operation of Hillside Cemetery. The board is hereby empowered to handle all monies in the cemetery funds, subject only to state law and the limitations of these regulations, and decisions of the county commissioners, which may be hereafter enacted.

The cemetery board shall consist of 5 members. The members shall be a tax paying resident of Sedgwick County, Colorado.

The cemetery board shall have the sole and exclusive power to regulate and provide for the kind and type of improvements; to regulate the kind or type of stones or markers which may be erected; and it shall appoint a caretaker who shall have the right to enter upon any lot and cut down or remove any obstruction, tree or shrub or part thereof which is deemed detrimental to the cemetery, or unsightly or inconvenient to the public or to adjoining lots, and shall also be empowered to enter upon any lot to make any improvements deemed for the advantage of the cemetery.

OPERATING RULES AND REGULATIONS

Regular meeting of the Julesburg Cemetery District shall be held when necessary to conduct or transact business concerning the cemetery. Any board member may call meetings. At least 3 board members must be present to form a quorum.

The board may adopt new rules or regulations to amend, alter or repeal any rule or regulation.

DEFINITIONS

Cemetery is defined as a burial park for burial or entombment of human remains or cremains.
Interment is defined as the permanent disposition of the remains of a deceased person by earth burial.
Inurnment is defined as the permanent disposition of cremated human remains by earth burial or placement in a niche.
Lot or Plot are interchangeable and defined as one or more than one adjoining burial space.
Grave Space or Grave Site is defined as one single grave space only.
Marker is defined as a memorial or headstone that does not extend above the ground surface.
Monument is defined as a memorial that extends above the surface of the ground.

Deeds shall grant to the lot owner the rights to use such lots for human burial purposes only.

Artificial flowers and arrangements that are not placed in vases or containers that are attached to or part of a memorial or marker must be removed within 10 days following Memorial Day.

Management of the cemetery shall be under the direction of the cemetery board and appointed caretaker.

All improvements or alterations of individual property in the cemetery shall be under the direction of and subject to the consent, satisfaction and approval of the cemetery board.

If anyone desires to add to the beauty of the cemetery by plantings, the board will be very glad to receive contributions of money, trees, or shrubbery. The location for the plantings must receive approval of the board.

The price of all lots shall be available by request to the board secretary. No deed shall be issued without receiving full payment for lots and recording fee. Any conveyance or transference must be done through the board and fees are the buyer’s responsibility.

Grave spaces are to be sold in multiples of two except for single sales in designated area.

No monument, marker, construction, or concrete work of any kind shall be performed without proper authorization of the board.

All foundations should be of concrete of a proper thickness and at least 10 inches longer and 10 inches wider than the base of the marker or monument on all sides.

In case any space owner desires to construct a mausoleum, he shall first submit the design and type and location to the board for their approval.

No interment shall be permitted until the proper death certificate and all permits required by law have been completed. When an Inurnment is made, authorization and information for the cemetery records shall be secured from the board and/or secretary. Only the board-contracted representative will be allowed to open and close ALL burials.

Every earth interment must be made in a minimum of a concrete grave box or concrete vault and an inexpensive manufactured casket done by a licensed manufacturing company. Infant interments must be in a sealed casket/vault combination or any casket under 48 inches.

No body may be removed, moved or disinterred without the permission of the board, given in writing to the secretary. Authorization will only be granted when compliance with all state and local laws has been met. No disinterment of a body will be made without the written order of the Department of Public Health or court order. Fees may be required to obtain proper authorizations. The board assumes no liability or responsibility for any damages to casket and/or vault incurred by disinterment. A location fee of $50.00 shall be required before disinterment is completed.

The placing of boxes, shells, stories, boulders, toys, ornaments, grave covers, or other similar articles is permitted with approval of the cemetery board. Owner of the lot is responsible for the up keep after approval.

The board distinctly disclaims responsibility for loss or damage from causes beyond its control, and especially from damage caused by the elements and acts of nature, common enemy, thieves, vandals, strikers, malicious mischief makers, explosion, unavoidable accidents, invasions, and riots. The board is not held responsible for normal deterioration of the site fixtures from normal maintenance activities.

If a marker or monument, rocks, boxes, shells, stones, boulder, toys, ornaments or similar objects impedes the opening of a grave, the family is responsible for its removal for the purpose of the grave opening. The cost of moving the marker will be the responsibility of the family. The cemetery district is not responsible for any damages incurred during removal or replacement.

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