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 Barnstable
 Code of Ordinances
 Part IV. Town Manager Regulations
 Chapter 402. Cemeteries

  § 402-6. Special prohibitions.  

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  • A. 
    Vehicles shall proceed cautiously, but at no time shall they exceed 15 miles per hour in any Town cemetery. Violators shall be subject to a speeding fine.
    B. 
    Use of any cemetery driveway or cart path as a thoroughfare shall be prohibited.
    C. 
    Parking is limited to driveways only.
    D. 
    Bicycling, horseback riding, motorcycling, skateboarding, or any other type of recreational sport or similar activity shall be prohibited.
    E. 
    Children under 14 are not permitted within cemeteries for any reason except when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
    F. 
    The disposal of flowers and other debris is prohibited except in receptacles provided by the DPW.
    G. 
    Domestic animals of any type shall not be permitted in the cemeteries, except certified animals assisting persons with disabilities.
    H. 
    No grading, seeding, mowing or fertilizing shall be allowed other than by authorized DPW personnel.
    I. 
    No sod or ground shall be broken without specific authorization of the Cemeteries Foreman.
    J. 
    No flower boxes or fences, curbing, hedges, trees, shrubs or any other similar type of in-ground or aboveground planting shall be placed around or planted upon any columbarium, niche, grave or lot in a Town cemetery.
    K. 
    For safety concerns of our workers and our cemetery visitors, the following are not permitted at any time:
    (1) 
    Metal stands and hooks (including shepherd hooks and other metal rods)
    (2) 
    Glass; ceramics.
    (3) 
    Any kind of lighting (vigil, solar, digital, etc.).
    (4) 
    Wind chimes; balloons.
    (5) 
    Signs/banners.
    (6) 
    Statues (unless part of an approved monument).
    (7) 
    Toys, pin wheels and stuffed animals.
    (8) 
    No drilling or mounting any items on trees.
    (9) 
    Other inappropriate items.
    L. 
    No crushed stone or bark shall be placed around monuments, markers or cremation garden.
    M. 
    Ornaments of any type are prohibited.
    N. 
    Cremation garden and columbarium. No ornamentation, structural change, or addition shall be made on or about any niche, and the Town of Barnstable reserves the right to remove any such ornamentation or correct any such alteration at the expense of the purchaser without being deemed guilty of any manner of trespass.