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26-1729 Amending Rules and Regulations for Longwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery RESOLUTION NO. 26-1729 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LONGWOOD, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR LONGWOOD MEMORIAL GARDENS CEMETERY AND ADOPTING A FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE LONGWOOD MEMORIAL GARDENS CEMETERY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Commission adopted the Rules and Regulations for Longwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery by Resolution 00-1013 adopted on June 19, 2000, which have been subsequently amended by several resolutions; and WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to further amend the Rules and Regulations for Longwood Memorial Gardens and to adopt a schedule of fees pertaining to the Longwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 26, Longwood City Code, the City Commission establishes the rules and regulations and fees for the Longwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery by resolution; and WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the Rules and Regulations and fee schedule adopted herein are in the best interests of the City and the general health, safety and welfare of the public. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Longwood, Florida, as follows: Section 1. Adoption. The City Commission hereby adopts the Rules and Regulations for Longwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery attached hereto as Exhibit "A". The attached Rules and Regulations supersede and replaces all prior versions. Section 2. Fee Schedule. The City Commission hereby adopts the fee schedule attached hereto as Exhibit "B" in regard to the Longwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Resolution No.26-1729 Page 1 of 2 Section 3. Conflicts. This Resolution shall supersede any previous rules, policies, procedures, or resolutions to the extent of any conflict with this Resolution. Section 4. Severability. If any portion of this Resolution is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unconstitutional, unenforceable, or void, the balance of the Resolution shall continue in full force and effect. Section 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS : DAY OF F S)--- , 2026. if',� S E r , nr*--'...7. .k. .• • "I'NA g OitA if ram; , �_`�' . , Tony B6 , Mayor J • ,n t ATTES • .• ' ; o5.=- 3 •• . .•Tjva Liane Cartagena, City Clerk Approved as to form and legality for the use and reliance of the City of Longwood, Florida, only. . )._ /(00,___ Daniel W. LdWecf, City Attorney Resolution No.26-1729 Page 2 of 2 Exhibit "A" Longwood Memorial Gardens _ 929 North Grant Street Longwood, Florida 32750 t.ONGWO• I- F RULES & REGULATIONS Table of Contents Preface Section I. General Rules—Page 1 Section II. Sale of Lots/Spaces—Pages 2 - 6 Section III. Eligible for Burial—Page 6 Section IV. Grave Locations for Burial—Pages 6 - 7 Section V. Burial Regulations—Pages 7 - 10 Section VI. Cemetery Lot Maintenance—Page 10 - 11 Section VII. Memorials& Markers—Pages 11 - 14 Section VIII. Cemetery Time Schedule—Page 14 Section IX. Modifications/Changes—Page 14 PREFACE In compiling the rules herein,the City of Longwood, Florida, has endeavored to safeguard individual interment rights holders, lot owners, families, and the cemetery itself. Longwood Memorial Gardens is sacredly devoted to the interment and memorialization of the human dead. These Rules& Regulations are intended to preserve the dignity, beauty, order, and operational integrity of the cemetery while ensuring fair and consistent administration. All cemetery operations remain subject to applicable federal and state law, including Chapter 497, Florida Statutes, where applicable. The City reserves the exclusive right to interpret and apply these Rules&Regulations and to make final determinations regarding cemetery operations, interment eligibility, ownership documentation,placement approvals,maintenance standards, and all matters affecting the administration of the cemetery. SECTION I. - GENERAL RULES 1. Longwood Memorial Gardens and the Longwood Cemetery,municipal cemeteries owned and operated by the City of Longwood, Florida, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Cemetery." 2. "Business days" shall mean Monday through Friday excluding City-observed holidays unless otherwise specified by the City. 3. The Cemetery is not a perpetual care cemetery unless otherwise designated by the City. 4. The City endeavors to provide reasonable maintenance and care consistent with available resources and operational standards. 5. The Cemetery is set apart for the exclusive burial and memorialization of human remains and shall be used for such purposes only. 6. The City shall not be liable for errors, omissions, delays, damages, or misunderstandings arising from verbal instructions, telephone communications, electronic communications, or inaccurate information provided by interment rights holders,heirs, legal representatives, funeral directors, monument companies, contractors, or other third parties. 7. The City reserves the right to alter, re-plat,modify, improve, grade, regrade, close, or change any portion of the Cemetery when deemed necessary for proper cemetery operations, maintenance, safety,preservation, or development. 8. The City reserves the exclusive right to interpret and apply these Rules& Regulations and to make final determinations regarding cemetery operations, ownership documentation, burial eligibility, memorial approvals, maintenance standards, and administration of the Cemetery. 9. No verbal statement by any City employee, contractor, or representative shall modify these Rules & Regulations. 10. The City reserves the right to establish administrative procedures and forms necessary for cemetery operations. 11. The City reserves the right to temporarily close all or portions of the Cemetery due to weather, maintenance, emergencies, construction, public safety concerns, or operational necessity. 12. The City may suspend, delay,restrict, or reschedule burials, inurnments, installations, disinterments, or public access due to hurricanes,tropical weather, flooding, lightning, saturated ground conditions, storm recovery operations, or other environmental or safety conditions affecting cemetery operations. SECTION II. - SALE OF LOTS/SPACES A. General 1. Cemetery lots, cremation spaces, columbarium niches, and related interment rights shall be sold subject to these Rules & Regulations and all applicable ordinances and resolutions of the City. 2. Cemetery lots and spaces shall be used solely for the burial or inurement of human remains. 3. Persons desiring to purchase cemetery property shall do so through the Office of the City Clerk. 4. Cemetery fees, charges, deposits, marking fees, interment fees, and related costs shall be established and amended by resolution approved by the City Commission and maintained within the City's adopted fee schedule. 2 5. The City may permit cemetery purchases,transfers, affidavits, contracts, invoices, and related documentation to be completed remotely through mail, electronic communication, online notarization,where permitted by law, or other administrative procedures approved by the City. 6. The City reserves the right to refuse, limit, relocate, delay, or otherwise restrict use of any lot, space, or niche where mapping discrepancies, prior interments, operational limitations, safety concerns, environmental conditions, accessibility issues, maintenance requirements, legal restrictions, or other circumstances make such use impractical or inadvisable as determined by the City. 7. The City may, at its sole discretion,repurchase an unused cemetery lot, cremation space, or columbarium niche. Approved repurchases shall be refunded at fifty percent(50%) of the original purchase price paid to the City.No refund shall be issued for any lot, space, or niche in which a burial, interment, or inurement has occurred. The City reserves the right to require proof of ownership and any documentation necessary to verify eligibility for repurchase. B. Pricing(Fee Schedule—Resolution No. 26-1729) STANDARD IN GROUND BURIAL STANDARD INFANT IN GROUND BURIAL Burials Infant Resident $ 800* Resident $ 300 Non-Resident $1,800 Non-Resident $ 600 * Includes City Employees with twenty or more years of service. CREMATION Burials Columbaria Resident $500 Resident $1,100 Non-Resident $700 Non-Resident $1,500 Scatter Gardens (Phase I—Potter's Field) Additional Columbaria Inurnment Resident $50 Resident: $100** Non-Resident $100 Non-Resident: $150** **Includes administrative processing, scheduling, niche opening and closing, record updates, and placement coordination for a second urn within an existing columbarium niche. IN GROUND BURIAL/CREMATION PACKAGE Standard Lot Additional Lot Inurnment*** Resident $ 800 Resident $ 300 Non-Resident $1,800 Non-Resident $ 700 ***Additional cremated remains may be interred within a standard burial lot,not to exceed six (6)cremated remains per standard burial lot, subject to payment of the applicable cremation interment fee for each additional cremains' interment. 3 Each additional cremains interment shall require completion of all applicable City documentation, payment of applicable fees, and scheduling approval. MEMORIAL PLAQUES (3"X4") Memorial Book(Located in Phase IV) Cenotaphs (Located in Phase III & Phase IV) Resident $ 400 Resident $ 400 Non-Resident $ 600 Non-Resident $ 600 Administrative Fee An administrative fee of$50 shall be charged for the processing, coordination, documentation, scheduling, ownership verification, records management, and administrative services associated with cemetery transactions and related services. The administrative fee may apply to purchases,transfers, interments, inurnments, disinterments, ownership changes, affidavits, permits, scheduling requests, and other cemetery-related transactions requiring administrative processing by the City. The administrative fee shall be non-refundable once processing has begun. Marking Fee A marking fee of$50 will be charged to mark for location purposes a grave site or columbarium niche for any purpose except for marking the location of monuments or markers to be installed. Stakes or other devices marking a designated location will remain in place for up to 48 hours following the requested time and date of installation. Should re-staking (or re-marking)be required, an additional $50 fee will be charged. C. Certificate of Interment Rights 1. Upon payment in full and completion of required documentation,the City shall issue a Certificate of Interment Rights. 2. The Certificate of Interment Rights shall serve as the official City record evidencing the right of interment within the designated lot, space, or niche. 3. The Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to execute Certificates of Interment Rights on behalf of the City. 4. The City shall recognize only the person(s) listed on the Certificate of Interment Rights as the interment rights holder(s). D. Payment Plans 1. The City may permit installment payment arrangements subject to terms established administratively by the City. 2. No interment, inurnment, installation,transfer, or use shall occur until payment is made in full. 4 3. In the event of default under a payment agreement, the City may cancel the agreement and retain payments previously made as liquidated damages. E. Ownership/Interment Rights 1. Interment rights convey only the right of burial or inurement and do not convey fee simple ownership of real property. 2. References to "ownership"within historical documents shall be interpreted as interment rights unless otherwise required by law. 3. The City may require documentation sufficient to establish heirship, authority for burial, transfer rights, or other interests related to cemetery property, including but not limited to: o affidavits, o trust documentation, o probate documentation, o Certificates of Interment Rights, o death certificates, o or other documentation deemed o court orders, reasonably necessary by the City. 4. Power of Attorney authority shall not be recognized after death except where otherwise authorized by applicable law. 5. In the event of a dispute concerning ownership, burial rights, authorization,heirship, interment, inurnment, marker approval, or other cemetery matters,the City may suspend all activity relating to the affected lot, space, or niche until the dispute is resolved through written agreement of all interested parties or by court order acceptable to the City. F. Historical/Phase I - Cemetery Ownership 1. Historical sections of the cemetery known as Phase I or the "Old Cemetery" contain limited ownership documentation. Prior to the City's assumption of cemetery operations, ownership records were often established through informal agreements, family recognition, and community practice, as one's handshake was considered a bond and commitment to the purchase of cemetery property. 2. The City maintains a historical plat titled "Property of Longwood Cemetery Corporation," dated February 9, 1957, commonly referred to as the "cloth plat." The City may consider the cloth plat, together with other historical records and documentation, when evaluating claims of ownership, interment rights, or heirship within Phase I. 3. Because formal deeds, certificates, or ownership records may not exist for certain Phase I lots, the City may rely upon historical plats, cemetery records, affidavits, heirship documentation, probate records, family history, death certificates, court orders, or other evidence reasonably deemed reliable by the City. 4. Individuals claiming ownership, heirship,burial authority, transfer rights, or other interests in Phase I lots may be required to provide affidavits, indemnification agreements,probate documentation, court orders, or other documentation deemed necessary by the City. 5 5. The City reserves the right to require indemnification agreements, affidavits, or court orders where ownership or burial authority is unclear. G. Transfers/Buy-Backs 1. No transfer or assignment of interment rights shall be valid without approval by the City. 2. The City may require affidavits, notarized documentation,proof of authority, or other supporting documentation prior to recognizing a transfer. 3. The City may, at its sole discretion, repurchase unused cemetery lots, cremation spaces, or columbarium niches subject to policies established by the City. 4. Fees previously paid may be refunded only in accordance with the City's adopted fee schedule and policies. 5. Repurchase requests must be submitted by the owner of record or the owner's legal representative. No repurchase shall be permitted after a burial, interment, or inurement has occurred. Upon repurchase, all interment rights shall revert to the City. SECTION III. - ELIGIBLE FOR BURIAL OR INUNRMENT To be eligible for burial or inurnment within the Cemetery, one of the following must apply: 1. The deceased is the interment rights holder of record; 2. The lot, space, or niche was purchased specifically for the deceased; 3. Written authorization is provided by the interment rights holder or legally authorized representative; 4. Authority is established through probate proceedings, court order, affidavit, or other documentation accepted by the City. In addition: • All applicable fees must be paid in full prior to interment; • A City-required indemnification agreement must be completed prior to burial or inurnment. Any person requesting burial, inurnment, disinterment,transfer, ownership recognition, marker installation, engraving approval, or other cemetery action shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, its elected officials, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from claims, disputes, damages, losses, or liabilities arising from reliance upon the information, documentation, authorizations, affidavits, or instructions provided to the City. • All required permits and documentation must be provided. SECTION IV. -METHOD OF GRAVE LOCATIONS AND SCHEDULING A. Burial Scheduling 6 1. The Office of the City Clerk shall be contacted at least two (2)business days prior to any planned burial, interment, inurnment, or marker installation unless otherwise approved by the City. 2. Burials, inurnments, marker installations, and related cemetery operations shall be scheduled during normal operating hours unless otherwise approved. 3. The City reserves the right to delay or reschedule cemetery operations due to weather, unsafe conditions, staffing limitations, emergencies, or operational considerations. 4. The City shall coordinate grave and niche marking for location purposes only. 5. Funeral homes, contractors, and monument companies are responsible for coordinating operational details with the City. B. Burial Orientation and Layout 1. All burials, inurnments, and memorial placements shall conform to the official cemetery maps, plats, and layout maintained by the City. 2. Burial orientation,monument placement, and grave alignment shall comply with the directional layout established within each cemetery phase or section. 3. Certain cemetery sections may require north/south or east/west burial orientation depending upon the approved cemetery plat. 4. The City reserves the right to determine final grave orientation, marker placement, and burial alignment for operational consistency and preservation of cemetery layout. 5. Public Works staff shall coordinate location verification and grave marking in accordance with the official cemetery records. SECTION V. -BURIAL REGULATIONS A. General Burial Requirements 1. No burial, inurnment, or disinterment shall occur until all applicable fees,permits, authorizations, indemnification agreements, and required documentation have been received and approved by the City. 2. The City requires a minimum of two (2)business days' notice prior to any burial, inurnment, disinterment, or marker installation unless otherwise approved. 3. All burials, inurnments, and memorial placements shall comply with the official cemetery layout, plats, spacing, orientation, and operational standards established by the City. 4. No mounding of graves shall be permitted. 5. Grave surfaces shall remain level with surrounding grade. 6. The City reserves the right to establish administrative standards regarding burial depth, spacing, alignment, vault specifications, contractor access, scheduling, and interment procedures. 7. The City reserves the right to delay or reschedule burials, inurnments, marker installations, or cemetery operations due to weather, unsafe conditions, staffing limitations, emergencies, or operational necessity. B. Funeral Homes and Contractors 1. Funeral homes, monument companies, contractors, and service providers performing work within the Cemetery shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. 2. Funeral homes or their contractors shall be responsible for: a. opening and closing graves c. repairing damages b. restoring disturbed areas d. maintaining safety e. protecting adjacent lots f. complying with all cemetery standards and City requirements 3. Contractors and funeral homes shall coordinate all cemetery operations through the Office of the City Clerk. 4. The City shall coordinate grave and niche marking for location purposes only. C. Full Casket Burial Regulations 1. Burial vaults or approved outer burial containers are required for all full casket burials. 2. Grave liners shall not be permitted unless specifically approved by the City. 3. Only one(1) casket burial shall be permitted per standard burial lot. 4. Stacking of caskets shall not be permitted. 5. All casket burials shall comply with cemetery spacing, depth, orientation, and operational requirements. D. Cremated Remains Regulations 1. Cremated remains must be placed within an approved permanent urn or container. 2. The placement of cremated remains shall comply with cemetery spacing and operational standards. 3. Additional cremated remains interments shall require payment of applicable fees and compliance with current cemetery requirements. 8 E. Standard Burial Lots 1. Standard burial lots are intended for one (1) casket burial and additional cremated remains as permitted by current cemetery standards. 2. Following a full casket burial,up to six(6)cremated remains may be permitted within the same lot subject to spacing limitations, cemetery approval, and payment of applicable fees. 3. If cremated remains are interred first within a standard burial lot, future casket burial rights may be restricted or prohibited depending upon placement and operational feasibility. 4. The City reserves the right to determine the allowable number and placement of cremated remains within any burial lot based upon safety, spacing, maintenance, and operational considerations. F. Cremation Lots 1. A cremation lot is intended for the inurnment of cremated remains only. 2. A maximum of two (2)cremated remains may be inurned within a single cremation lot. 3. Cremated remains shall be placed side-by-side within the cremation lot in accordance with cemetery standards and spacing requirements. 4. The inurnment of a second urn within a cremation lot shall require payment of the applicable additional inurnment fee established by the City's adopted fee schedule. 5. Cremated remains may be inurned within a cremation lot, a standard burial lot where permitted by cemetery regulations, or within a columbarium niche, subject to applicable fees and operational requirements. 6. Cremated remains may be inurned by: a. a licensed funeral home, b. a contractor authorized to perform cemetery opening and closing services, c. a monument company authorized by the City when installing an approved self-contained cremation memorial, d. or by other means approved by the City. 7. The City reserves the right to determine allowable placement, spacing, container requirements, and inurement procedures within cremation lots. G. Columbarium Niches 1. Columbarium niches are intended solely for the placement of cremated remains. 2. Each niche may contain up to two (2)urns, subject to urn dimensions and operational limitations established by the City. 9 3. Additional inurnments within an existing niche shall require payment of applicable fees and completion of all required City documentation, including updated authorization and indemnification forms. The City may require updated ownership verification, authorization documentation, and scheduling approval prior to any secondary inurement. 4. The City shall coordinate the opening and closing of columbarium niches. 5. Inurnments within the columbarium shall generally occur during regular City business hours unless otherwise approved. 6. Niche scheduling shall occur through the Office of the City Clerk. 7. All engravings, inscriptions, and memorialization shall comply with City standards and approved formats. 8. The City may establish administrative standards regarding: a. urn dimensions, d. scheduling, b. niche capacity, e. and installation procedures. c. engraving requirements, 9. The City reserves the right to approve or reject urn dimensions, engraving requests, and installation methods that do not comply with cemetery standards. H. Disinterment 1. No disinterment, removal, or relocation shall occur except pursuant to applicable Florida law. 2. The City may require: a. court orders, e. permits, b. notarized authorizations, f. and other documentation deemed c. indemnification agreements, necessary. d. funeral director supervision, 3. All costs associated with disinterment shall be the responsibility of the requesting party. SECTION VI. -CEMETERY MAINTENANCE 1. The City endeavors to maintain the Cemetery in a dignified condition consistent with available resources. 2. The City may perform or regulate maintenance, watering, grading, landscaping, irrigation, utility work, and related activities. 3. No planting, landscaping, fencing, edging, or improvements shall be installed without City approval. 4. The City reserves the right to regulate,trim,remove, relocate, or dispose of flowers, decorations, plantings, flags, ornaments, personal items, edging materials, fencing, or other objects that: io a. interfere with maintenance d. violate cemetery standards b. create safety concerns e. are otherwise inconsistent with c. become unsightly the character of the Cemetery. 5. Items placed within the Cemetery remain at the owner's risk. 6. The City assumes no responsibility for theft, vandalism, weather damage, deterioration, or loss of personal items. 7. The City may remove faded flowers, damaged decorations, temporary items, unauthorized objects, or unsafe improvements without notice. SECTION VII.—MEMORIALS & MARKERS A. General Requirements 1. All memorials, monuments, markers, engravings, vases, and related installations shall comply with cemetery specifications established by the City. 2. Memorial markers shall generally be installed flush with the ground unless otherwise specifically approved by the City. 3. Marker dimensions, materials,thickness, installation requirements, and placement standards shall comply with City specifications. 4. The City reserves the right to approve or reject inscriptions, symbols, artwork, emblems, photographs, designs, materials, finishes, attachments, and other memorial features deemed inappropriate, offensive, unsafe, misleading, or inconsistent with cemetery standards or the dignity of the Cemetery 5. The City reserves the right to reject,prohibit, remove, or require correction of any marker, monument, engraving, installation, decoration, or memorial that: a. exceeds permitted dimensions c. creates safety concerns b. interferes with maintenance d. becomes damaged or unsightly operations 6. Detailed dimensional specifications and approved marker standards may be maintained administratively by the City. B. Monument Dealers and Contractors 1. All monument dealers, installers, contractors, and vendors performing work within the Cemetery shall comply with all applicable licensing, registration, insurance, and safety requirements. 2. Proof of licensing and insurance may be required prior to performing work within the Cemetery. 3. Monument companies and installers shall coordinate all installations through the Office of the City Clerk. 4. No work may begin without City authorization. 5. Contractors and monument companies shall be responsible for any damage caused during installation or work performed within the Cemetery. C. Marker Installation Procedures 1. Marker installation requests shall be submitted to the Office of the City Clerk at least two (2) business days prior to installation unless otherwise approved. 2. The City shall mark locations for installation purposes only. 3. Monument companies shall be responsible for proper alignment, installation, leveling, and compliance with cemetery standards. 4. The City may inspect installations and require correction of non-compliant work. 5. Installation work shall be performed in a manner that minimizes damage to adjacent lots, landscaping, irrigation,utilities, and surrounding improvements. 6. ALL MARKERS SHOULD BE FLUSH TO THE GROUND. (NO EXCEPTIONS) Standard Lot (3' 5" x 8') (5' x 10') (with Single Burial) Marker Sizes (Stone Dimension) Single Lot(with single stone marker) Maximum 28" x 18"x 4" Single Lot(with a 24"x 14" bronze marker mounted on a granite base) Maximum 28"x 18"x 4" Two Adjoining Side-by-Side Lots(with double marker on granite base) Maximum 62"x 18"x 4" Three Adjoining Side-by-Side Lots(with double marker on granite base) Maximum 62" x 18"x 4" Exception — Government Markers Marker Sizes (Stone Dimensions) Single Lot Bronze Government marker,nN on granite base' Maximum 28"x 16"x 4" Single Lot Bronze Government marker,wN on granite base 2 Maximum 28"x 24"x 4" Two Adjoining Side-by-Side Lots Bronze Government marker and a Maximum 54"x 16"x 4" matching bronze marker,both on granite base nN 3 Two Adjoining Side-by-Side Lots Bronze Government marker and a matching bronze marker and matching bronze ring,both on granite base Maximum 62" x 16" x 4" wN 4 'No Vase 2 With bronze Vase and matching bronze ring,placement"top center." 3 No Vase 4 With bronze Vase and matching bronze ring,placement left,right,or top center. 12 Standard Lot (3' 5" x 8') (5' x 10') (with additional rights of interment) Marker Sizes (Stone Dimensions) Single Lot(maximum of one marker) Maximum Approved on a case- by-case basis. A SPECIAL DESIGNATED SECTION OF THE CEMETERY IS PROVIDED FOR THIS TYPE INTERMENT. Baby Lot (3' x 5') Marker Sizes 5 Single Lot(rectangular marker mounted on granite) Maximum 28" x 18"x 4 Single Lot(with double interment)6 Maximum 28"x 18" x 4 Cremains Lot (2' 10" x 2') (with single burial) Bronze Marker' on Granite Base 8 Single Space(a single bronze marker 20"x 10" wN 9 or nN 10 mounted on a granite base) Maximum 24"x 14" x 4" Two Adjoining Side-by-Side Lots (with double interment-type memorial) Maximum 28"x 18"x 4" Government-Issued Cremation Niche Plaque(s) Single Space(with Cremation Niche Plaque Maximum 13"x 10" x 4" 8 'A"x 5 %z"mounted on a granite base) Two Adjoining Side-by-Side Lots(with double Maximum 28"x 18"x 4" interment-type memorial) 5 In lieu of a rectangular marker,a Bronze Heart measuring 10"x 10"nNase or a 12"x 12"wNase or nNase, mounted on a granite base may be installed;the maximum dimension allowed would be 18"x 18"x 4." 6 This EXCEPTION allows for the double interment in a Single Lot,in separate caskets,of twins or of infants who passed at the same time.A single marker permitted. In lieu of a rectangular marker,a Bronze Heart measuring 10"x 10"nNase or a 12"x 12"wNase or nNase, mounted on a granite base may be installed;the maximum dimension allowed would be 18"x 18"x 4." 8 As a minimum 2"border of granite must exist on all four sides of the bronze marker,the"Maximum"indicated is the measurement of the granite base. 9 wN means"with vase." 10 nN means"no vase." 13 Cremains Lot (2' 10" x 2') (with right of second interment) Bronze Marker on Granite Base 11 Single Lot D.I.12(a bronze companion cremorial with two(2)built-in cremation containers measuring 12"x 12"n/Vase,must be mounted on a Maximum 20"x 20"x 4" 20"x 20"x 4" granite base) Single Lot D.I. (a bronze companion cremorial with two(2)built-in cremation containers measuring 12"x 12",mounted on a 26"x 20"x 4" Maximum 26" x 20" x 4" granite base would allow for right or left placement of a Vase with accommodating Vase ring) SECTION VIII. - CEMETERY TIME SCHEDULE The Longwood Memorial Gardens Driveway is open from 8:00 A.M. until sunset, unless otherwise posted, Monday through Sunday. There is an additional walk-through gate on Grant Street provides daytime access only. No one, except cemetery officials/city staff may enter the confines of the cemetery during night time hours (sundown to sunrise). The Cemetery office, 175 W Warren Avenue, Longwood, FL 32750, (Office of the City Clerk) is open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (407-260-3440). SECTION IX. -MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES 1. The City Commission reserves the right to amend, repeal, supplement, interpret, or adopt additional Rules& Regulations governing cemetery operations. 2. The City reserves the right to establish administrative procedures, forms, operational standards, and implementation requirements consistent with these Rules& Regulations. 3. In the event of conflict between these Rules & Regulations and the City Code, the City Code shall govern. HISTORICAL REFERENCES Adopted: July 12, 1993, Resolution 93-724 Amended: June 19, 2000, Resolution 00-1013 Amended: May 21, 2001, Resolution 01-1027 Amended: May 5, 2003, Resolution 03-1071 Amended: August 16, 2004, Resolution 04-1101 Amended: October 7, 2013, Resolution 13-1341 Amended: July 20, 2026, Resolution 26-1729 "As a 2"border of granite must exist on all four sides of the bronze marker,the"Maximum"indicated is the measurement of the granite base. 12Double Interment 14 Longwood Memorial Gardens Fee Schedule Exhibit"B" STANDARD IN GROUND BURIAL STANDARD INFANT IN GROUND BURIAL Burials Infant Resident $ 800* Resident $ 300 Non-Resident $1,800 Non-Resident $ 600 * Includes City Employees with twenty or more years of service. CREMATION Burials Columbaria Resident $500 Resident $1,100 Non-Resident $700 Non-Resident $1,500 Scatter Gardens (Phase I—Potter's Field) Additional Columbaria Inurnment Resident $50 Resident: $100** Non-Resident $100 Non-Resident: $150** **Includes administrative processing, scheduling, niche opening and closing, record updates, and placement coordination for a second urn within an existing columbarium niche. IN GROUND BURIAL/CREMATION PACKAGE Standard Lot Additional Inurnment*** Resident $ 800 Resident $ 300 Non-Resident $1,800 Non-Resident $ 700 ***Additional cremated remains may be interred within a standard burial lot, not to exceed six (6)cremated remains per standard burial lot, subject to payment of the applicable cremation interment fee for each additional cremains' interment. Each additional cremains interment shall require completion of all applicable City documentation,payment of applicable fees, and scheduling approval. MEMORIAL PLAQUE (3" X 4") Memorial Book(Phase IV) Cenotaph (Phases III & IV) Resident $ 400 Resident $ 400 Non-Resident $ 600 Non-Resident $ 600 Administrative Fee An administrative fee of$50 shall be charged for the processing, coordination, documentation, scheduling, ownership verification,records management, and administrative services associated with cemetery transactions and related services. The administrative fee may apply to purchases,transfers, interments, inurnments, disinterments, ownership changes, affidavits, permits, scheduling requests, and other cemetery-related transactions requiring administrative processing by the City. The administrative fee shall be non-refundable once processing has begun. Marking Fee A marking fee of$50 will be charged to mark for location purposes a grave site or columbarium niche for any purpose except for marking the location of monuments or markers to be installed. Stakes or other devices marking a designated location will remain in place for up to 48 hours following the requested time and date of installation. Should re-staking (or re-marking)be required, an additional $50 fee will be charged.