Niche Wall Regulations General Reservation and Use of Niches Are Subject to the Following Rules and Regulations
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MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY MOREY CHAPEL COLUMBARIUM Niche Wall Regulations General Reservation and use of niches are subject to the following rules and regulations. Niches may be “reserved” by current Shrewsbury Residents for the use of immediate family members. Said resident may, with Commission approval, reserve a niche for a father, mother, son or daughter who is a non-resident. Niche purchase by appointment only. Limit of two (2) niches per household. The purchasing party must designate who the spaces are reserved for. The right of reservation is non transferrable. Any changes must be made in writing by the certificate holder or their next of kin or duly authorized representative. The Commission reserves the sole and exclusive authority over use and/or exchange of niches. Each niche can hold a maximum of two urns. The inside dimensions of the niche are 12” x 12” x 15.5”. No inurnment of cremated animals will be permitted. Perpetual care is included in the cost and covers the cost of maintenance in the columbarium area and the cemetery roadways and lawns. No recreational activities or picnicking allowed in the columbarium area or the cemetery. No dogs or animals allowed in the cemetery with the exception of service animals. Morey Chapel Columbarium area and Mountain View Cemetery are open dawn to dusk. Inurnment Cremation certificate and Massachusetts burial permit required for each inurnment. Must include properly completed interment order with each inurnment. Must include either bank check or money order payable to “Town of Shrewsbury” and to our Contractor for the entire amount due with each inurnment in advance, unless a licensed funeral director will be accompanying you to the cemetery. The container for cremated remains to be inurned shall be of material approved by the Cemetery commission and shall be of a size suitable for the niche. (No Cardboard Boxes allowed). Must be made of composite, plastic or metal material. The Director or his/her representative shall have full authority to refuse to accept for inurnment any receptacle deemed unsuitable. The opening and closing fee does not include chairs, cremation table, or tent. These can be obtained from a funeral home or a vault company. Inurnments must be scheduled with the cemetery office in advance for a specific time so that two openings are not scheduled at the same time. (Example 11:00 am or 11:30 am) No funeral flowers or mementos can be left at the columbarium at the conclusion of the service. Any items remaining will be discarded without notice. All inurnments must be subject to the current rules and regulations of the Cemetery Commission and all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, and regulations. Inurnment will be made during normal interment hours. Memorialization Engraving on supplied niche-panel cover only. Engraving must be approved by Cemetery office. All engraving costs are the responsibility of the niche owner. Only two names may be memorialized on each cover. Engraving is to be done by the Commission standards/style and by the authorized engraver. There will be a charge for each time the cover is engraved. A small 1 ½ inch round medallion will be allowed for military. See engraving specifications for details. Fastening or adhering objects, flowers, or decorations on Niche Wall surface, top or bottom, is not allowed. Removals The removal of cremated remains from the niche will only be allowed by appropriate heirs or person authorized by law upon written request and approval by the Cemetery Commission. Payment to the Town of Shrewsbury for expenses associated with the cost of such removal must be paid in advance. Any refunds of niches must include replacement cost of covers if it was engraved. Disclaimer of Liability Mountain View Cemetery disclaims all responsibility for loss or damage to any lot, monument, columbarium, niche, memorial or planting from causes beyond its reasonable control, especially from loss or damage caused by an act of God, the elements, earthquake, war, common enemy, air raid, invasion, insurrection, riot, order of any military or civil authority, thieves, vandals, strikers, malicious mischief makers, explosions, terrorism, unavoidable accidents or any cause, similar or dissimilar, beyond the control of the Cemetery whether the loss or damage be direct of related. The Commission reserves the right to refuse a burial or lot sale due to the disruption of normal cemetery operations. The Commission may, and it hereby expressly reserves the right to at any time or times, adopt new rules and regulations, or amend, alter and/or repeal any rule, regulations and/or article, section, paragraph and/or sentence in these rules and regulations. All inurnments must be made subject to the rules and regulations of the commission and all federal, state and local laws, ordinances, and regulations. The Cemetery Commission shall not be liable for the identity of cremains to be inurned. If the niche is destroyed or damaged for any reason the commission may cause any cremains inurned therein to be either promptly interred elsewhere in the cemetery or delivered on written request to the owner or representative of the niche in which they were inurned, or temporarily placed in a receiving tomb pending restoration of the niche and upon restoration re-inurned therein, in such case as the commission shall determine in view of the extent of the destruction or damage inurned remains, to the niche, the structure containing it, and columbarium itself and the advisability of restoration. The Commission reserves the right to correct any errors made by it in granting any niche either by substituting other interment property of like kind, equal value similar location, so far as possible, or as may be selected by the commission, or by refunding the amount of money paid on account of said purchase. June 2017.