Roles and Responsibilities for the City of St. Albert Cemetery

 

 City Council

  • Establish bylaw for cemetery operation
  • Establish fees and charges for burial rights, opening and closing graves, installation of markers and vases, and liners

Cemetery Administration

  • Maintain cemetery plots including seeding of plots and grave surfaces, re-seeding as necessary, cultivation, watering, seasonal cutting of grass and weeds, and keeping plots in neat condition
  • Mount flat markers on cement bases at a fee paid by the owner and determined by City Council
  • Remove plants, fences or things that are detrimental to adjacent lots or create an unsightly appearance

Cemetery Purchaser

  • Care, maintain, upkeep, repair or replace any marker or vase placed in the cemetery.
  • Provide a flat granite, marble or bronze marker inscribed with lettering of the owner's choice provided the inscription preserves the dignity of the cemetery
  • May provide a vase with a concrete foundation to be recessed flush with the ground if it is separate from the flat marker
  • Refrain from planting, installing or laying anything on any lot other than cut flowers or wreaths
  • Remove all personal items from the graves annually by October 1st
  • Cemetery Visitors
  • Drive at no more than 10 miles per hour (16 km per hour)
  • Drive on the roadway and walk on the pathways
  • Visit only during daylight hours
  • Confine animals to vehicles

Excerpts from City of St. Albert Bylaw No. 27/2008