Following are the Regulations listed in the Lovettsville Union Cemetery Company (LUCC) By-Laws:
 

APPENDIX 1

REGULATIONS 

(Effective January 6, 2014)
 

Burial lots shall be laid off, numbered, and sold by the Superintendent. Each full lot shall be 20 x 20 feet, each half lot 10 x 20 feet, each quarter lot 10 x 10 feet, and each single site 5 x 10 feet. The price of each lot, or portion thereof, shall be established by the Trustees and published in the annual LUCC Business Statement.

Upon full payment of the purchase price the purchaser shall receive a Lot Holder Certificate for his lot, signed by three trustees. Failure to pay within one year from the time of purchase may render the sale null and void, unless there shall have been an interment upon the lot, in which event, legal process shall be instituted for collection, whereof the delinquent shall pay all costs.

No interment in LUC shall be permitted unless authorized by the Superintendent or other officer.

Members shall be privileged to fill up, sod and ornament their graves, but failing to do this in proper time, the Superintendent shall have it done, and charge at prevailing rates to lot-owners. No member shall fill his lot with dirt so as to cause harm to other lots.

A part of the Cemetery may be designated by the Trustees for single interments or pauper grave sites.

All full-body interments shall be in a concrete liner or vault. Remains for cremation burials (cremains) shall be properly prepared by a licensed facility and a cremation certificate provided to LUCC prior to burial. The cremation burial site shall be opened and closed by a gravesite preparer authorized by LUCC.  Cremains shall be inurned or vaulted.  The top and sides of any container must be at least 12 inches from the ground surface and the burial site boundary. Cremains containers may be added to an existing burial site as long as the above restrictions are met.

All tombstone and monument personnel shall notify the Superintendent of the time of their erection of any structures on the grounds of the Cemetery. They also shall remove all materials originating from their work.

All foundations for tombstones shall be at a depth of not less than 18 inches for small stones, and shall in­crease in depth according to the size of stone and condition of ground, to the depth of 3½ feet for large monuments, and shall be concreted from the bottom up. A three inch wide, four inch thick concrete border shall be required around all base stones and markers.

Any border enclosure, erected on lots, must be within six inches of the boundary thereof, and must be level to the ground upon which it stands.

The LUCC shall keep all monuments in good order, unless seriously leaning or broken. In such case, it shall be repaired at the expense of the Member.

Rights of ownership of lots of LUC cannot be transferred without consent of the Trustees, but shall remain inalienably in the family of the original purchaser by descent. This, however, in no way in­terferes with the free interment of any person not of his fam­ily whom the owner of the lot may admit.

Shrubbery, not exceeding five feet in height, may be planted upon lots, but no trees may be planted without permission of the Trustees. The Superintendent should always be consulted before planting. The planting of myrtle and all other vines of a spreading tendency is expressly prohibited on the grounds of the Cemetery.

 

GENERAL RULES

LOVETTSVILLE UNION CEMETERY COMPANY (LUCC)

Effective January 2014

MONUMENTS
   - permanent grave markers are desired within three years of interment
   - must conform to LUCC regulations (on suitable concrete base at head of grave or center of full lot)
   - monuments and their care are the responsibility of the lot owner
   - footstones shall be less than 12 inches in height above ground
   - superintendent must be notified before installation


DECORATIONS
   - Artificial and live cut flowers
   - permitted on top of monument and in built-in containers year round
   - permitted in containers on ground from October 31st  until April 1st, must be removed by owner by April 1st.
   - removal schedule for other decorations: Christmas by March 1, Easter by May 1, Memorial Day by June 1
   - Decorations and adornments including flags that are not maintained or obstruct cemetery maintenance will be          removed
   - Glass containers are not permitted


TREES AND SHRUBS
   - trees may be planted only with permission of LUCC.
   - shrubbery must be maintained at less than 5 feet in height


LOT SALES
   - Full payment is required before lot-holder’s certificate is issued.  Lot transfers or partitions require the approval of the Board of Trustees and a LUCC transfer fee payment for a new certificate.


INTERMENTS
    - No interment in the Lovettsville Union Cemetery shall be permitted unless full payment has been received for purchase and the interment has been authorized by the Superintendent or other officer in absence of the Superintendent.


GRAVES
   - double-deep graves are not permitted
   -  no mausoleums


VISITATION HOURS
   - Dawn to dusk


VEHICLES
   - bicycles, motorbikes or any other recreation vehicle are not allowed in the cemetery
   - parking of vehicles for other than gravesite attendance is not permitted
   - vehicles of any kind are not permitted after dark (from dusk until dawn)


RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
   - playing, picnicking, camping, horseback or sport-vehicle riding, etc. are not permitted in the cemetery
   - dogs must be kept on leash


RESPONSIBILITIES
   - LUCC assumes no responsibility for accidents, property damage, bodily injury or vandalism on LUCC property.

 

 

Lovettsville Union Cemetery Burial Policies

25 April 2022

The Lovettsville Union Cemetery Company (LUCC) has issued the following policy guidelines for funeral homes when conducting burials at LUCC. These guidelines will provide for the orderly scheduling of funerals, facilitate accurate record keeping and timely payment of service fees.

·            Notify the Superintendent as soon as possible to confirm site ownership and to have the gravesite marked for opening. The current Superintendent is Tom Mazich, who can be contacted at 703-405-5876.

·            Provide the following information to the Superintendent for record keeping:

1.      date and time of the funeral

2.      whether the burial is a full-body or cremation burial

3.      full name of the deceased

4.      lot number or owner's name requesting the grave opening

5.      site location within lot

6.      dates of birth and death

7.      next of kin

8.      military service if a veteran

·            Notify a grave digging contractor to have the gravesite opened and arrange payment. LUCC does not open gravesites or contract to have gravesites opened.

·            Pay a burial service fee to LUCC by check for $200.00 before burial for either a full-body or cremation burial.


Please direct any questions regarding this policy to:

Tom Mazich, Superintendent

Lovettsville Union Cemetery Company

703-405-5876

 

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