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Cemetery Monuments

Required before Installation of Monument

  • All monument placements and installations must have the permission of the Cemetery
    Superintendent before being installed, erected, or placed
  • An Application for Installation must be submitted to and approved by the Cemetery Superintendent
  • The Superintendent reserves the right to reject any plan or design for a memorial which on account of size, design, inscription, finish, or quality of stone is unsuited to the lot on which it is to be placed

Application for Installation of Monument

Monument Guidelines

Footings

  • All monuments must have footings
  • The monument company is responsible for installing footings
  • All footings must be poured concrete, installed to a depth of three (3) feet below
    grade
  • The length and width of all footings must be at least the length and width
    dimensions of the base of the monument to be erected upon it
  • The Cemetery Superintendent will mark the location of the foundation after the
    Monument Permit Application is approved
  • Installation of the footings must be witnessed by the Cemetery Superintendent
    or a designated representative and completed during normal business hours,
    Monday -Thursday 8AM to 4PM
  • Work will cease in the event of a funeral service
  • Upon the completion of the foundation, the installer is responsible for cleanup
    and removal of fill from cemetery

Maximum dimensions, inclusive of base, for monuments

  • Single grave: 2’W x 1’D x 3’H
  • Two/Three grave lot: 3’W x 1’D x 3’H
  • Four Grave Lot: 4’W x 1’D x 3’H
  • Flush Marker, if preferred over upright monument: 2’W x 1’D
  • Designated Cremation Lots: 2’W x 1’D x 3’H

Other

  • Monument maintenance and repair is the sole responsibility, financial or otherwise, of
    owners and/or family of the lot on which it stands
  • The Town of Princeton reserves the right to temporarily move monuments to facilitate the
    digging of graves
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