Cemetery Fees & Regulations
[Excerpt from the Code of the Town of Tolland, § A173-1, "Cemetery Fee Schedule and Regulations"]
§A173-1. Cemetery fee schedule and regulations.
A. Cemetery fee schedule.
1. Fees
Gravesites:
Single grave purchased by/for resident: $500
Single grave purchased by/for nonresident: $600
Cremation remains grave: $225
Infant grave: $200
Single grave in veterans’ section for burial of veteran*: $250
Single grave in veterans’ section for spouse of veteran*: $500
*Veteran shall mean a person honorably
discharged from the Armed Forces of the
United States who has been/was a resident
of Tolland for at least 10 years.
Interment:
Standard interment in a resident gravesite: $450
Standard interment in a nonresident gravesite: $550
Infant interment: $225
Cremated remains; must use waterproof container: $200
Frost charge, regular interment: $150
Frost charge, cremated remains: $75
Memorial Wall for Cremated Remains at Valley View Cemetery:
Space for two urns in wall: $800
Opening and closing of space: $150
2. Extra charges for Saturday and holiday interments:
(a) Standard interment: $200 on Saturday; $250 on a Town holiday.
(b) Infant interment: $80 on Saturday; $100 on a Town holiday.
(c) Cremated remains interment: $80 on Saturday; $100 on a Town holiday.
(d) Disinterment: one and one-half times the applicable interment rate.
B. Regulations
(1) All interment fees must be paid prior to interment.
(2) Monument maintenance is the responsibility of the owner.
(3) Lots may not be transferred.
(4) Artificial decorations are not permitted between April 15 and November 20.
(5) New artificial flowers may be used when Easter occurs prior to April 15. They shall be removed within 10 days after Easter.
(6) New shrubbery is not permitted. Existing shrubs will be removed by the Town at such time as they become overgrown.
(7) Concrete products, metal urns and glass jars, votive lights and bric-a-brac of any description is forbidden.
(8) Planting of annual flowers is permitted within 10 inches of the burial side of an upright monument.
(9) Planting of flowers on flush marker lots is prohibited. Natural cut flowers are permitted when placed in appropriate containers.
(10) Potted plants and flower boxes are allowed only during the ten-day periods following Easter Sunday, Mother’s and Father’s Day and Memorial Day.
(11) Monument size in the infant section shall be no greater than 18 x 12 x 6 inches.
(12) There shall be no interments on Sundays, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas.
(13) The maximum monument size and type shall be specified by the sexton of cemeteries in accordance with applicable plans for a cemetery facility or a section thereof.
(14) Valley View Cemetery Veterans Section Regulations:
(a) Single grave at one-half cost is available to all honorably discharged veterans who have been/were residents of Tolland for at least ten years regardless of veteran’s place of residency at time of death.
(b) Single grave at regular cost is available to all honorably discharged veterans who have been residents of Tolland for less than ten years.
(c) Single grave next to veteran may be purchased for use by spouse at regular cost; full interment fees will be charged.
(d) Monument at spouse’s gravesite must be installed within six months of interment of deceased.
(e) Only upright granite military-style monuments shall be allowed, at both veteran and spouse gravesites.
(f)Â A waiver for an extension will be granted for religious reasons and a request for said waiver should be made in writing to the Town Manager.
(15) Regulations Pertaining to Memorial Wall for Cremated Remains at Valley View Cemetery:
(a) Monument shall be slant-style monument only.
(b) Slant monument size shall be 2′ x 10′ x 1′ 6” only.
(c) Only McKenzie-style urns are allowed.
(d) No plantings allowed around wall; Town of Tolland will provide all plantings.
Approved by the Tolland Town Council on November 28, 2006.