CEMETERY CARE AND GRAVE DECORATION POLICIES 

  1. Perpetual care of the cemetery will be under the direction of the Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc.
  2. Porcelain or glass material is not permitted because of safety and liability issues. The cemetery personnel will trim and remove existing plantings as necessary to maintain uniformity. Flowerbeds must conform in size and may not interfere with neighboring property and/or maintenance practices and equipment such as mowers.
  3. One potted plant urn or vase will be permitted at each interment but not of porcelain or glass material. No rocks or mulch will be permitted. No more than four small solar lights, preferably placed at the head of the grave, as to not interfere with maintenance of the cemetery, will be permitted.
  4. Flowers placed at the time of an interment will be left a minimum of three days and discarded when they decline. It is suggested that potted plants from funerals should not be left in the cemetery since they will be discarded.
  5. In order to allow free passage of mowers or other equipment, curbs, coping, walls, fences or other enclosures around spaces will not be permitted. The Cemetery Association reserves the right to remove all flowers, wreaths, fences, or other decorations from spaces/niches as soon as they become unsightly or in decline.
  6. No tree, shrub or flowers can be planted, pruned or removed from the cemetery without consent of the Cemetery Association. The Cemetery Association may plant, prune, remove or transplant any tree, shrub or plant in the cemetery or at any burial spaces or within the property to prevent the impairment of or interference with the use of other burial spaces or lots or to promote, preserve, or improve the appearance and dignity of the cemetery.
  7. The Cemetery Association shall have the right to remove all objects that violate the cemetery regulations and/or warrant removal due to decline in appearance or condition.
  8. Painting of vaults must be pre-approved before painting.


MEMORIALS

Monument companies must notify the cemetery personnel at least 24 hours prior to installation of monuments or markers. Cemetery personnel will supervise and inspect all installations.


GRAVESITE ASSIGNMENT AND CONSUMER INFORMATION

   The Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc. is a Florida Not for Profit Corporation, which owns and operates the Eatonville Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Maitland, Florida. Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc. is managed by a board of voluntary directors, non-paid trustees of the corporation and of the cemetery.


    The Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc. is regulated by the Florida Funeral and Cemetery Act through the Florida Department of Banking and Finance, on matters of funeral and cemetery services to the consumer. It is also regulated by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Division of Consumer Services for consumer services. The telephone number for each of these agencies is listed at the bottom of this advisory.


    These instructions are intended to explain to the consumer the following (A) Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc. gravesite assignment procedures, (B) Eatonville Community Cemetery Association Standards for Constructing a Grave and (C) the consumer right of the person or persons agreeing to accept a gravesite assignment from Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc.


A.  Eatonville Community Cemetery Association Gravesite Assignment Procedures

  1. Without regards to race or color, Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc. may agree to a gravesite assignment to inter the remains of a then deceased human being in the Eatonville Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
  2. At any time prior to the beginning of the excavation of the grave, Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc. will make a refund of the opening and closing fees on the requested withdrawal of the application for the opening and closing.
  3. The opening and closing fee is a single, onetime fee for the current and future care and maintenance by the Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc., of the entire cemetery, which include the ground area around and up to each individual gravesite.
  4.  Any person or agency representing the right to a proper burial interest or legal rights of the deceased may apply for a gravesite assignment.


B.  Eatonville Community Cemetery Association Standards for Constructing a Grave

  1. A professional gravedigger must be employed to evacuate the gravesite and handle the opening and closing of the grave.
  2. The grave must meet the minimum standard prescribed by law in length, width and depth of each of the following and meet the minimum standards appropriate for inner placement, i) Grave for vault, ii) Vault for Casket, iii) Casket for deceased's remains.
  3. Each grave must contain a vault, a casket and a vault cover with interlocking and/or sealable construction. All vaults will be placed below ground in the Eatonville Memorial Gardens.
  4. Each grave must bear a stone monument of upright or ground level placement. The verification of a "single" headstone stone monument must be presented before deceased can be interred. The monument must be inscribed with: i) the full name, middle initial and last name, ii) the month, date and year of birth, iii)  the month, date and year of death of the interred deceased.
  5. No inscription made upon the grave or affixed to the grave can be substituted for the monument marker identifying the deceased and the grave.
  6. DISCLAIMER: Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc. does not provide, nor does it accept any responsibility for the grave construction activities of opening and closing and monument construction and/or placement. Independent companies shall provide these services.
  7. CEMETERY ACCESS: Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc., will work with the sponsoring funeral Service Company and/or authorized vendors to insure they have open and full access to the cemetery to perform any authorized burial related function or service.


C.  Consumer Information

  1. Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc., pledges to work with the affected party or arising out of an Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc. Gravesite Assignment Agreement. Unresolved matters may be directed to Florida Department of Agriculture, Division of Consumer Services. 1-800-435-7352.
  2. Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc., pledges to work with the affected Party or parties to resolve any issue arising out of any matter originating out of its operations of the Eatonville Community Cemetery Association, Inc., which is governed by the Florida Funeral and Cemetery Services Act.


Unresolved matters may be directed to The Comptroller, State of Florida, Department of Banking and Finance: Board of Funeral and Cemetery Services. 1-407-245-7352


NOTHING IN THE DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS 1 OR 2 SHOULD BE CONSTRUED TO REPRESENT AN ENDORSEMENT OF EATONVILLE COMMUNITY CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, INC. AND/OR ITS CEMETERY OPERATIONS BE EITHER OF THE REFERENCED STATE AGENCIES, NOR BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA.



A copy of these Rules and Regulations may be downloaded from the "Documents" section of this web site.







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