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Council reviews ordinance to widen cemetery mower strip; suggests flat headstones for new cemetery area
Summary
The council discussed an ordinance to increase the cemetery lawn mower strip from 6 inches to 8 inches and debated whether to limit future cemetery sections to flat headstones to protect maintenance equipment and preserve mowing access.
City staff presented an ordinance change to increase the cemetery lawn mower strip from 6 inches to 8 inches to reduce conflicts between headstones and maintenance equipment.
The presenter said the change was straightforward and not retroactive. At work session a councilor suggested making the new cemetery land a flat-headstone-only area to avoid damage to mowers and to reduce future maintenance conflicts. The suggestion drew general agreement among council members but no formal action was taken; staff said they would raise the proposal again at the regular meeting.
The ordinance will be on the regular meeting agenda for further discussion and any formal action; staff said the change would not be applied retroactively to existing graves.
No final ordinance was adopted in the work session; staff will return with the ordinance language at the regular council meeting and may include language or guidance about headstone types for the new cemetery land.
