Cemetery cleanup to start Nov. 9 | Briefs | themountaineer.com – The Mountaineer

Town of Waynesville will conduct its bi-annual cemetery cleanup, beginning Nov. 9.

Items not collected by that date will be removed by Town staff and stored for 60 days.

Any article not contained in an approved memorial box, or that is deemed to be a safety hazard will be tagged and removed.

Such items include any trinket, toy, shells, sand, artificial material or object not permanently affixed to the headstone; glass jars, tin cans or glass vases; any border, fence, railing trellis, shepherds crook or yard flag stand/holders; bird houses, coping, hedge shrubs, tree or any other bounding or enclosing object or material constructed or planted in or around any lot or space.

Only one solar-powered or artificial light source is permitted per burial spot; no light source shall exceed 8 x 10 inches.

For additional assistance, please contact the Public Works Office at 828-456-3706.

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