§ 12-244 — Vases generally
Code of the City of Norfolk, Virginia (Supp. No. 166: codified through Ordinance No. 50,383, adopted June 9, 2026) · Norfolk City Code § 12-244
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Sec. 12-244. - Vases generally.
(a) All vases shall be of the permanent type, with the center line of the vase placed adjacent to and in line with the center line of the length of any marker or monument. No vase shall be placed in the center of a grave space. No vase, including the base, shall extend more than fifteen (15) inches outward from the base of the monument or marker. (b) All vases used in connection with graves for adult ashes or a child, where the marker for such grave is not in the place provided for it, shall be of the inverted type, which can be made flush with the ground when not in use, and shall conform to subsection (a) of this section. (c) All permanent vases for city poor sections in all cemeteries are to be of the type which, when inverted, shall be, in their entirety, level with the ground. The position of the vase shall be as set out in subsection (a) of this section. (d) All vases for Live Oak Lawn and the Subdivision of Blocks B and C, Live Oak Lawn, in Forest Lawn Cemetery, shall be of the ground level type, inverted when not in use. The position of the vase shall be as described in subsection (a) of this section. All vases not included in the monument or marker shall be enclosed in an apron of concrete or granite, so that the top of any part of the vase or casing does not extend above the surface of the apron. (e) All vases installed in connection with any ground level type of monument or marker on any lawn are to be in accordance with those of Live Oak Lawn and the Subdivision of Blocks B and C, Live Oak Lawn.
(Code 1958, § 10.1-79)