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placing signs within the cemetery to advertise the firm or its products. (7) Monument work is prohibited in the cemetery on weekends and on holidays observed by the city, and before 8:00 a.m. and after 5:00 p.m. on any weekday. (8) Lot owners must locate the placement of monuments at the cemetery before the construction of any foundation. The city is not responsible, however, for the correct location of any monument. Any changes in monument location ordered by the lot owner will be made at the owner's sole expense. (9) All monuments in the Dixon Addition, Section I, must be flat bronze or granite. (10) All monuments placed in areas of the cemetery other than Dixon Addition. Section I. from and after October 1. 2001, must be all qranite or marble, and must have a reinforced concrete base. (11) The maintenance of all monuments in the cemetery is the responsibility of the lot owner or the owner's survivinq family members or descendants. This maintenance will include, but is not limited to, the followinq: (A) The c1eaninq of the monument; (B) Ensurinq that the monument is seated properly; and (C) Repairinq any damaqe to the monument or the structure of the monument. includinq replacement. if necessary. (12) In the event that a monument is in need of maintenance. the parks and recreation director will send a letter requestinq such repairs to the lot owner, or the owner's survivinq family members or descendants, if known. advisinq of the necessary maintenance. If the lot owner or the owner's survivinq family members or descendants cannot be located, then the parks and recreation director will publish a newspaper notice of the necessary maintenance in accordance with the procedures described in V.T.C.A.. Probate Code, Articles 33 and 50. If the necessary maintenance is not performed within the time period stated in the notice, then the city may initiate action to have the necessary maintenance performed, or have the monument removed. The finance director will bill any cost incurred by the city for the maintenance to the lot owner or the owner's survivinq family members or descendants. if known. SECTION 2. If any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this ordinance will continue in full force if they can be given effect without the invalid portion.