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l;;z£ -6- (4) The right to ingress and egress over lots for the purposes of maintenance and passage to or from other lots. (5) The right to close any road, walk or drive at any time. (b) It is unlawful for any person to ride or drive any vehicle in the cemetery except on the improved roads, drives or walk ways. This provision does not prohibit the operation of mowing vehicles used in the maintenance of the cemetery grounds, or vehicles necessary to the opening and closing of lots. Sec. 6-12. Perpetual care. (a) The city is the permanent trustee for perpetual care of the mausoleum and all parts of the cemetery except the Dixon Addition, Section I. (b) Every purchaser of a mausoleum crypt, and every purchaser of a lot in the cemetery in all additions except the Dixon Addition, Section I must pay a perpetual care fee in addition to the payment of the price for the lot. The fee will be in the amount established by separate ordinance. (b) Perpetual care includes the cutting of the grass at reasonable intervals, the raking and cleaning of the lots, and the care and pruning of the trees and shrubs that may be placed along the walks, roadways and boundaries. The grounds shall be reasonably cared for as cemetery grounds forever. Perpetual care does not include the maintenance, repair or replacement of any grave stones, monuments or - memorials, the planting of flowers or ornamental plants, the maintenance or doing of. any special or unusual work in the cemetery, or the construction or reconstruction of any damaged marble, granite, bronze or concrete work on any lot. (c) Any lot not now under perpetual care may be placed under perpetual care upon payment of the required fee. General care will be given lots which are not under perpetual care, in order that the general beauty of the cemetery may be maintained. However, the city is not responsible for maintaining these lots in perpetuity. Whenever any lot needs attention, lots having perpetual care will in every case have preference. (d) Any lot not now under perpetual care and not located ln Dixon Addition, Section 1 or the mausoleum is subject to permitting fees for work to be performed at the Cemetery. These fees are set by separate ordinance. Section 6-13. Use of Dixon Addition, Section I. (a) Lots in Dixon Addition, Section I shall be sold in regular order as shown on the plat on file at the cemetery for an amount set by separate ordinance. Specific lots cannot be reserved in the Dixon Addition, Section I except that a relative in the immediate family of a person interred in Dixon Addition, Section I may purchase a vacant lot next to the interred person for an amount set by separate ordinance. (b) In order to qualify for burial in the Dixon Addition, Section I, a deceased person must either: (1) qualify for Hays County indigent burial serVlceS¡ or (2) have purchased a lot next to a relative interred in Dixon Addition, Section I.