Rules & Regulations
The Woodinville Memorial Mead is two acres of land donated by Ira and Susan Woodin from their homestead for the burial of area residents. The Woodinville Cemetery Association is a 501(c)(13) non-profit corporation governed by a board of 12 volunteers.
PURPOSE
These rules are intended to:
• Honor the dead.
• Protect graves and markers.
• Give the cemetery grounds a neat appearance.
• Facilitate grounds maintenance.
• Provide a safe place for people to visit.
BEHAVIOR
All persons visiting the cemetery are expected to honor the dead with appropriate behavior:
• Two walk-through gates are available for visitors from dawn to dusk. Do not enter after dark.
• Parents are responsible for their children's behavior; children shall not run or play in the cemetery.
• Pets are prohibited in the cemetery.
• Please do not litter; use the garbage cans at both ends of the cemetery.
• Please do not remove flowers or vegetation.
• Please do not disturb graves or markers.
GRAVES
• Only human remains may be buried.
• The Woodinville Cemetery is reserved for persons with some connection to the Woodinville area.
• Plot owners may not sell their plot, except to the cemetery at the original purchase price paid.
• Plot owners may designate the family member or friend who will use the plot.
• A relative of a plot owner without a deed of ownership will be granted use rights only if they can produce written proof that no other family members have interest in that plot.
• If a plot has not been used within 70 years of purchase, or contact with the cemetery has not been made within 70 years, the cemetery reserves the right to re-assign that plot.
• The cemetery has the right to re-assign plot location if unrecorded evidence of a previous pioneer burial in that location is found.
• No interment it permitted without certification from a funeral home. Any funeral home may use the Woodinville Cemetery, except Acacia.
• A plot must be paid for before use; the cemetery does not finance purchases.
• Opening and closing of the grave is to be paid for before use; cost is determined by our contracted service provider.
• All burials must be marked with a permanent marker within 6 months of the burial.
• Full burials shall be in concrete liners sold by the cemetery or vaults sold by the funeral home.
• One plot holds one full burial or 4 cremation burials; a cremation burial can on top of a full burial at $200 each.
• Notice for need of an interment must be made at least three days before interment so that ground can be prepared.
• Welfare inurnments (cremation) of eligible Woodinville residents, in an area designated by the cemetery, without possibility of disinterment will be performed without a graveside setup at no cost.
• Permission for removing interments will be in accordance with RCW 68.50
• A grave marker may be above or flush to the ground, but not larger than its plot size. If above, must be at least 6’’ tall to void damage by mower. There is a one-time charge of $250 for an above-ground marker to defray the extra maintenance costs.
• Structures, flowerbeds, shrubs, hedges, trees, rocks, gravel, and enclosures on grave must be approved by the cemetery board.
• Flowers must be in disposable containers. The cemetery reserves the right to dispose of flower containers.
• Artificial flowers are permissible, but will be disposed of if they become unsightly.
• Holiday decorations are allowed, but will be removed for mowing or when they become unsightly.
ONLY THE CEMETERY BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO:
• Contract for maintenance of grounds and graves.
• Contract for improvements to grounds and graves.
• Contract for opening and closing of graves.
• Authorize placement or replacement of grave markers.