Sonoma County Municipal Code § 9-5 Entering cemetery at night; riding through cemetery

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For state law as to cemeteries generally, see H. & S. C. § 8100 et seq.

No person shall cut, chalk, mark or write upon, or in any manner whatever deface, break, mutilate, injure, destroy or damage any building, vault, tombstone, gravestone, monument, stake, mark, fence, post, rail or wall within the boundaries of any cemetery located within the county.

(Ord. No. 282 § 1.)

No person shall cut, break, pluck, remove or in any manner destroy or injure any tree, shrub, plant or flower, or destroy, injure or molest any bird, or any bird's nest or any bird's eggs within the boundaries of any cemetery located within the county.

(Ord. No. 282 § 2.)

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As to picking, injuring, etc. , flowers, shrubs, etc., on courthouse grounds, see § 19-2 of this code.

No person shall deposit rubbish, grass, shrub cuttings or other material or substance in any of the roadways or driveways of any cemetery, without the written permission of the superintendent of the cemetery.

(Ord. No. 282 § 3.)

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As to highways, roads and bridges generally, see ch. 15 of this code. As to littering of public property generally, see § 19-6.

No person shall loiter in any cemetery or property used or held exclusively for the burial or other permanent deposit of the human dead.

The word "loiter" is used herein in the sense of idling time away with intent to commit crime or mischief, or without a lawful errand.

(Ord. No. 282 § 4.)

No person shall enter or remain in any cemetery within the county after sundown or before sun-up, without the consent of the superintendent of the cemetery, nor shall any person use the roads of any cemetery as a public thoroughfare, or ride or drive through from one entrance to another as a short cut from one highway or county road to another without lawful business in the cemetery.

(Ord. No. 282 § 5.)