Non-Perpetual Care & Perpetual Care Areas

Monte Vista Cemetery is separated into two separate areas.  The historic original old sections in the center of the property are classified as the Non-Perpetual Care area.  This area has not had available graves for purchase by the public for many decades and no irrigation was ever installed on it as it pre-dated modern sprinkler systems when the grave plots were surveyed and set up.  Plot maintenance in this old section is and always has been the primary responsibility of the individual families which own the graves.  The newer sections of the cemetery are classified as the Perpetual Care Areas of the property.  It was originally set up with automatic irrigation infrastructure and when these sections became available to the public for purchase, the city built in maintenance costs into their pricing and resourced staff and facilities to take care of these irrigated sections.  The City is currently only resourced at a minimum level to accommodate maintenance of the Perpetual Care sections of the cemetery, again with the operational priorities reflecting that the Non-Perpetual Care sections are the owner's responsibility. 

Monte Vista Staff and the City Parks Maintenance Staff, as resources and workload allow; do provide some maintenance and clean up of the Non-Perpetual Care sections of the cemetery, but it is only intermittent.  These divisions are not resourced for this purpose and maintenance is only performed when resources allow.