For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY. The City of Afton, Minnesota, owning and/or maintaining the cemetery.
CEMETERY. A tract of land used for burials or above-ground interment.
BURIAL PERMIT. Legal written permission for burial to occur.
BURIAL VAULT. A container that houses a casket for final interment in the cemetery.
COLUMBARIUM. Above-ground, hexagonal repository composed of niches to hold cremation urns.
INTERMENT. Disposition of human remains or cremains by burial or entombment.
MARKER. A memorial of granite or other approved material that does not extend above the surface
of the lawn.
MAUSOLEUMS. An external free-standing building enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons.
MEMORIAL. A monument, marker bench or large urns (marked or unmarked).
MONUMENT. A memorial of granite or other approved material that extends above the surface of
the lawn.
(Ord. 06-2016, passed 5-17-2016)