(a) Funerals within a cemetery will be under the control of the City.
(b) All grave sites will be prepared by City employees upon notice to the City by 12:00 noon of the business day preceding any interment. A charge will be made pursuant to the fee schedule established by the City Commission for the opening and closing of a grave site.
(c) No interments will be permitted without a proper burial permit.
(d) No interments shall be made on Sunday or State holidays except by order from the Calhoun County Health Department.
(e) An extra charge will be made for all interments on Saturdays, Sundays and State holidays.
(f) When a funeral director orders the location of a grave, no relocation will be made except at the expense of the lot owner. The City will not be held responsible for any mistake occurring from the want of precise and proper instructions as to location of the grave on a lot.
(g) Subdivision of sections is not allowed, and no person shall be interred in any grave site in which he or she does not have an interest, except by written consent of all parties interested in such grave site, or as otherwise provided by this chapter or State law.
(h) Except as otherwise provided, there shall be only one burial per section, except as in the case of a mother and her infant, less than one year of age, or two children, each twelve years of age or less. A container of the cremated remains of a single person may be placed in a section in which a prior interment has been made upon the request of the next of kin and with preparation of the site by City employees.
(i) Interment of remains other than that of a human being shall not be permitted.
(j) Lot owners or their heirs desiring grave sites to be opened for the interment of human remains may be required to exhibit proof of ownership of the lot or grave site.
(k) Graves will not be reopened except pursuant to a valid Court Order or the consent, in writing, of the next of kin of the person whose remains are to be removed.
(l) No interment shall be allowed except in an approved vault constructed of metal, concrete or equally durable material.
(Ord. 19-87. Passed 9-8-87.)