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7-5   CEMETERY DIVISION.
7-5.1   Cemetery Division.
   The Commissioner of Parks and Recreation shall exercise the powers and perform the duties provided by statue or ordinance to be exercised and performed by the trustees of the Cemetery Division.
(Ord. 1920 c. 13; Ord. 1954 c. 2 § 40; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 19 § 14; CBC 1975 Ord. T7 § 113; CBC 1985 7-5.1; Ord. 2001 c. 2)
7-5.2   Regular Cemetery Hours.
   Regular cemetery hours are hereby established as 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and all cemeteries and burial grounds currently used for interments shall be open for interments and removals during those hours, Monday through Friday, and from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, legal holidays excepted, and at such times as the Commissioner may provide.
(Ord. 1981 c. 31; CBC 1985 7-5.2; Ord. 2001 c. 2)
7-5.3   Deeds for Lots; Restrictions.
   (A)   The Commission may determine the payments to be made for cemetery lots, each burial vault and for perpetual care of said lots. The Commissioner, after payment has been made to the Collector-Treasurer of the city, may execute and deliver to the person or persons by or for whom the payment has been made, a deed of the city conveying the exclusive right of burial of human dead in, and of placing and maintaining tombs, cenotaphs and monuments, authorized by the Commissioner, upon the lot or subdivision described in the deed, and shall cause the deed to be recorded in the Office of the Parks and Recreation Department. Every conveyance shall be subject to the following restrictions, or such other regulations and restrictions relating to said cemetery or the lots therein as shall, from time to time, be established by the city by ordinance.
   (B)   Restrictions are as follows.
      (1)   The owner shall use the lot only for the purpose stated in his or her deed thereof.
      (2)   The owner shall not, for hire, deposit or allow to be deposited in said lots the remains of any person.
      (3)   The owner shall not, without consent of the Commissioner or designee, remove or allow to be removed, the remains of any person deposited in said lot.
      (4)   The owner shall not, without the consent of the Commissioner, place or allow to be placed on, or remove or allow to be removed from, said lot any tomb, cenotaph or monument, or any hedge, tree, fence, curb or other ornament.
      (5)   The owner shall remove from the cemetery any unauthorized structure or other thing on said lot the Commissioner may so remove at the expense of the owner any such structure or other thing, or any tree, shrubs, flower, fence, curb or other ornament not removed within the time stated in a notice from the Commissioner, and the owner shall comply with all the rules and regulations of the Commissioner relating to said cemetery or lot.
      (6)   The owner shall convey said lot only as a whole, and shall never divide said lot, and if there are two or more owners, they shall designate in writing one of their number to represent the lot, and while they neglect so to do the Commissioner may designate the one to represent the lot.
(Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 19 § 15; CBC 1975 Ord. T7 § 114; CBC 1985 7-5.3; Ord. 1990 c. 2 § 1; Ord. 2001 c. 2)
7-5.4   Agreement for Perpetual Care.
   The Commissioner, after payment to the Collector-Treasurer for the city, for keeping in repair any lot in any cemetery or other burial ground owned by the city, may execute and deliver to the person by or for whom the payment has been made an agreement that the city shall keep the lot, and the structures and grass thereon, in a good and neat condition forever, or during the period specified in the agreement, so far as the same can be done by the expenditure of the amount equal to 4% per year of the amount of money so paid from the time of such payment. The Commissioner shall cause all such agreements to be faithfully carried out.
(Ord. 1954 c. 2 § 41; Rev. Ord. 1961 c. 19 § 16; CBC 1975 Ord. T7 § 115; CBC 1985 7-5.4; Ord. 2001 c. 2)
7-6   FREEDOM TRAIL COMMISSION.
   No ordinances apply. See special statutes.
(CBC 1975 Ord. T7; CBC 1985 7-6)
7-7   TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.
Cross-reference:
   Commissioner appointed under St. 7 s. 200
7-7.1   Establishment of Department.
   There shall be in the city a Department, known as the Transportation Department, as provided in the charter as that term is defined in M.G.L. Chapter 4, Section 7, Clause 5.
(Ord. 1960 c. 10 § 1; Ord. 1962 c. 9 §§ 4, 5, 6; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 24 § 1; CBC 1975 Ord. T7 § 200; CBC 1985 7-7.1)
Cross-reference:
   M.G.L. Chapter 4, Section 7, Clause 5
7-7.2   Commissioner to Place Street Signs.
   The Commissioner of Transportation shall place and maintain in one or more suitable, conspicuous places, to be selected by him or her, on each street in the city, one or more signs showing the name of the street.
(Ord. 1962 c. 9 §§ 4, 5, 6; Rev. Ord. 1961 (Sup. 1971) c. 24 § 2; CBC 1975 Ord. T7 § 201; CBC 1985 7-7.2)
Cross-reference:
   Ord. ss 8-7.1; Ord. Section 11-6
Editor’s note:
   The powers and duties of the Traffic and Parking Commission, the Traffic and Parking Commissioner and the Traffic and Parking Department were assumed by the Transportation Commission, the Transportation Commissioner and the Transportation Department respectively under the provisions of s. 20 of Ch. 608 of the Acts of 1986.
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