CHAPTER 115
CEMETERY

115.01 Definition	115.09 Grave Markers
115.02 Trusteeship and Establishment of Trust Fund	115.10 Mausoleums
115.03 Cemetery Sexton	115.11 Additional Regulations
115.04 Perpetual Care Registry	115.12 Memorial Work
115.05 Sale of Interment Rights	115.13 Landscaping and Planting
115.06 Perpetual Care	115.14 Right to Replat
115.07 Rules and Regulations	115.15 Transfers or Assignments
115.08 Foundations	115.16 Gifts to Employees Prohibited

 

115.01 DEFINITION.

The term “cemetery” means the City Cemetery, which is a municipal cemetery under the provisions of Chapter 523I of the Code of Iowa and which shall be operated under the provisions of Chapter 523I of the Code of Iowa and this chapter.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 523I.501)

115.02 TRUSTEESHIP AND ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND.

A perpetual trust is hereby established for the cemetery in accordance with Iowa Code Chapter 523I, the Iowa Cemetery Act. A restricted fund is created, to be known and designated as the "perpetual care cemetery fund," which shall be funded by the deposit of an amount equal to or greater than twenty percent of the gross selling price, or $50.00, whichever is more, for each sale of interment rights within the cemetery. The fund shall be administered in accordance with the purposes and provisions of Iowa Code Chapter 523I. The perpetual care cemetery fund shall be maintained separate from all operating funds of the cemetery and the principal of the fund shall not be reduced voluntarily except as specifically permitted by the Iowa Cemetery Act and applicable administrative regulations. The City hereby states its willingness and intention to act as the trustee for the perpetual maintenance of interment spaces and cemetery property.

(Ord. 1605 - Jun. 16 Supp.)