(A) No interment will be permitted or body received unless the proper certificate is furnished giving the name and residence of the deceased, the name of the nearest relative, and the time and place of death. Twelve hours daylight notice must be given before any interment.
(B) Liner or vault must be used.
(C) Only one casket shall be interred in a grave.
(D) No permit shall be issued unless all monies due the city have been paid. The burial permit must be filed with the Superintendent upon delivery of the body. Notice of the hour of the funeral must be given at least 12 hours prior to burial services.
(E) The City shall not be liable for the authenticity of the interment permit, nor for the identity of the person sought to be interred beyond verifying that the State ID Tag number corresponds with the number on the permit. The cemetery shall not be liable for any difference in identity between the person whose remains are intended to be interred and the person named in said permit.
(F) A disinterment permit is to be procured from the State Board of Health. No disinterment shall be made except with the consent of the Superintendent, or public officer or official having authority to order such disinterment and upon the written consent of the authorized representative (next of kin). The city shall use the utmost care in making a removal, but it shall assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever for damage to any casket, cement or steel grave vault or burial case, or urn incurred in making the removal. A disinterment charge shall be levied for any necessary disinterment.
(G) The city shall not be held responsible for any order given by telephone, or for any mistake occurring from the want of precise or proper instructions as to the particular space, size, and location in a plot where interment is desired.
(H) The city reserves and shall have the right to correct any errors that may be made by it either in making interments, disinterment, or removals; or in the description, transfer, or conveyance of any interment property, either by canceling such conveyance and substituting and conveying in lieu thereof property of equal value and similar location as far as possible, or as may be selected by the city; or, in the sole discretion of the city, by refunding the amount of money paid in account of said purchase. In the event such error shall involve the interment of the remains of any person in such property, the city reserves and shall have the right to remove and/or transfer such remains so interred to such other property of equal value and similar location as may be substituted and conveyed in lieu thereof in accordance with O.R.S. 97.220.
(I) No interments shall be permitted on Sundays, or any of the following holidays; Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, and Washington's Birthday, unless authorized by Superintendent.
(J) Arrangements for opening a closing of burial plots shall be at the expense of the plot owners or heirs.
(K) Disbursement of cremains is prohibited.
(Ord. 443, passed 6-26-2017)