Evergreen Hill Cemetery is provided for the residents of the Village of Chagrin Falls. All sales or purchases of graves and crypts must be made through the office of the Cemetery Clerk for purpose of record. All purchases of graves and crypts must be purchased from the Village at the prevailing rate.
(a) A nontransferable Right to Bury form will be issued by the Village to each purchaser of a grave. For a deceased resident who has a Trust, the Trust is limited to the purchase of one grave only.
(b) A maximum of four graves may be purchased, per family, by Village residents only. The cost of a 4' x 12' full size grave that allows two (2) cremation urns or one casket and two (2) cremation urns is one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00). The cost of a 4' x 12' full size grave in sections that allow three (3) cremation urns only shall cost seven hundred dollars ($700.00).
(c) Graves in Section 3-C are for cremations only, and cost three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) each for residents and are limited to three (3) cremation urns.
(d) Village residents may not purchase graves for a non-resident.
(e) In ground graves are not offered to non-residents; however, exceptions may be made at the discretion of the Mayor or the Chief Administrative Officer upon receipt of a written request from a non-resident and the recommendation of the Cemetery Commission. When an exception is made, a maximum of two (2) graves may be purchased per family. The cost to a non-resident for a 4 'x 12 ' full size grave is two thousand three hundred fifty dollars ($2,350.00).
(f) The purchase of a Right to Bury for a grave site is a final sale and nonexchangeable. It cannot, for any reason, be transferred, exchanged, or switched. Only the Village may repurchase unused graves at a rate of seventy-five percent (75%) of the current sales price, at the discretion of the Village.
(g) Graves may be transferred by will or the laws of Ohio if intestate, and a new deed will be issued by the Cemetery Clerk for purpose of record. No other transfers shall be permitted, except resale to the Village of Chagrin Falls pursuant to Subsection 953.03(g).
(Ord. 2024-04. Passed 1-22-24.)