(a) Charges for burial services shall be:
Service | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday/Holiday |
Burial of Ashes: | $225.00 | $275.00 | $325.00 |
Interment: | |||
Child Under 2 | $275.00 | $325.00 | $375.00 |
All Others | $425.00 | $525.00 | $575.00 |
Opening and Closing Mausoleum: | $525.00 | $525.00 | $525.00 |
Disinterment to be performed only during normal weekday business hours: | |||
Adult | $1,000.00 plus charges by vault company, if any. | ||
Infant | $500.00 plus changes by vault company, if any. | ||
Ashes | $300.00 plus charges by vault company, if any. | ||
The rates established by this section shall be increased $50.00 for burial services performed incident to interment ceremonies conducted after 2:00 o’clock p.m. on weekdays and after 11:00 o’clock a.m. on Saturdays.
(b) Burial services will not be performed on Saturday, Sunday or legal Holiday if requested forty-eight hours in advance.
(c) All burial, mausoleum and interment charges established by subparagraph (a) shall be fully paid in advance of the time the services are rendered unless performed at the direction and expense of the attending funeral home.
(d) The purchase price of burial easements to contiguous grave lots shall be as follows:
Number of Lots | Resident of City | Nonresident of City |
Infant (1) | $150.00 | $200.00 |
One | $400.00 | $475.00 |
Two or more | $325.00 per lot | $400.00 per lot |
(e) Burial easements purchased in advance of need shall be fully paid for at the time of sale and shall be subject to resale by the City if not used for the burial of human ashes or interment of human remains within 75 years following the date of sale. Refunds of payments received for the sale of unused burial easements shall be made only on receipt of a written request therefore signed by the purchaser or the duly appointed legal representative of the estate of the purchaser. For purposes of this section, use of the burial easement to any one or more contiguous burial lots purchased as a single parcel shall be deemed timely use of all lots described by the cemetery deed. Burial easements purchased for immediate use shall be fully paid for at the time of sale unless acquired at the direction and expense of the attending funeral homes.
(f) No headstone or monument shall be erected other than on a properly sized foundation constructed to standards established by municipal cemetery rules and regulations in effect on the date of construction. No such foundation shall be installed on any lot until all charges for the purchase of the burial easement pertaining to that lot and for the performance of all burial services rendered thereon have been paid.
(Ord. 8344. Passed 10-12-21.)
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