Family cemeteries shall be permitted subject to the following:
(A) The owner of the land must obtain and provide documentation of state of Nevada health department approval for use of the land as a family cemetery.
(B) The owner of proposed family cemetery must notify and obtain approval of the Elko County planning and zoning division prior to any interment.
(C) The owner of proposed family cemetery site shall provide a metes and bounds description and record of survey to the state health division and the Elko County planning and zoning division. Upon approval by Elko County planning and zoning, the record of survey shall be recorded in the Elko County recorder's office.
(D) The owner of the land must comply with all requirements of Nevada Revised Statutes 451, inclusive.
(E) Each family cemetery shall be not less than 0.25 acre and no more than 0.50 acre in size.
(F) Each individual interment plot shall be a minimum size of five feet by ten feet (5' x 10'). There shall not be more than twenty five (25) interments per 0.25 acre of family cemetery.
(G) Each family cemetery shall be enclosed with a fence meeting the minimum requirements of Nevada Revised Statutes 569.431.
(H) No livestock grazing is allowed within a designated family cemetery.
(I) The deed to the property shall be amended to include the legal description and the designation of the family cemetery.
(J) Continued interment in the family cemetery by the original owners ceases with the sale of the property; unless the family cemetery is legally subdivided with legal private or public access.
(K) Upon subdivision of the family cemetery from the main parcel, the family cemetery may retain the original zoning designation with the use restricted to only a family cemetery.
(L) The owners of the family cemetery shall not sell plots within the cemetery.
(M) After interment, the family cemetery may not be converted to another use without going through the appropriate legal procedures.
(N) Existing family cemeteries may continue to be used, subject to meeting state health department and the mapping requirements. (Ord. 2002-H, 8-8-2002, eff. 9-11-2002)