A. Certificate Of Purchase; Burial Permit: It shall be unlawful for any person to bury the body of a deceased person in the city cemetery without first paying for and obtaining a certificate of purchase of the lot or grave used from the city clerk for such burial. In case burial is desired in a lot or part of a lot owned by some other person, such burial shall be unlawful unless there shall be furnished to the city clerk a written permit from the owner thereof, which permit shall be filed and retained by the city clerk. (Prior code § 6-5)
B. Burial On Sunday: Except in cases of death from contagious disease or other extreme emergency, no certificate shall be issued by the city clerk for the digging of any grave on Sunday nor for the burial of any body in such cemetery on a Sunday.
C. Lots Within Block Owned By County: The city clerk will not issue certificates of purchase to any person for any lots or parts of lots in block J, that block being owned by the county, but they may issue permits for burial therein upon request of the proper officers of the county. (Prior code § 6-7; amd. Ord. 741, 3-11-2021)