CHAPTER 951
City Cemeteries
   EDITOR'S NOTE: Rules and regulations for Brookdale Cemetery, North Murray Ridge Cemetery and Ridgelawn Cemetery were adopted by Ordinance 89-70, passed April 3, 1989, and amended by Ordinance 97-284, passed November 17, 1997.
   Because of the frequency of change, rates for services rendered by City cemeteries are not codified. Copies of the latest relevant legislation may be obtained, at cost, from the Clerk of Council.
951.01   Designation.
951.02   Dedication.
951.03   Adoption of bylaws and regulations.
951.04   Sale of lots.
951.05   Compliance with State law.
951.06   Members of Armed Forces.
951.07   Cemetery Trust Fund.
951.08   Cemetery maintenance/ improvement fund.
951.09   Manner of making disbursements.
951.10   Reports and statements to Council.
951.11   Investment of improvement fund; sale of investments. (Repealed)
951.12   Cremation of a body at the expense of the city.
951.13   Indigent burials.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Cemetery endowment fund - see Ohio R.C. 146.01, 5705.13
   Burials may be prohibited - see Ohio R.C. 759.05
   Management - see Ohio R.C. 759.09
   Burial permits - see Ohio R.C. 3705.24 et seq.
   Burial of indigent persons - see Ohio R.C. 5113.15
   Fees charged by Division of Cemeteries - see ADM. 109.07 
   Division of Cemeteries- see ADM. Ch. 151 
   Malicious damage of cemetery property - see GEN. OFF. 541.04 
951.01 DESIGNATION.
   (a)   The cemetery located in Section 9 of Carlisle Township, Lorain County, Ohio, shall be named, known as and called Brookdale Cemetery.
   (b)   The cemetery located in all of original lots 52 and 53, and parts of lots 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49 and 50 of the City, all east of the Black River, shall be named, known as and called Ridgelawn Cemetery.
   (c)   The cemetery located in part of original lot 15 of the City, west of the Black River, shall be named, known as and called North Murray Ridge Cemetery.
(Ord. 66-125. Passed 7-18-66.)
951.02 DEDICATION.
   The land described in Section 951.01 is hereby dedicated and set apart as a place for the burial of human dead.
(Ord. 66-125. Passed 7-18-66.)
951.03 ADOPTION OF BYLAWS AND REGULATIONS.
   The Director of Safety-Service is hereby authorized to make and adopt suitable bylaws and regulations relative to the management, care, upkeep and improvement of all City owned cemeteries and the burial of the dead therein, and regarding the construction, placing and keeping of monuments, markers, structures, trees, shrubbery, flowers and other things upon the lots and graves in such cemeteries.
(Ord. 66-125. Passed 7-18-66.)
951.04 SALE OF LOTS.
   (a)   The Director of Safety-Service is hereby authorized to execute and deliver a proper deed to each purchaser of a lot in all City owned cemeteries upon the payment of the price fixed therefor, and shall keep a suitable and proper record showing the sales of lots and the names and addresses of the owners thereof.
(Ord. 66-125. Passed 7-18-66.)
   (b)   All new sales of lots for immediate interment shall be paid at once, or as designated by the Director.
   (c)   Adjacent space or lots for future interments may be reserved. However, such space shall be paid for in full in one lump sum within one year from the date of the reservation.
   (d)   All past deposits on lots shall be paid in full within one year from the passage date of subsections (b) through (d) of this section (Ordinance 84-44, passed February 21, 1984). Extenuating circumstances will be reviewed by the Director, and extensions may be granted under his or her direction.
(Ord. 84-44. Passed 2-21-84.)
   (e)   All lots which are now being held on such past deposits, and which are not paid for in accordance with subsection (d) hereof, shall be released for resale. Any moneys held for those lots shall be retained by the City as liquidated damages and shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(Ord. 82-169. Passed 7-6-82.)
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