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§ 97.032 REMOVAL FOR PROFIT PROHIBITED.
   Removal by the heirs, of a body, so that the plot may be sold for profit or removal contrary to the expressed or implied wish of the original plot owner is repugnant to the ordinary sense of decency and is forbidden.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-123) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
§ 97.033 RELOCATION ALLOWED.
   A body may be removed from its original plot to a larger plot in the cemetery when there has been an exchange or purchase for that purpose.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-124) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
§ 97.034 OPENING OF PLOT.
   The town may open a plot for any purpose on proper written authorization by any plot owner of record made out on forms approved by the town and duly filed in its office, unless there are written instruction's to the contrary on file with the town. When instructions from the plot owner regarding the location of the interment space in a plot cannot be obtained, are indefinite or when for any reason the interment space cannot be opened where specified, the management may, in its discretion, open it in the location in the plot as it deems best and proper, so as not to delay the funeral, and the town shall not be liable in damages for any error so made.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-125) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
§ 97.035 ERRORS IN PLACEMENT.
   The town shall not be held responsible for any order given by telephone, or for any mistake occurring as a result of erroneous instructions as to the particular space, size and location in a plot where interment is desired. Further, the town reserves the right to correct any errors that may be made either in making interments, disinterments or removals, or in the description, transfer or conveyance of any interment property either by canceling the conveyance and substituting and conveying in lieu thereof other interment property of equal value and in so far as possible similar in location, as may be selected by the town, or, in the sole discretion of the town, by refunding the purchase price of the property. In the event the error shall involve the interment of the remains of any person on the wrong property, the town also reserves the right to remove and reenter the remains in the other property of equal value and similar location as may be substituted therefore.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-126) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
§ 97.036 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERMITS AND EMBALMING.
   The town shall not be liable for the interment permit nor for the identity of the person sought to be interred, nor shall the town be responsible for the embalming of the body.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-127) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
§ 97.037 PAYMENT REQUIRED.
   No interment shall be permitted or memorial placed in or on any property not fully paid for except by special consent of the town in writing and, in the event the consent is given, any and all interments or memorials placed in or on the property shall be considered as temporary, and no rights shall be acquired by the plot purchaser until the property is fully paid for in cash. Further, in the event the purchaser of the property shall fail to meet all payments within 30 days after the same are due then the town may reenter the property and hold the same as its former estate. The town thereupon shall release the owner from all obligations thereunder, and it may retain the payments as may have been made toward the purchase of the property as liquidated damages. The town also reserves the right, without notice, to remove to single graves, to be chosen by the town, any memorial and each of the remains then interred on the unpaid for property.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-128) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
§ 97.038 ONE BODY PER PLOT.
   Not more than one body, or the remains of more than one body, shall be interred in one grave unless approved by the town, in which case a maximum of three urns may be placed in one grave. The lot owner must pay the fee set by the town for each interment.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-129) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990; Ord. 281-99, passed 10-18-1999)
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