§ 97.039 PURCHASE AND TRANSFER OF INTERMENT RIGHTS.
   (A)   Time and charges. All interments, disinterments and removals must be made at the time and in the manner and only upon the payment of the reasonable charges as may be from time to time fixed by the cemetery management.
   (B)   Consent required for nonresidents. It is recognized that special circumstances may arise under which plots should be sold to those who are not residents. When the instances occur, special dispensation of these rules may be granted by the town.
   (C)   Transfer charges. The town may fix a charge as established in the Town of Florence Schedule of Fees for all transfers of ownership of interment rights. No transfer of ownership shall be completed or effective until all fees are paid.
   (D)   Interment rights. All interment rights are presumed to be the sole and separate property of the owner named in the instrument of conveyance.
   (E)   Consent of association. No transfer or assignment of any interment rights, or interest therein, shall be valid until the consent of the town has been endorsed thereon and the same has been recorded in the books or records of the town.
   (F)   Indebtedness. The town may refuse to consent to a transfer or to an assignment as long as there is any indebtedness due to the town from recorded interment rights owners.
   (G)   May not subdivide plot. The subdivision of interment rights is not allowed and no individual shall be interred in any plot not having an interest therein, except by written consent of all parties interested in the plot and of the town.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-130) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990; Ord. 644-15, passed 12-7-2015)