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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)
(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)
CONTROL OF PLOT WORK AND DECORATION
All grading, landscape work and improvements of any kind and all care on plots, shall be done, and all trees and shrubs and herbage of any kind shall be planted, trimmed, cut or removed, and all openings and closings of plots, and all interments, disinterments and removals shall be made under the direction of the town.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-141) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
No flower receptacles may be placed on any plot unless approved by the town and they shall be of metal of approved size and design and, in the case of a burial park, set wholly beneath the level of the lawn. The town shall have authority to remove all floral designs, flowers, weeds, trees, shrubs, plants or herbage of any kind from the cemetery as soon as, in the judgment of the Director of Public Works, they become unsightly, dangerous or when they do not conform to the standards maintained. The town shall not be liable for floral pieces, baskets or frames in which or to which the floral pieces are attached. The town shall not be liable for lost, misplaced or broken flower vases. The town shall not be liable for plants, herbage or plantings of any kind damaged by the elements, thieves, vandals or by any other causes beyond its control.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-142) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
The placing of boxes, shells, toys, metal designs, ornaments, chairs, settees, vases, glass, wood or iron cases and similar articles shall not be permitted on cemetery avenues, walks, alleys and roads, and if so placed shall be removed by the town.
(Prior Code, Ch. 16, Art. IV, § 16-144) (Ord. 130, passed 2-5-1990)
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