Application for permission to bury or disinter a body at the city cemetery shall be made at the cemetery office. Application for burial of a body, or for burial of ashes of a cremated body, must be accompanied by proper information to complete a burial permit. An application for disinterment must be accompanied by a proper certificate of authority. Upon proper application, the Cemetery Division of the Parks Department shall issue a burial permit, which permit shall indicate the lot upon which the burial or disinterment is done, and the Cemetery Division shall, at the same time, collect the fees prescribed in the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
For the opening and preparation of a grave prior to interment, the cemetery shall be given a minimum of 24 hours notice in summer and 36 hours notice in winter when the ground is frozen. Also, a minimum of 48 hours shall be given on any Saturday or day preceding a legal city holiday.
The lot owner or funeral home representative shall designate the location of the grave on the lot to the cemetery and any change of location made after the opening of the grave has begun shall not be at the expense of the cemetery. When definite information for locating a grave is not available in ample time for grave preparation as requested above, the cemetery will exercise its best judgment in order to meet the requested interment time. The City assumes no responsibility for any error in such location and an additional charge will be made for any change requested.
HISTORY
Amended by Ord. 9962 on 2/14/2024