For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CEMETERY. A designated area set aside and controlled by the city for the burial of human remains by earth interment, by interment in a mausoleum, crypt or urn.
CEMETERY OFFICE. Grayville City Hall.
CITY. The City of Grayville.
DEED OF CONVEYANCE. The certificate of ownership issued by the city and delivered to the original purchaser of a cemetery plot or lot showing ownership thereof.
GRASS MARKER. A memorial flush with the ground.
INTERMENT. The permanent disposition of human remains by burial, entombment, or inurnment after cremation.
LOT. Numbered divisions as shown on the record plat which consists of one or more plots.
LOT MARKER. Any means or device used, erected or implanted by cemetery personnel to indicate the corners of a plot or lot.
MEMORIAL. A monument, marker, tablet, headstone, private mausoleum or tomb for family or individual use, tombstone, urn and crypt and niche place.
MONUMENT. A tombstone or memorial of granite or marble which shall extend above the surface of the ground.
PLOT. A space of sufficient size to accommodate one adult. Interments are approximately three by eight feet.
SEXTON. The person or persons duly appointed by the city for the purpose of conducting and administering the cemetery and anyone so designated by the city.
(Ord. 744, passed 9-13-10)