(A) The Street and Maintenance Superintendent shall serve as the Cemetery Superintendent, unless otherwise appointed by the City Council.
(B) The Cemetery Superintendent shall have control and management thereof, and of the maintenance and improvement of the grounds.
(C) He or she shall have powers and duties as are prescribed by law or by the city code.
(1) He or she shall keep the grounds, walks and streets in order and free from obstructions.
(2) He or she shall have charge of all interments made in the cemetery and shall hire and supervise all labor.
(3) He or she shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and of all regulations adopted by the Council for the government of the cemetery.
(4) He or she shall require the exhibition to him or her of a properly executed burial permit before allowing any interment to take place in the cemetery.
(5) He or she shall have charge of the digging of all graves in the cemetery; every grave for an adult shall be at least five feet deep and for a child at least four feet deep.
(6) He or she, or the city's designee, shall keep a complete record of the ownership of all lots and spaces in the cemetery; and for this purpose it shall be the duty of every purchaser of such a lot or space, either from the city direct or from a person who has previously bought from the city, to exhibit the original conveyance by which he or she claims title to the lot or space to the Cemetery Superintendent.
(7) He or she, or the city's designee, shall keep a record of all interments in the cemetery showing the exact location of every grave, the name, sex, age, time, place and cause of death of the person buried therein, and the date of burial.
(8) He or she shall prevent any burial in any lot or space until the city shall have been paid for the lot or space; and he or she shall also prevent the interment of any body in any lot or space without the consent of the person recorded as owner of the lot or space in his or her records and may require the consent to be in writing.
(Ord. 306, passed 3-20-2017)