(A) The Town Clerk shall be notified at least two working days (exclusive of holidays) before a funeral, unless the service is for an immediate burial request.
(B) No lot or grave shall be opened, closed, filled, sodded or revegetated, except by town employees, under the direction of the Town Manager or designee.
(C) No burial of the remains of other than the immediate family of the owner of the lot shall be permitted until a signed written notice is filed by the owner, his or her heirs or his or her assignees in the office of the Town Clerk.
(D) One casket may be interred in each lot. Instead of a single casket, up to four cremains may be interred in a single space. In divisions (F) through (J) below, one cremains can be added to a lot with an existing casket, but those cremains must be those of an immediate family member, which for the purposes of this chapter must be a spouse, parent or child of the occupant within the casket.
(E) No animals shall be buried in the cemetery.
(F) No disinterments shall be allowed without permission of the state in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations, and without the permission of the owner of the lot or the surviving next of kin of the deceased. If the consent of such persons cannot be obtained, an order of the County Court shall be sufficient.
(G) Arrangements for disinterment shall be made with the Town Manager. No disinterment shall be made, except by town employees or as otherwise provided for by law.
(H) The town shall not be liable for any injury or damage, including, but not limited to, damage to monuments, markers, caskets, liners and vegetation for a disinterment.
(I) All caskets and urns will be enclosed in an approved concrete, stone or fiberglass outer burial container.
(J) No burials will be permitted on Sunday or holidays without the prior approval of the town or on the recommendation of the state’s Department of Public Health and Environment Department.
(Prior Code, § 360.4) (Ord. 488, passed 12-29-2003; Ord. 570, passed 3-6-2014; Ord. 582, passed 4-2-2015) Penalty, see § 95.999