(A) All persons desiring to purchase a lot in the town cemetery shall apply to the Town Manager on an appropriate application form provided by the town.
(B) In the event a lot is being purchased for immediate use, the adjoining lot(s) may be held for a period of time not to exceed 60 days from original purchase, at which time payment in full shall be tendered. No more than three lots will be held at a time.
(C) The Town Clerk shall issue, in the name of the purchaser, a certificate of sale showing the lot number and the section, or map, number of the burial space referring to a map, or plat, thereof. A record of the sale, the lot purchased, and the name of the purchaser shall be kept in a permanent record book in the town office.
(D) No certificate of ownership for a grave site shall be issued until the full purchase price has been paid.
(E) A resident of the town shall be allowed to purchase, at resident rates, a maximum number of cemetery lots equal to four lots, or the number of members of the resident’s immediate family residing in the home of the resident/purchaser at the time of purchase, whichever is greater.
(1) IMMEDIATE FAMILY is defined as spouse, child, and/or dependent.
(2) Persons buried in said lot(s) shall not be limited to the resident, or his or her immediate family member(s).
(Code 1976, § 9.37) (Ord. 12-75, passed 10-20-1975; Ord. 26-94, passed 11-7-1994; Ord. 2-2000, passed 2-7-2000; Ord. 15-02, passed 4-15-2002)