(A) For the purpose of this appendix, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY RESIDENT. Any person, spouse or blood relative who at the time of death was residing within the corporate city limits (excluding hospitals, nursing homes, retirement homes or hotels/motels) or can provide evidence of residing within the corporate city limits for a period of greater than one year.
(B) Lot/niche prices. The following prices for cemetery lots and columbarium niches have been set by the City Council in accordance with the provisions of § 54.084 of this code. The prices of all cemetery lots and columbarium niches shall be governed by the following schedule unless hereafter changed by the City Council.
(1) Any grave space for city resident: $700;
(2) Any grave space for non-resident: $950;
(3) Columbarium niche #1:
(a) City resident: $1,250*;
(b) Non-resident: $1,500*; and
(4) Columbarium niche #2:
(a) Bottom row A:
1. City resident: $1,500*;
2. Non-resident: $1,750*;
(b) Rows B, C, D (Top row):
1. City resident: $1,800*;
2. Non-resident: $2,050*.
*Price includes niche, engraving, initial opening and closing, except initial opening on Saturday morning is an additional $200. Subsequent openings and closings during the workweek are $200, and on Saturday morning are $450.
(C) Price for opening graves. The following prices for the opening of graves have been set by the City Council with the provisions of § 54.087 of this code. The prices charged for opening graves shall be governed by the following schedule.
(1) For the opening of a grave for the burial of a person:
(a) City resident: $600;
(b) Non-resident: $850.
(2) For the opening of a grave for the burial of the cremated remains of a person:
(a) City resident: $300;
(b) Non-resident: $550.
(3) Disinterment:
(a) From one location to another in the cemetery: $1,000;
(b) To another cemetery: $500.
(4) For Saturday morning interments for a city resident or non-resident: add $250.
(5) There will be no interments, inurnments, or disinterments Saturday afternoon or evening, on Sunday, on a designated city holiday, or on weekends before or after a designated city holiday.
(D) Monument and marker permit fee. The fee required for a monument or marker permit, set by the City Council in accordance with the provisions of § 54.115 of this code, is $30 per space.
(E) Perpetual care fee. The fee for perpetual care, set by the City Council in accordance with the provisions of § 54.088 of this code, is a one-time fee of $300 for each space purchased, which will provide for eternal care of the cemeteries.
(Ord. 1778, passed 9-3-1985; Ord. 1933, passed 9-4-1990; Ord. 2002-2630, passed 7-1-2002; Ord. 2023-3074, passed 11-20-2023)