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(a) In all sales of grave lots, the consideration therefor shall be payment in cash, and no person shall be permitted to purchase more than four grave lots without prior consent of Council.
(b) Fees for grave lots are set forth in Chapter 214 of the Administration Code.
(c) The owner of a grave lot may stack not more than two burials within the same grave lot.
(d) The owner of a grave lot may have cremated remains interred, but may not exceed six cremated remains in one lot.
(Ord. 97-41. Passed 2-4-97.)
No sale or transfer of any grave shall be made by any owner without the consent and approval of the Mayor or his or her designee. Any owner requesting a duplicate deed to a grave lot or desiring to have the Mayor or his or her designee consent and approve the sale or transfer of any grave shall, together with his or her request therefor, file a sum as set forth in Chapter 214 of the Administration Code as a fee to pay the cost and expense to the Municipality of making the transfer of the record of the ownership of such grave. If the Mayor or his or her designee refuses to approve such sale or transfer, the fee shall be returned.
(Ord. 94-61. Passed 3-15-94.)
Any person wishing to have a deceased person buried within the Municipal Cemetery shall obtain a permit for the opening of the grave lot, which permit shall be furnished by the Director of Finance. Such person shall pay in cash, at the rates set forth in Chapter 214 of the Administration Code, for the service to be rendered by the Municipality through its employees or agents in the opening of the grave lot and the filling and trimming thereof following the burial.
Without exception, the charge for the footer installation of each grave shall be as set forth in Chapter 214 of the Administration Code.
(Ord. 97-41. Passed 2-4-97.)
Upon collection of any and all cemetery related fees, the Director of Finance shall deposit said fees into the appropriate funds. The distribution of said fees shall be determined annually by the Director of Finance.
(Ord. 861. Passed 10-16-40; Ord. 08-160. Passed 7-15-08.)
The plots and ground designated on the plat or map of the Municipal Cemetery as Lots 434 to 443, inclusive, are hereby designated and dedicated for use exclusively for the burial of the indigent dead and shall be retained for such purpose.
(Ord. 861. Passed 10-16-40.)
(a) Installation. The owner of a lot in the Municipal Cemetery may erect headstones, footstones, monuments and markers thereon and beautify such lot subject to rules, regulations and directions of Council. The same shall be of bronze, granite or marble and shall be set by the Foreman of Municipal Parks, Properties and Cemeteries at the expense of the lot owner. Such monument, headstone, footstone or marker shall have inscribed thereon the lot and grave number one-half to three-fourths of an inch high. Documented proof of conformance to these regulations shall be submitted to the Foreman for his or her signed approval prior to delivery. The charge for installation shall be such, in each case and from time to time, as will be sufficient to cover the actual cost of any labor and material involved, and such amount in each case shall be deposited with the Director of Finance prior to installation.
No monuments, headstones, footstones or markers shall be erected, placed or maintained upon any part of the Cemetery on Lots 500 or greater or within any land hereafter acquired for addition to the Cemetery, except such monuments, headstones, footstones or markers as will rest upon a base within the ground, with the top thereof flush with the ground surface, so as to enable mowing without damage thereto. The maximum size shall be fifty-four inches in length by eighteen inches in width, but in no case shall it be longer than the lot or lots on which it is placed.
(b) Location.
(1) Monuments. All monuments erected in the Municipal Cemetery shall be erected in the center of the lot.
(2) Headstones, markers and footstones. All headstones, markers and footstones erected or placed in the Municipal Cemetery by the Municipality shall be erected or placed on the lot on which burial is made and the location thereof shall be at the direction of the Cemetery Working Foreman.
(c) Time of Erection. No headstone, footstone, marker or monument shall be erected in the Municipal Cemetery at a time when the Cemetery driveways are in such condition, due to weather or other causes, that a vehicle driving over the same will cause damage or ruts.
(Ord. 97-41. Passed 2-4-97.)
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