(A) Determination. Prior to the cremation authorization, the Village Administrator shall make reasonable attempt to determine whether the deceased person was a legal resident of the village or an indigent in transit.
(B) Legal residency means a physical presence in a particular location, coupled with the present intent to make that place a permanent residence for a period of time.
(C) Indigent in transit means the deceased was in transit inside the corporation limits of the village at the time of death and all means have been exhausted to notify next-of-kin.
(D) Nursing homes. In cases where the decedent was living in a nursing home or hospital located within the village, legal residence shall mean to make the nursing home or hospital a permanent residence.
(Ord. 3-2017, passed 2-21-17)