(a) No dead body shall be buried or permitted to be buried in a grave that is less than five and one- half feet in depth below the surface level of the adjoining ground, and no grave shall contain more than one body unless its depth is increased at least two feet for each additional body buried therein.
(b) No sexton, superintendent or other person having charge or management of a cemetery in the City, shall permit any body to be buried in a grave of less depth than above described.
(Ord. 384-46. Passed 9-3-46.)
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13.)