A. As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context otherwise clearly requires:
CEMETERY OR COUNTY CEMETERY: A designated burial park owned by Pershing County for earth interments of human remains; the public and private mausoleums and sarcophaguses for above ground crypt entombments; and the columbariums for inurnment of created human remains.
ENTOMBMENT: The disposition of human remains by placement in a crypt or sarcophagus.
GRAVESITE OR GRAVE: One geographic space for the interment, inurnment, or entombment of human remains for which one right of burial may be sold.
INTERMENT OR INTER: The disposition of human remains by burial. As used herein, interment or inter may refer to burial, inurnment, and entombment.
INURNMENT: The disposition of cremated human remains by burial or placement in a columbarium.
MARKER: A flat headstone set flush with the surface of the earth to identify the location of human remains and preserve the memory of a deceased person.
MEMORIAL: A structure erected in memory of and in tribute to a common group, cause, or event.
MONUMENT: An upright headstone or tombstone set above ground to identify the location of human remains and preserve the memory of a deceased person.
PLOT: Used or unused geographic space in the cemetery for the interment, inurnment or entombment of human remains in which more than one grave is located.
RIGHT OF BURIAL OR BURIAL RIGHT: The license to be buried in a Pershing County cemetery, which is obtained by the reservation of a gravesite.
SERVICE ANIMAL: An animal that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other disability. (Ord. 321, 2016)