(A) All burial right agreements for grave sites shall be executed on behalf of the village by the Village Clerk. Any person desiring to purchase a burial space in any village cemetery shall make application and pay the required amount for the grave site selected to the village. Upon the purchase of any burial space, the Village Clerk shall prepare and deliver to the purchaser, a duly executed burial right agreement for the burial space. The issuance of a burial right agreement shall not constitute a right in land, but rather a right to burial within the village cemetery subject to the rules and regulations of the village and the laws of the state.
(B) The Village Council shall determine the burial space purchase price and transfer fees by resolution and shall set the fees for cemetery services. The required charges shall be paid to the Village Treasurer and shall be deposited in the Cemetery Fund.
(C) No transfer of the burial rights other than by inheritance shall be recognized. Any person owning any burial space who has not used a portion of the burial space and wishes to relinquish his or her ownership, may convey the same to the village and will be paid $75 for the unused grave site of the burial space at the time of the reconveyance. If any person wishing to relinquish rights for any burial space is not the original purchaser of the space, then that person must provide written proof of ownership of burial rights by inheritance prior to any reconveyance under this section. Private sale of burial rights shall be allowed if registered with the Village Clerk's office and payment of a $10 fee.
(D) The right to use burial spaces sold, after the effective date of this subchapter, that remain vacant for a period of 50 years from the date of sale shall automatically and unequivocally revert to the Village of Pinckney upon the completion of the following notification:
(1) Notice shall be sent by the Village Clerk by registered first class mail to the last owner of record of burial rights informing of the expiration of the 50-year period and that all rights with respect to a space will be vacated and fully forfeited, if the owner of the rights does not affirmatively respond in writing to the Village Clerk of a desire to retain the burial rights within 60 days from the date of mailing.
(2) Should the Village Clerk not receive a written response to the notice from the last owner of record of the burial rights or from an appropriate heir or legal representative within the 60-day period, all rights shall be considered forfeited to the village.
(Ord. 78, passed 6-25-2007)