If the owner or purchaser of any lot, or part thereof on which no burial has taken place, desires to sell the same, he or she shall inform the Finance Officer of his or her desire to sell, whereupon the city shall have an option for 30 days thereafter to purchase said property on the basis of the regular selling price by the city of lots in the same section or block. If such option is not exercised by the city, said owner or purchaser may then sell to any other person, upon condition, however that no transfer or assignment of any lot or part of lot, or interest therein, shall be valid without the consent of the Finance Officer to such transfer or assignment. No person shall buy or sell any lot within the cemetery for purposes of speculation. In case any lot or part of lot is purchased by the city pursuant to the option mentioned in this section, the Finance Officer shall ascertain that the owner has clear right to the same before such purchase is made.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-7)