A. Subject To Laws: Besides being subject to this chapter, all interments, disinterments and removals are made subject to the orders and laws of the city, county and state.
B. Times And Charges: All interments, disinterments and removals must be made at the time and in the manner and subject to the payment of such charges as fixed by the city.
C. Holidays: No interments, disinterments, removal or interment service shall be permitted on Sundays, or on any of the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. When any of the holidays mentioned in this subsection fall, or are legally observed on a Saturday or Monday, funerals will be received on the last business day preceding the holiday up to twelve o'clock (12:00) noon, but no further or final disposition will be made.
D. Authorization To Inter: The city may inter or open a space for any purpose on proper written authorization by any space owner of record made out on forms approved by the city and duly filed in its office, unless there are written instructions to the contrary already on file in the office.
E. Location Of Interment Space: When instructions from the space owner cannot be obtained, or are indefinite, or when for any reason the interment space cannot be opened where specified, the city may, in its discretion, open it in such location in the plot as it deems best and proper, so as not to delay the funeral; and the city shall not be liable in damages for any error so made.
F. No Interment Permitted Unless Property Charges Are Paid: No interment shall be permitted or marker placed in or on any grave not fully paid for, except by special emergency arrangement under administrative policy set by the sexton. Such exceptions shall be by written consent of the city clerk/treasurer and under the terms specified by the city.
G. Control Of Work By The City: All landscape work and improvements of any kind, and all care on plots, shall be done, and all trees and shrubs and herbage of any kind shall be planted, trimmed, cut or removed, and all openings and closing of plots, and all interments, disinterments and removals shall be provided for by the city. All improvements or alterations of individual property in the cemetery shall be under the direction of and subject to the consent and approval of the city; the city shall have the right to remove, alter or change such improvements or alterations at the expense of the plot owner if they were made without consent, or, whenever in its judgment they become unsightly.
H. Gratuities Prohibited: No person shall receive any fee, gratuity or commission, either directly or indirectly, except for salaries paid by the city to its employees. No city employee, mortician, funeral director, or realtor is entitled to take a commission on the sale of any space in the cemetery.
I. Interment Of More Than One Body: Multiple interments as provided herein may be allowed for members of a space owner's immediate family, heirs, or assigns, subject to presentation of proof in writing to the city that the owner gave permission for the additional interment(s). No such additional use of an owner's grave space shall be permitted without documentation of this written permission. A maximum of three (3) interments shall be allowed in any given full space; provided, however, that such multiple interments may consist solely of one of the following combinations:
1. One full sized casket burial plus two (2) cremains; or
2. Two (2) infant sized casket burials; or
3. Three (3) cremains.
J. Payment Of Service Charges: The charges for the cemetery services must be paid at the time of the issuance of the order of interment or disinterment and removal. (Ord. 2947, 2015: Ord. 2645 § 6, 1999: Ord. 2412 § 4, 1992: Ord. 2165, 1985)