(a) No interment or inurnment shall be made at the South Russell Village Cemetery unless the interment or inurnment right and the opening and closing fees for such grave have been paid in full to the Village by 4:00 p.m. the prior business day of a burial.
(b) All interments, inurnments, disinterments, and disinurnments shall be done only by authorized Village personnel.
(c) The Village reserves the right to compel all persons authorized to order the opening and closing of a grave to appear at the South Russell Village Cemetery more than two business days in advance of such interment, entombment, or inurnment to select the desired grave to be opened. In addition, the completion and execution of the Village's interment, inurnment authorization form may be required. All burial related and disinterment fees must be paid in full to the Village by 4:00 p.m. the prior business day of a burial.
(d) Funeral processions, upon entering the grounds of the South Russell Village Cemetery, shall be subject to the direction of the Village or its authorized personnel.
(e) The Village must be notified of an impending interment, inurnment, or scattering service no later than two business days prior to the service.
(f) The Village reserves the right to schedule interment or inurnment services according to the Village's availability of service times and needs.
(g) The Village shall have the right to have the interment or inurnment service at the grave according to the Village's schedule and current weather conditions.
(h) The hours for funerals at the South Russell Village Cemetery are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturdays. Funerals entering the South Russell Village Cemetery between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays will be charged additional late arrival fees. Funerals will not be conducted in the South Russell Village Cemetery on New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, or any other Village designated holidays.
(i) When a removal is to be made from a single grave to another grave, the formerly occupied single grave space and all rights therein revert to the owner thereof.
(j) Application for disinterment or disinurnment must comply with the provisions of R.C. § 517.23.
(k) Any person desiring to remove a body from the grave space of another must present a written permit signed by the owner, the next of kin and also himself or herself to have such removal made. These shall remain on file in the office of the Village Fiscal Officer. No such removal shall be made without the written consent of the Village.
(l) No cremation grave space may contain more than two cremated remains.
(m) No full grave space may contain more than two cremated remains or one cremated remains and one vault. A full grave space may contain one infant casket not to exceed twenty- four inches in length and one concrete or steel burial vault.
(n) All human remains not cremated must be contained in a concrete or steel burial vault prior to burial.
(o) All cremated remains must be contained in a burial vault prior to inurnment.
(p) The remains of any person who died of a contagious disease will not be permitted in or on the South Russell Village Cemetery grounds, except when placed in a hermetically sealed casket. In case of doubt on the part of the Village as to the nature of the disease, satisfactory evidence from the attending physician or otherwise will be required.
(Ord. 2023-51. Passed 9-11-23.)