(A) Cremains. Cremains may be buried in a container approved by the township in a cemetery plot or in a columbarium that has been installed by the township within a township cemetery. No cremains shall be scattered or dispersed within a township cemetery.
(B) Columbarium wall openings/closings. All columbarium wall openings/closings shall be completed by a mason selected by the Township Board at the cost of the individual to be interred and/or the heirs/family of the individual to be interred.
(C) Additional columbarium regulations. The township shall initially purchase columbarium(s) and then sell an interment right in a columbarium niche as described herein. The lettering of a niche face shall be of engraved type and performed by a monument company. Unless otherwise provided for, flowers, glass containers or decorations are not permitted on or around the columbarium except within furnished adjacent urns. Not more than two cremains shall be interred in one niche. Niche owners may install one durable vase, with a maximum height of six inches, on the niche face for cut flowers. Installation shall be by a monument company. In the event of a niche being sold back to the township, only the original purchase price shall be returned.
(Ord. 22-05-17, passed 5-17-2022)