For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CEMETERY PARCEL. A grave space or another type of space to place human remains in the cemetery.
CEMETERY PARCEL DEED. A written instrument that conveys the right to place human remains in the cemetery parcel so noted on the deed.
CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE FOR PERPETUAL CARE. A certificate granting the purchaser of perpetual care the right to perpetual care of a cemetery parcel purchased and perpetual care of the cemetery where the cemetery parcel is located in accordance with SDCL Ch. 9-32 as in existence at the time of the perpetual care purchase or as thereafter amended.
CREMATION SPACE. A space intended to hold a maximum of two cremated remains per space. A full-size burial may not be interred in a cremation space.
DOUBLE BURIAL. A cemetery parcel in which two cremations or one cremation and one full-size burial are placed.
INDIGENT BURIAL. A burial paid for by the county for the benefit of a qualified individual in need of financial assistance for a burial.
INFANT SPACE. A cemetery parcel intended to hold one infant burial or one infant cremated remains.
LOT. The space in the ground of the cemetery that is made up of multiple cemetery parcels. Cemetery parcels in a LOT may be owned by the same person or different persons. The LOT is essentially a numbered, surveyed location.
MONUMENT. A marker of varying shape and size cut from granite, marble, bronze or rock and mortar which is placed on a cemetery parcel to memorialize those interred at that location.
PARKS DIVISION MANAGER. The manager of the parks division as created in this code.
RIGHTSHOLDER. The original purchaser or an assignee of the right to place human remains in the cemetery in a designated cemetery parcel so noted on a cemetery parcel deed.
STACK BURIAL. A single cemetery parcel in which two full-size burials are placed one on top of the other.
VAULT. A container made of concrete, metal or equally hard material placed in the ground designed to accept the casket or urn, primarily to keep the ground from sinking over time.
(Prior Code, § 14-157) (Ord. 1327, passed 9-21-2020)