CHAPTER 959
Cemeteries
LOTS
959.01   Control of receipts; payment for lots; deeds.
959.02   Conditions in deeds.
BURIALS
959.03   Permit required.
959.04   Private interments.
959.05   Other interments.
959.06   Disinterments.
959.07   Memorials.
959.08   Fees.
GENERAL REGULATIONS
959.09   Speed limit.
959.10   Hours.
959.11   Defacing memorials.
959.12   Obstructing official business.
959.13   Discharging firearms.
959.14   Maintaining appearance.
959.15   Minors restricted.
959.16   Supervisor of Cemeteries.
959.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Burials may be prohibited - see Ohio R.C. 759.05
   Union cemeteries - see Ohio R.C. 759.27 et seq.
   Burial permits - see Ohio R.C. 3705.24 et seq.
   Burial of indigent persons - see Ohio R.C. 5113.15
   Commissioner of Public Lands Maintenance to manage and control City-owned cemeteries - see ADM 127.13(b)
LOTS
959.01. Control of receipts; payment for lots; deeds.
   (a)   The Director of Parks, Recreation and Forestry shall have charge and control of the receipts arising from the sale of lots and shall determine the size and price thereof, and terms of payment therefor, and shall give to each purchaser a receipt showing the amount paid and a pertinent description of the lot or lots sold, and upon producing such receipt to the Mayor, the purchaser shall be entitled to a deed for the lot or lots described therein; and for the purpose of executing such deed therefor, the Mayor and the Clerk of Council are hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the purchaser thereof, on behalf of the City, a deed to such lot or lots, and shall affix thereto the corporate seal of the City and the seal of the Clerk. No deed shall be delivered until such lot or lots is paid for in full.
   (b)   A lot in any Municipal cemetery shall consist of one or more single grave spaces in those sections designated as Lot Sections.
   (c)   All lots not paid for within three months from the date reserved may be resold by the City without refund of any partial payment received therefor.
   (d)   No interment shall take place in any Municipal cemetery until payment for the space is received in full by the City, with the exception of burials pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5113.15.
(Ord. 552-90. Passed 5-29-90.)
959.02. Conditions in deeds.
   All deeds for burial lots in any cemetery owned by the City shall contain a provision that such burial lots shall be used exclusively for the burial of dead human remains, shall be subject to such rules and regulations of the management of such cemeteries as the Director of Parks, Recreation and Forestry may from time to time adopt, and shall be subject to the cemetery laws of the State and ordinances of the City.
(Ord. 552-90. Passed 5-29-90.)
BURIALS
959.03. Permit required.
   No dead body shall be received for burial within the Municipal cemeteries, or any other burial place in the City, unless the person in charge of such dead body shall have obtained a burial permit from the Department of Health. No person shall bury, or attempt to bury, any dead body without having obtained a permit from the Department of Health for that purpose.
(Ord. 552-90. Passed 5-29-90.)
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