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§ 100.03 CEMETERY RECORDS.
   (A)   Register. 
      (1)   It is the duty of the Director or the Director's designated representative to maintain a register of all interments, disinterments, or memorials conducted in the cemetery. These records shall include the following;
         (a)   The name and last known address of the lot owner;
         (b)   The name, age, birthplace, date of death, date of burial, and location of each interment.
      (2)   This register shall be kept at the Union City Cemetery Office and shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours.
   (B)   Sales. It is the duty of the Director or the Director's designated representative to maintain a listing of all sales of cemetery lots and documents of title issued by the Union City Cemetery and to assign an individual representative number to each of the documents of title prior to their execution unless otherwise authorized by the Park and Cemetery Advisory Board.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10)
§ 100.04 PURCHASES AND FEES.
   (A)   Fees. The Union City Cemetery shall have the following available in the City Clerk's office:
      (1)   A listing of all fees charged for burial lots, opening and closing of graves, installation of the foundation for monuments and other services;
      (2)   A copy of the Indiana Code or administrative regulations that set out the requirements for liners or vaults;
      (3)   The fee schedule for the Union City Cemetery, which is as follows:
Purchase of cemetery space
each $350
Transfer of title/deed (original deed shall be required for transfer)
each $10
Opening and closing of grave - Monday through Friday before 1:00 p.m.
$650
Opening and closing of grave - Monday through Friday after 1:00 p.m.
$800
Opening and closing of grave - Saturday before 12:00 noon
$800
Opening and closing of grave - Saturday after 12:00 noon
$900
Opening and closing in Babyland - Monday through Friday
$100
Opening and closing in Babyland - Saturday
$125
Opening and closing for baby not in Babyland - Monday through Friday
$125
Opening and closing for baby not in Babyland - Saturday
$175
Cremation opening and closing - Monday through Friday before 2:00 p.m.
$225
Cremation opening and closing - Monday through Friday after 2:00 p.m.
$275
Cremation opening and closing - Saturday before 1:00 p.m.
$275
Cremation opening and closing - Saturday after 1:00 p.m.
$325
Cremation with vault, opening and closing - Monday through Friday before 2:00 p.m.
$275
Cremation with vault, opening and closing - Monday through Friday after 2:00 p.m.
$325
Cremation with vault, opening and closing - Saturday before 1:00 p.m.
$325
Cremation with vault, opening and closing - Saturday after 1:00 p.m.
$375
 
   (B)   Payment. All fees must be fully paid in advance of interment. The Director or the Director's designee shall follow procedures concerning the handling of funds established by the State Board of Accounts.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10; Am. Ord. 2012-04, passed 3-26-12; Am. Ord. 2016-05, passed 4-11-16)
§ 100.05 SALE OF BURIAL LOTS.
   (A)   Sale of lots. The Director or the Director's designated representative shall meet with a prospective purchaser to assist in the selection of burial lots, share information concerning the purchase requirements, obtain identifying information for the prospective purchaser and deliver the purchase information to the Clerk-Treasurer.
   (B)   Deed preparation. Upon payment in full for a burial lot, the Clerk-Treasurer shall prepare a deed to a specific burial lot in the name specified by the purchaser. The legal owner of any burial lot is the person named on the deed.
   (C)   Deed execution. The deed shall be signed by the President of the Park and Cemetery Advisory Board or the President's designated representative and attested to by the Clerk-Treasurer. The Clerk- Treasurer shall deliver the original deed to the purchaser or other person designated by the purchaser within 30 days of the date of purchase.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 100.06 AUTHORIZED USE OF BURIAL LOTS.
   The legal owner or his personal representative may authorize the use of a burial lot for a deceased person if that authorization is in writing, accompanied by proof of ownership of the lot, and delivered to the Director or his or her designee.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10)
§ 100.07 BURIALS FOR INDIGENTS.
   No body shall be buried within the cemetery unless the fees are fully paid, in advance, or a request for indigent service is completed on forms provided by the Director and indigent interment is approved by the Director and the Mayor or the City Manager. In making the determination as to whether indigent interment should be approved, the Director and the Mayor or the City Manager shall consider the following:
   (A)   The connection that the indigent person or his or her family has with the community;
   (B)   The availability of lots;
   (C)   The nature and extent of the decedent's probate and non- probate estate;
   (D)   The availability of life insurance proceeds; and
   (E)   The willingness of relatives or friends of the decedent to guarantee payment for the lot and other services at some point in the future.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 100.08 TRANSFER OF UNUSED LOTS.
   (A)   Third party sales prohibited. No lot owner shall be permitted to sell any unused burial lot to any other individual or entity. In the event that an original lot owner or that lot owner's legal representative wishes to sell a lot, he or she shall present a written request to the Director or the Director's designee, which request shall set out the section, number and location of the unused lot and be signed by the original lot owner or that lot owner's legal representative. The signature of the original lot owner or that lot owner's legal representative shall be notarized.
   (B)   Purchase by the Director. Upon submission of the written request for resale and proof of legal ownership of the burial lot, the Director or the Director's designated representative shall purchase that lot for the original purchase price only. This lot shall be transferred by deed to the Union City Cemetery.
   (C)   Original ownership document required. The original document establishing ownership of a lot shall be delivered to the Director or the Director’s designated representative prior to any resale or transfer of an unused lot, unless the original deed was recorded in the records of the Randolph County Recorder, in which case, a copy of the recorded instrument would satisfy this requirement. If the original ownership document is not in existence at the time of resale, a subsequently issued ownership document issued by the Clerk- Treasurer or Cemetery Director will satisfy this requirement.
   (D)   Unused lots. Without interment by the legal owner or other deceased person which interment was authorized by the legal owner or his personal representative or resale of the lot to the Union City Cemetery, the burial lot shall remain unused indefinitely.
   (E)   Death of legal owner. Upon the death of the legal owner, a burial lot not used or transferred under the probate process, may be transferred by the original owner’s legal representative only as provided in this section.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10; Am. Ord. 2016-19, passed 10-10-16) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 100.09 INTERMENT ARRANGEMENTS.
   (A)   Arrangements. The Director or his or her designated representative must have 48-hour advance notice for preparation of a grave site from the time that the following information is received:
      (1)   Identifying information for decedent;
      (2)   Name, address and telephone number of the legal owner of the burial lot to be used;
      (3)   Written authorization for the use of the burial lot by the legal owner of the lot or his or her personal representative, if the burial lot is not being used by the legal owner;
      (4)   Grave location;
      (5)   Interment type (casket or ash); and
      (6)   Date and time requested for interment.
   All of the above listed information and directions relative to interment services must be on record in the cemetery office prior to interment preparation.
   (B)   Waiver of liability. The city, its Council and authorized representatives and employees, the Park and Cemetery Advisory Board and its members and employees, accept no responsibility for any mistake or error in any transmission, wireless communication, or reception of messages by telephone, e-mail or fax.
   (C)   Grave preparation time. The length of time required to prepare for an interment may vary depending on grave location, ground conditions, and weather. It is the responsibility of the funeral director or other person in charge of burial arrangements to contact the Director or his or her authorized representative and verify the possible time for the interment. Holidays and weekends are non-working hours and cannot be included in the above notification timeline.
   (D)   Sundays and holidays. No interments will be permitted on any Sunday or any legal holiday.
   (E)   Ground conditions. Upon notification from the funeral director or family representative of the need to open a grave site, the Director or his or her designated representative shall assess the ground conditions for the designated grave location in light of the requested date and time for the interment. The Director or his or her designated representative shall then alert the funeral director to any issues regarding the grave that may prevent the grave preparation by the requested date and time. Issues that could affect the ground preparation may include but are not limited to tree locations, oversized monuments, soil conditions, and other unforeseen ground conditions.
   (F)   Time for interment. Interments may be done between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The hour for the grave-side services must be arranged so that there is adequate time to properly fill the grave and remove all surplus ground before 4:30 p.m. of the date of interment.
   (G)   Storage. At no time shall the Director or any employee of the City store an unburied casket on the cemetery premises. If a service must be conducted in the cemetery prior to grave preparation, the funeral director shall return the casket to the funeral home for storage until the grave preparation is completed. When grave preparation is completed, the funeral director may return the casket to the cemetery to complete the burial. Any costs associated with this transportation and storage of the casket are the responsibility of the funeral home or the deceased's family or estate.
(Ord. 2010-07, passed 6-28-10)
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