(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