BURIAL PLOT: | The location, by section and block, identified in a city cemetery for the future exercise of a burial right, or the memorial to a deceased person. |
BURIAL RIGHT: | The limited right of a specific individual to be buried in a specific burial lot in any land designated by the city as a cemetery or a columbarium niche. |
BURIAL VAULT: | A structure used to hold a casket or container of cremated remains. |
CEMETERY OFFICIAL: | The Cemetery Sexton or other authorized City employee. |
CERTIFICATE OF BURIAL RIGHT: | A document issued by the city identifying the individual who may be buried in a burial plot. |
CREMATED REMAINS: | The remains of a deceased human that have been reduced to ashes. |
DISINTERMENT: | The permanent removal of a casket or cremated remains from a burial plot. |
EXHUMATION: | The temporary removal of human remains from a burial plot. |
GRAVE: | A burial plot in which human remains, including cremated remains, have been buried or which has been excavated in anticipation of burial. |
MARKER: | A memorial marker that is flat, flush to the natural grade of a grave identifying the person whose remains are buried in the grave. |
MEMORIAL STONE: | A marker or monument stone used to identify the person interred in a burial plot. |
MEMORIALS: | Items placed on a burial lot as a remembrance. |
RESIDENCY: | Washington City residency shall be determined by proof shown, such as recorded property ownership, voting records, Washington City utility accounts, or other acceptable proof of residency. (Ord. 2022-53, 9-28-2022) |