A. Burial Permit: It shall be unlawful for any person to bury the body of a deceased person in the municipal cemetery without first obtaining a certificate of burial right for the lot used, or producing satisfactory evidence of a right to burial based on a properly acquired certificate of burial right. The certificates shall be issued and signed by the mayor and shall be attested by the City Recorder.
B. Registration Of Burials: No remains shall be interred, or remains received, unless a statistics report is received from a licensed mortician and signed by the funeral director, which shall be an acknowledgment of the mortuary’s obligation to pay for the burial, or unless the burial charges have been paid in advance to the City Treasurer and receipt therefor is presented to the Sexton as a permit for the burial. The burial report or receipt shall reflect the full name of the deceased, the date and place of birth, the date and place of death, and the name and address of the person responsible for disposal.
C. Burials And Disinterment: The scheduling of disinterments, disinterments, or exhumations shall be at the discretion of the Sexton. The Sexton may refuse to disinter any remains that would endanger the health and safety of cemetery employees or the public. Disinterments may be postponed without notice if the Sexton deems it necessary in order to maintain the regular operations of a cemetery
D. Vaults: Before a casket is accepted for burial, it must be housed within a concrete vault having fixed top and side panel edge restraints incorporated into the construction and having a strength capable of uniformly withstanding a stress of seven and one-half (7-1/2) pounds per square inch. If a particular type or construction of a vault is rejected by the Sexton, the mortician or party utilizing the vault shall bear the burden of proving compliance with the strength requirements of this section.
E. Burial Hours: No graveside service or interment will be allowed in the cemetery on Sunday or on any of the holidays officially observed by the City. On all other days, graveside services or interments will be allowed between the hours of nine o’clock (9:00) A.M. and four o’clock (4:00) P.M. All graveside services and interments must be arranged through the Sexton forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the time set, and, if there is an intervening holiday or Sunday, arrangements must be made seventy-two (72) hours in advance. The Sexton may approve exceptions to the times designated herein and shall charge a reasonable fee, as established by the City Council on the City’s duly enacted fee schedule, to cover expenses related to off-hours graveside services or interments.
F. Restrictions on Burials:
1. It shall be unlawful for any person to bury the body of a deceased person within the City limits, except in a cemetery as described in section 6-3-3 of this chapter. No grave in the cemetery shall be opened or filled, refilled or sodded, except by employees of the cemetery under the direction of the Sexton.
2. All parts of a burial or cremation vault shall be at least two feet (2') below the surface of the ground. One (1) interment only shall be allowed in a casket except for a parent with their infant child, two (2) infants who are buried at the same time, one (1) cremated remains placed in or on the casket, or three (3) cremated remains in one plot. No double depth burials shall be allowed. (Ord. 2022-53, 9-28-2022)