The City is authorized to sell burial rights only to individuals. Upon a sale of a burial right, the City shall issue a certificate of burial right, which shall grant to the individual named therein the right to be buried in the burial lot identified therein. The certificate of burial grants only a license to be buried and is not a conveyance of any title, fee, or other ownership or possessory interest in burial lot. An individual may purchase more than one (1) burial right so long as each issued certificate of burial right identifies the individual who is entitled to be buried in the burial lot identified therein. One (1) individual may be named in no more than two (2) certificates.
A. Limitation On Transferability Of Burial Rights: Burial rights may not be transferred in any manner, except the individual named in a certificate of burial right may (1) subdivide a burial right as provided in subsection B. of this section and (2) conditionally surrender the burial right covered in the certificate of burial right as provided in subsections C. and D. of this section.
B. Subdivision Of Burial Rights: A burial right includes the right to allow the burial of additional human remains in a burial lot in the following combinations:
1. One (1) casket buried at normal depth, with up to one (1) container of cremated remains buried above the casket.
2. Up to three (3) containers of cremated remains. A stillborn interment may be substituted in place of cremated remains.
C. Voluntary Sale Of Burial Rights: At any time prior to sixty (60) years from the date of issuance of a certificate of burial right, the individual named in a certificate of burial right, or the legally recognized guardian of the individual named in a certificate of burial right, may surrender the burial right to the City by delivering to the City a signed and notarized document indicating an intent to surrender. Upon surrender, the City shall refund the original purchase price of the burial right to the surrendering individual.
D. Abandonment Through Nonuse - Reclamation: If a burial right, including any subdivided burial right, remains unexercised for more than sixty (60) years from the date of issuance, the burial right shall be deemed abandoned and the City may reclaim the associated burial lot in any manner authorized by the laws of the State of Utah. The City may sell a burial right for any reclaimed burial lot. (Ord. 2022-53, 9-28-2022)