CHAPTER 1066
Cemeteries

1066.01   Definitions.

1066.02   Application of chapter.

1066.03   New cemeteries prohibited.

1066.04   Religious and fraternal preferences.

1066.05   Responsibility of City for care and upkeep.

1066.06   Cemetery Committee.

1066.07   Superintendent of Cemeteries.

1066.08   Removals from office; vacancies.

1066.09   Ownership of lots and graves; transfers.

1066.10   Burial designations.

1066.11   Recording power to act.

1066.12   Establishment of charges; payment and deposit.

1066.13   Foundations.

1066.14   Perpetual care.

1066.15   Temporary rules.

1066.16   Trees, shrubs and flowers.

1066.17   Interments and disinterments.

1066.18   Graves, markers, monuments, mausoleums, etc.

1066.19   Funerals.

1066.20   Visiting hours.

1066.21   Vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

1066.22   Young children.

1066.23   Animals.

1066.24   Personal conduct.

1066.25   Food and beverages.

1066.26   Weapons.

1066.27   Shortcutting.

1066.28   Littering; unsightly objects.

1066.29   Enclosures.

1066.30   Rewards.

1066.99   Penalty.

   CROSS REFERENCES

   Cemetery Committee - see ADM. Ch. 288

   Consumption of alcoholic beverages on public property - see GEN. OFF. 606.02

   Littering on public property - see GEN. OFF. 648.02

   Property destruction generally - see GEN. OFF. 660.01

   Disorderly conduct - see GEN. OFF. 666.02 et seq.

1066.01 DEFINITIONS.

   As used in this chapter:

   (a)   "Cemetery" means any cemetery owned and/or maintained by the City for the purpose of receiving the remains of deceased humans.

   (b)   "Committee" means the Cemetery Committee, as established herein.

   (c)   "Lot" includes partial lots or single graves in cemeteries covered herein.

   (d)   "Lot or grave owner" means the owner of burial rights, the owner of a burial privilege or the collateral right of use of any burial lot, evidenced by a burial right certificate or by proved and recognized descent or devise from the original owner.

   (e)   "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Cemeteries.

(Ord. 16. Passed 9-1-64.)

1066.02 APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.

   All cemeteries owned and/or maintained by the City, or which may hereafter be acquired by the City, wherever situated, are hereby declared to be public burial grounds, subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 16. Passed 9-1-64.)

1066.03 NEW CEMETERIES PROHIBITED.

   No person shall hereafter locate or establish a cemetery within the limits of the City.

(Ord. 16. Passed 9-1-64.)

1066.04 RELIGIOUS AND FRATERNAL PREFERENCES.

   Council may contract with religious and fraternal organizations to designate a reasonable portion of any cemetery in which burials may be restricted to the members of such religious and fraternal organizations and their families.

(Ord. 16. Passed 9-1-64.)