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.
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.)
(a) Establishment; Membership. A Cemetery Committee is hereby established consisting of five persons who are electors and taxpayers of the City, to be appointed by Council.
(b) Terms of Office. The original appointments to the Committee shall be made within thirty days after the adoption of this chapter (Ordinance 16, passed September 1, 1964), as follows: two appointments shall be made for four-year terms and three appointments shall be made for two-year terms. Thereafter, every two years on the first Tuesday of July in the City election year, two appointments shall be made for four-year terms and one appointment shall be made for a two-year term.
(c) Duties. It shall be the duty of the Committee and its members to, as often as necessary, review the cemeteries owned and/or maintained by the City, to elect a Chairperson from its membership, to hold meetings upon the request of any of its members or at the direction of Council, and to advise and make recommendations to Council, all for the purpose of improving the management and operation of the cemeteries.
(d) Secretary. The City Clerk shall act as Secretary for the Committee and its members. He or she shall record the minutes of all meetings and shall attend to all reports and communications required by the Committee.
(Ord. 16. Passed 9-1-64.)
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