[R.O. 1993 § 140.130; Code 1972 § 7-27; Ord. No. 85-1891, 7-8-1985; CC 1988 § 6-31]
A.
It is hereby made the duty of the Mayor, for and on behalf of the
City, to sign and execute to persons entitled thereto, all certificates
to purchasers of cemetery lots and to cause the same to be countersigned
by the City Clerk, and to be attested to by the Seal of the City.
B.
The City Manager shall keep in his/her office a duplicate plat of
all cemetery lots, with marginal references thereto, which shall at
all times show the lots which have been sold, the date of sale, to
whom sold and the lots remaining unsold.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.140; Code 1972 § 7-28;
CC 1988 § 6-32]
Out of the proceeds of the sale of cemetery lots, all the money
so realized from such sales shall go to the general funds of the City.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.150; Code 1972 § 7-1;
CC 1988 § 6-33]
Purchasers of burial space in the City cemeteries shall be entitled,
upon payment of the full purchase price of the space purchased, to
a deed for the space purchased. Such deed vests in the purchaser a
right in fee simple to such space for the sole purpose of sepulcher
alone, for human bodies only, subject to the rules and regulations
and ordinances governing the cemeteries.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.160; Code 197 § 7-2;
CC 1988 § 6-34]
The purchaser of a burial lot in the City cemeteries purchases
only burial right on that plot. The City reserves control of all the
cemetery property. Owners of lots shall abide and be governed by all
the rules and regulations which are now in effect or which may be
enacted in the future.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.170; Code 1972, § 7-3;
CC 1988 § 6-35]
No transfer or assignment of any space or interest therein shall
be valid without the consent of the City.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.180; Code 1972 § 7-40;
CC 1988 § 6-36]
A.
It shall be the duty of the Sexton to keep at the cemetery a plat
of all cemetery lots, which shall at all times show the lots that
have been sold, the date of sale, to whom sold, and lots remaining
unsold.
B.
No burial shall be permitted on any lot in such cemetery, except
in the free burial ground, nor shall any grave be dug by the Sexton,
until the City Clerk has received full payment for the lot and the
digging of the grave. It shall be unlawful to execute any deed to
any person for a cemetery lot until such requirements have been fully
met.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.190; Code 1972 § 7-30;
CC 1988 § 6-37]
The City may repurchase a cemetery grave lot if the owner can
furnish the original deed, or a true and correct copy thereof. The
repurchase price shall be limited to the total purchase price paid
for the cemetery lot at the time the deed was granted. The City may
limit the number of repurchases it will grant at any given point in
time.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.200; Code 1972 § 7-6; Ord. No. 84-1873§ 3, 12-10-1984; CC 1988 § 6-38]
No fences or enclosures around lots shall be permitted. No guardrail,
boundary marker or other object or construction, except as provided
in this Chapter, shall be placed or permitted on any lot at any time
in the cemetery owned and maintained by the City. Further, all flowers,
decorations, wire, nails, glass vases, jars, containers or other receptacles
or devices used in connection with the placement of flowers or floral
arrangements on grave sites is prohibited from April 1 through October
31 of each year.[1] However, from 5:00 P.M. on the Friday immediately preceding
Memorial Day until 7:00 P.M. on the Sunday immediately following Memorial
Day, it shall be lawful to place any grave decorations, cut flowers,
or plastic flowers over individual graves. The employees of the City
are authorized and directed to move and dispose of all such decorations,
wire, nails, glass vases, jars, containers and receptacles except
during the aforesaid decoration periods.
[R.O. 1993 § 140.210; Code 1972 § 7-8;
CC 1988 § 6-39]
Any plantings, jugs or bric-a-brac of any description placed
on any lot may be removed by the City.
