[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 § 140.150; 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.
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Editor's Note: Except as provided for Maple Park Cemetery in Section 145.440 of this Chapter.