CHAPTER 92

CEMETERIES

 

General Provisions

92.01  Declaration of municipal cemetery

92.02 Policies and regulations

92.03 Responsibility for maintenance

92.04  Trespassing on cemetery property

Cemetery Lots

92.20 Sale of grave sites and lots

92.21 Interment

 

92.99  Penalty

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

§ 92.01  DECLARATION OF MUNICIPAL CEMETERY.

 

The Glendale Cemetery is declared to be a municipal cemetery within the definition given in the Cemetery Care Act. 

 

§ 92.02  POLICIES AND REGULATIONS.

 

The City Council shall have full power and authority to approve all policies and regulations, as deemed necessary from time to time, for proper management of the cemetery. 

 

§ 92.03  RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE.

 

The responsibility for the care and maintenance of the cemetery will be subject to the control and direction of the Street Supervisor. 

 

§ 92.04  TRESPASSING ON CEMETERY PROPERTY.

 

No person shall trespass on any cemetery property by willfully destroying, injuring, or defacing any grave, vault, tombstone, or monument, or any building, fence, tree, shrub, flower, or any other thing belonging to the cemetery or placed therein by persons for the purpose of beautifying or decorating any part thereof.
Penalty, see § 92.99

 

CEMETERY LOTS

 

§ 92.20  SALE OF GRAVE SITES AND LOTS.

  1. All cemetery Grave Sites (as defined in Chapter 92) shall be sold to residents and non-residents of the City at a price of $450 per Grave Site in Memorial Gardens and $550 per grave Site in the traditional area. Grave Sites in the infant burial section shall be sold at a price of $100 each.
  2. Interment Fees: The fees for the first interment on each Grave Site shall be as follows:
  1. Regular interment shall be: $500 on Monday through Friday; $600 on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday.
  2. Infant interment shall be: $250 on Monday through Friday; $300 on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday.
  3. Cremation interment shall be: $200 on Monday through Friday; $250 on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday.
  1. Disinterment Fee: The fee for disinterment shall be double the interment fee stated in paragraph (B) above and in paragraph (E) below.
  2. Trading Sites and Lots: There shall be a fee for trading Sites or Lots, which shall be as follows:
  1. $50 for exchange of 1-4 Grave Sites;
  2. $75 for exchange of 5-8 Grave Sites;
  3. $100 for exchange of 9 Grave Sites or greater.
  1. Additional Fees. For the second and each subsequent interment on a single Grave Site, there shall be paid the Interment Fee set forth in paragraph (B) above plus an additional fee of $100.

(Ord. 2646, passed 11-7-05)

§ 92.21  INTERMENT.

  1. The City shall provide all interment services at fees determined from time to time by the City Council.

  2. There shall be no more than three (3) interments in any single Grave Site, which interments may consist of:

  1. Not more than one full body burial and two cremation burials; or

  2. Not more than three cremation burials.
    (Am. Ord. 2477, passed 9-15-03; Am. Ord. 2444, passed 4-7-03; Am. Ord. 2485, passed 10-6-03)

§ 92.99  PENALTY.

 

Whoever violates the provisions of this chapter, for which another penalty is not already provided, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense.