CHAPTER 8-07
CEMETERY REGULATIONS

SECTIONS:

8-07-001-0001    INTERMENTS:

8-07-001-0002    BLASTING; PERMIT REQUIRED:

8-07-001-0003    PERPETUAL CARE FUND

8-07-001-0001 INTERMENTS:

It shall be unlawful for any person responsible for or having charge of any interment within the City to accomplish such interment without serving notification of such interment upon the appropriate official of the City within seventy two (72) hours of such interment, giving the exact location thereof, giving the lot number and/or block number of the cemetery or subdivision in which same is made or accomplished, if available, and if not available then by accurate description.

Any person who prepares a grave or place of interment within any cemetery or other place of interment located within the corporate limits, shall close same immediately after burial and shall restore the premises to a condition as existed prior to preparation within forty eight (48) hours after closing said grave including the clean up of any debris in the surrounding area caused by this said interment or operation.

8-07-001-0002 BLASTING; PERMIT REQUIRED:

In such places and under such conditions as it may be necessary to do blasting in connection with the opening or closing of a grave, an application for a permit to do each such blasting operation must be filed by the individual responsible for such blasting with the Fire Chief of the City or his duly authorized representative, and a permit obtained therefor. (Ord. 579, 7-24-62)

8-07-001-0003 PERPETUAL CARE FUND

A.    All lots in Citizens Cemetery (the "Cemetery") for which internment rights are sold or transferred shall have "perpetual care" as defined in this section without further cost to the purchaser, or purchaser’s successor in interest, after payment of the original purchase fees.

B.    "Perpetual Care" shall mean that the City will provide at regular intervals the planting, cutting, watering and care of lawns; the pruning of shrubs and trees; and the maintenance required for the general preservation of Cemetery lots and grounds, walks, roadways, boundaries and structures, other than those exempted by this section. Perpetual Care does not include watering and care of plants and flowers not provided by the City, repairing and resetting of monuments and markers, nor any repairs of damage caused by the elements, accidents for which the City is not responsible, or acts of vandalism.

C.    The City Treasurer shall maintain a separate fund from all other funds of the City which shall be known as the Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund (the "Fund"). The Treasurer shall invest the principal of the Fund in accordance with state law and the requirements of the City’s Charter. The entire revenue received from the investment of the Fund shall be expended for the care and maintenance of Cemetery lots which have been purchased from the City.

D.    The City Manager, or the City Manager’s designee, is authorized to review and revise purchase and other fees, as necessary, for the Cemetery. (Ord. 2001-25, Added, 10/16/2001)