§ 12-43. Funerals and interments.

(a)

When an interment is to be made, the lessee of the property or an immediate family member of the lessee, prior to the excavation of the site, must sign an interment authorization designating the grave to be opened. The cemetery management reserves the right to waive this requirement.

(b)

All graves designated by the lessee or the lessee's family member shall be opened and prepared for interment of remains by the funeral director having charge of the burial arrangements for the person to be interred in the designated burial lot. A relocation of any interred remains due to error of any funeral director or employee in opening the designated burial lot or any other costs associated with such error shall be at the sole expense of the lot owner, and the city will not be responsible for any mistake or costs arising from the lack of precise and proper opening of the burial lot designated in the interment authorization.

(c)

No interment will be permitted without a proper burial permit as required by applicable law and ordinances.

(d)

No burial shall be permitted without the use of a minimum of a concrete, metal or plastic burial vault. No wooden burial containers shall be allowed anywhere in any cemetery.

(Ord. No. 32-97, § V(IV), 9-8-1997)