09.01 Ordinance Amendment - City Cemetery

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1. The original owner may at any time designate whom he/she wishes to have interred in the lot which may be recorded on the books of the cemetery and which will be recognized by the City subject to right of interment upon the part of the surviving spouse. 2. If no such designation is made, the surviving husband or wife shall have the first right. 3. Where there is not a surviving husband or wife, the heirs of the purchaser may by agreement in writing, determine who among them shall have the right of interment. 4. In the event such original purchaser or his/her heirs shall not have arranged for future interments of the direct lineal heirs, then the direct lineal heirs of the purchaser or his/her spouse shall in the order of their death be entitled to interment thereon until the lot shall be filled. 5. In case there are not lineal heirs then the nearest of kin to the owner and their respective spouses have the right to interment in order of their need. Section 5-2.8. DISINTERMENTS No disinterments will be allowed except as provided by law, nor without the assent in writing of the surviving husband or wife, or next of kin to the person whose body is to be disinterred or removed together with the written permit or order from the owner of the�lot or his/her legal representative or person in control of such lot. The City shall under no circumstances be held liable in case of disinterment or removal where it acts upon the written order of such persons. The City shall have the right to refuse to permit disinterment while the payments for the cemetery lot have not been completed or are in default. Section 5-2.9. MONUMENTS, MARKERS, FLOWERS, VASES, ETC. All monument and markers placed in the cemetery shall be of bronze, granite, or marble and no vertical joints therein will be permitted. All foundation for monuments and other structures must be of sufficient depth and stability to support the proposed structure, and no structure may be erected until the foundation has been approved by the "��^*�^^^^� Public Works Supervisar or when any marker, monument or other structure to be erected in the cemetery requires, in the opinion of the "'��^*�^^^^� Public Works Supervisor, foundation to support it properly, such foundations shall be installed under the direction of the "'�^�^*�^��^� Public Works Supervisor at a proper depth and strength to support the proposed structure at the expense of the person erecting the structure. 1. Emblems or flag holders furnished by the Veterans shall be placed flush with the ground, the locations of which shall be directed by the "'�^��*�^^^^� Yublic Works Supervisor.