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(1) Upon proper application of the owner of a lot, payment of the required fee, and eight (8) working hours notice, the Sexton shall open the grave. The Sexton shall superintend every interment and shall fill up and neatly trim the grave immediately after depositing the coffin and shall fill up and trim all graves that have settled or may hereafter settle. The City is not responsible for any error in opening graves when orders are given other than in writing.

(2) Infant burial may occur in an area of the cemetery set apart for that purpose. The grave space shall not be more than four (4) feet in length nor two and one-half (2 1/2) feet in width, and the fee for such burial including all the above listed charges shall be as shown on the Consolidated Fee Schedule adopted by the Municipal Council.

(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to be buried in the cemetery without the casket being placed in a permanent-type vault, which vault type must be approved by the Sexton.

(4) Cemetery grounds are sacredly devoted to the interment or repose of the dead. In those circumstances where it is necessary to disinter or remove remains from the cemetery all applicable state laws must be complied with. The Sexton will schedule and direct the exhumation after applicable fees have been paid, and all required forms are received.

(Am 1989-10, Am 1992-26, Am 2006-15)