Certificate Of Burial Required: It shall be unlawful for any person to bury the body of a deceased person in the city cemeteries without first obtaining a certificate of burial right for the lot used or producing satisfactory evidence of a right to burial based on a properly acquired certificate of burial right. (1978 Code § 8-222)

Unlawful Acts:

It is a violation, punishable as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code, for any person to: (1978 Code § 8-224; amd. 2004 Code; Ord. 10-4, 10-9-2010)

Disinter any body buried in any cemetery, except under the direction of the city office, which office shall require proof of ownership or written permission from the owner prior to disinterment.

Disinter or remove the body of a person who has died from a contagious disease within two (2) years after the date of burial, unless the body was buried in a hermetically sealed casket or vault and is found to be so encased at the time of disinterment. (1978 Code § 8-224; amd. 2004 Code)

It is a violation, punishable as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code, to inter anything other than the remains of human bodies in cemeteries.

It is a violation, punishable as provided in section 1-4-1 of this code, to bury the body of any person within the city, except in the city cemeteries or a private cemetery, unless by special permission of the city council under such rules and regulations that it may prescribe. (1978 Code § 8-224; amd. 2004 Code; Ord. 10-4, 10-9-2010)

Vaults Required:

It shall be unlawful for any person to be buried in the cemeteries unless the casket shall be placed in a vault made of concrete, fiberglass, steel or brick lined or of such other material approved by the city council, substantially constructed and covered with a similar durable material.

No wood shall be used as a permanent part of the construction of any part of the vault. (1978 Code § 8-225; amd. 2004 Code)