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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating Cemetery, Repealing Ordinance 557 i ORDINANCE NO. ;739 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE AMES MUNICIPAL CEMETERY AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 557. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA: Section 1. The City Manager shall have charge of the Ames Municipal Cemetery, with the exception that the City Clerk shall have charge of the sale of lots therein and of the burial records. Section 2. Record. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to make and keep a permanent record of all interments made in the Ames Municipal Cemetery, which record shall at all times be open to the public inspection. The record shall, among other things, include: (a) An accurate plat of the cemetery. (b) The names of the owners of all lots that have been sold. (c) The correct description of all lots for sale and the price thereof, as shall be fixed by the City Council. (d) The exact location of each grave upon each cemetery lot. (e) A copy of the certificate of death as provided by the State Board of He alth. Section 3. Sale of Lots. The sale of all lots in the Ames Municipal Cemetery shall be evidenced by a deed signed and executed by the Mayor and the City Clerk for and on behalf of the said City, and it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to collect the purchase price for any lot sold before delivering the deed of conveyance for the same, of which purchase price a portion of the sales price, as specified by the rules and regulations established by the City Council of the City of Ames, I wa, shall be set aside and deposited in the perpetual care or endowment fund of the Ames Municipal Cemetery. Section 4. Interments. (a) All interments in lots shall be restricted to members of the family, i unless the owner of the lot, without charge or remuneration, consents in writing that others be buried thereon, which written consent shall be addressed to the City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa. (b) All graves must be opened under the direction of the City Manager. Graves for adults shall not be less than five (5) feet deep and for children twelve years or under not less than four (4) feet deep. I (c) The interment of two bodies in one grave will not be allowed except in event two or more members of immediate family are buried at the same time. (d) No burial will be permitted until a proper death certificate has been presented to the City Clerk and a burial permit issued by him. (e) The written permission of the pastor of St. Cecelia`s Parish, Incor- porated, is required before a sale or an interment is made in the portion of the cemetery set aside for Catholic burials. (f) The Cemetery Superintendent is expected to attend every interment and see that the rules, regulations and strict proprieties of the place are observed. (g) The burial of two urns containing ashes will be permitted in one grave space, said urns to be at least three (3) feet apart, but only one head-stone to be allowed, provided, however, sufficient markers may be placed over each urn. Section 5. Fees, Charges and Payments. The payment of all fees and charges shall be made at the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall, City of Am s, Iowa where receipts will be issued for all amounts paid. Said fees and charges shall be based upon the charges as set out in the rules and regulations then in effect adopted by the City Council of the City of Ames, Story County, Iowa. Section 6. Upkeep and Care of Cemetery. (a) The term "Perpetual Care" shall be construed to mean the obligation which the City assumes to each year expend the net annual income on the perpetual care endowment set aside for the lot in furnishing such care for the lot as mowing grass, raking and cleaning lot and adjacent alleys, filling of sunken graves and keeping monumental work in vertical position, where the income is sufficient, and in the perpetual care of avenues, alleys, fences, buildings and grounds in general. It is being understood that such expenditures shall be made at the discretion and under the direction of the officer of the City in charge of the cemetery and that the City shall not be bound to make any separate investment of the sum of money set aside as perpetual care, but that the same be added to the perpetual care fund of the city and the proceeds therefrom used by the City in the manner heretofore provided. (b) All future lot sales in the Ames Municipal Cemetery shall be made with perpetual care provided for, at the rates specified in the Rules and •r Regulations of the Ames Municipal Cemetery, as adopted by the City Council of the City of Ames, under and by virtue of the terms of this ordinance. Owners f lots or other interested persons may secure perpetual care on lots or parts of lots in the older portions of the cemetery by the payment to the City of the perpetual care charge at the rates specified. (c) An annual care charge shall be made by the City on those lots in the older portion of the cemetery which are not at present under perpetual care. The City reserves the right to refuse to furnish services to those lots not under perpetual care or when the annual care charge has not been paid in advance. Section 7. Rules and Regulations. The City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, shall adopt rules and regulations for the Ames Municipal Cemetery, which it may change or alter by resolution. Section 8. All ordinances, particularly Ordinance No. 557, or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 9. This ordinance shall be of full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law. Passed this 6th day of November 1953. J. W. Prather, City Clerk W. L. Allan, Mayor Moved by De Hart and seconded by Griffith that Ordinance No. 739 be passed on its first reading. Voting Aye: Griffith, Bauge, -De hart, Iverson and Moore Voting Nay. None Absent: Smith Moved by Iverson and seconded by De Hart that the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings omitted, and Ordinance No. 739 be placed on its final passage. I i Voting Aye: Griffith, Bauge, De Hart, Iverson and Moore Voting Nay: None Absent: Smith Moved by De Hart and seconded by Moore that Ordinance No. 739 do now pass. Voting Aye: Griffith, Bauge, De Hart, Iverson and Moore Voting Nay: None Absent: Smith Mayor Allan declared Ordinance No. 739 duly passed. t s I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Am::s, Iowa, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 739 was duly and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 6th day of November, 1953 and pub'ished in the mes Daily Tribune on the 1lth day of November, 1953. J. W. Prather, City Clerk