§ 6-20. Use by residents.
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- (a) Cemetery lots may only be purchased by current full time residents of the city for their use and that of their immediate family and their direct descendants. Immediate family means father, mother, children, spouse, domestic partners, siblings, step children, half siblings and in-laws.(b) Multiple lots may be purchased by a resident but must be contiguous and all grave sites limited to the interment of the resident and their immediate family and descendants.(c) Ownership of a lot descends through family blood lines, i.e. from parent to child or other heirs-at-law. A spouse or domestic partner of a deceased resident owner has the right to burial.(d) If the present owner desires, and the lot configuration permits, the City authorized to purchase unused graves at 80% their original cost.(e) Interpretation and application of the foregoing rules are delegated to the City Manager.(f) Exceptions to residency rule:(1) Any person who maintained full time residency in the City for at least ten (10) years but has moved away.(2) Any Military Veteran.(3) Any former Mayor or City Commissioner.(Ord. No. 17-004, § 2, 2-7-17)