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O.~RDINANCE NO. 76-5-1265
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8-36 "CHARGE FOR OPENING AND
CLOSING GRAVES; OTHER CEMETERY SERVICES", OF ARTICLE III, OAK GROVE
CEMETERY GENERALLY, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 8-36 "Charge for opening and closing graves;
other cemetery services" , of Article III , Oak Grove Cemetery Generally , of the Code
of Ordinances of the .City of Paducah, Kentucky, shall be amended and reordained
so that said. section shall hereinafter read as follows:
"Sec. 8-36. Charge for opening and closing graves; other cemetery
services; deposit .
The charge for opening and closing of graves , for the use of the receiving
vault, and other cemetery services shall be as follows:
BURIAL PERMIT FOR OPENING GRAVES
Weekdays and after 1 p . m . Monday
Box or vault~for adult
$85.00
Child's or other grave under 6 feet 60.00
Saturdays and before 1 p . m . Monday
Any grave 110.00
Sundays , holidays and before 1 p , m . on any day
following a holiday
Any grave 150.00
MAUSOLEUM PRIVATELY OWNED
Burial permits in privately owned mausoleums shall be $40.00
on weekdays and $60.00 on Sundays and holidays.
USE OF RECENING VAULT
The charges for use of the receiving vault pending burial for the first
month, or part thereof shall be 30.00
For any period of time in excess of the first month, the
charge per month, or any part thereof shall be 20.00
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ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Sodding grave or grave lot, other than replacing
available sod following grave_ opening 12.00
Setting government markers
20.00
Placing or erecting foundations for grave slabs 35..00
All monument foundations will be poured by the
cemetery department at a per square foot cost of 10:00
All additional services such as the planting
relocating or removing of trees or shrubs, the
construction or removal of curbs, and such services
shall be at actual cost or at designated rates to be
prescribed and determined by the cemetery department
superintendent .
The owner of any lot, a member of the owner's immediate family or his next
of kin, or the funeral director, must sign an order for any work required to be performed
on such lot and in the case of grave openings the order must contain a description or
diagram locating the ,place on the lot for the opening. The person executing the aforesaid
work order must also deposit with the superintendent of Oak Grove Cemetery the sum of
$100.00 to insure the placement of a marker or monument at the grave site. The deposit
shall be fully refundable if a marker or monument is erected within 90 days after
burial . In the event the monument or marker has not been erected within 90 days after
burial the superintendent of the Oak Grove Cemetery shall cause to be erected a
permanent type marker or monument to be paid for out of the aforesaid deposit . Any
sums not actually expended shall be refunded to the party executing the work order."
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its adoption .
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Mayor .
Passed by the Board of Commissioners May 11, 1976
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, May 11, 1976.