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6.0500 CEMETERIES
6.0501 PUBLIC BURIAL GROUNDS
All cemeteries now owned or which may be hereafter acquired by the City of
Marinette, wherever situated, and all cemeteries now within the limits of the City,
whether owned by the City or not, are declared to be public burial grounds, and
no person shall establish or locate any other burying ground within the City.
State Law Reference: Section 157.50, Wis. Stats.
6.0502 (deleted by Ordinance 2011-2205 adopted 9-6-11)
6.0503 DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS
When uniform care of a City cemetery lot has been given for two (2) consecutive
years or more and the cemetery assessments are unpaid, after notice has been
given as provided in Section 6.0502, the right to interment is forfeited until the
delinquent assessments are paid. When uniform care has been given for five (5)
consecutive years or more and the assessments are unpaid, upon like notice, title
to all unoccupied part of the lot shall pass to the City of Marinette and the
cemetery lot may be sold, and the proceeds placed in a fund for perpetual care of
the occupied portion of the lot.
6.0504 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUND
A fund for the perpetual maintenance of cemetery grave lots shall be established
and fifteen percent (15%) of all proceeds received from sale of grave spaces shall
be deposited into said fund to provide maintenance and care of cemetery grounds.
Cemetery. Perpetual care shall mean the cutting of the grass upon the lot or grave at
reasonable intervals, the raking and cleaning of the lot or grave, the pruning of shrubs and
trees, and such work as may be necessary to keep the cemetery grounds surrounding the
grave in good and neat condition. It does not include maintenance or repair of any
gravestones or monumental structures erected upon lots or graves therein nor the planting
of flowers or ornamental plants. (Ordinance 2011-2205 adopted 9-6-11)
6.0505 MAUSOLEUM PERPETUAL CARE FUND
The City shall have power to determine the charges to be made for crypts and rooms in
the public mausoleums. A fund for the perpetual maintenance of vaults or crypts shall be
established and twenty-five percent (25%) of all proceeds received from sale of
mausoleum niches or crypts shall be deposited into said fund to provide maintenance and
care relating to said mausoleums. Mausoleum perpetual care shall mean mausoleum
facility maintenance and such work as may be necessary to keep the facility containing
niches and crypts in good and neat condition. It does not include maintenance or repair
of any privately owned memorial items within the facility.
City of Marinette
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Code of Ordinances