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6.0506 PLACE OF INTERMENT<br />
No interment of the body of any person shall be made in any other place within<br />
the City than in a public cemetery devoted to that purpose.<br />
6.0507 DEPTH OF GRAVES<br />
The graves in all cemeteries under the control and management of the City shall<br />
be dug to such depths as comply with the rules and regulations of the Wisconsin<br />
State Board of Health.<br />
6.0508 (deleted by Ordinance 2011-2205 adopted 9-6-11)<br />
6.0509 BURIAL IN CEMETERY LOTS<br />
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. <strong>Chapter</strong> 157, no person shall be interred in a lot in any City<br />
cemetery except the corpse of one having an interest therein, or a relative, or the<br />
husband or wife of such person, or his relative, except by consent of all persons<br />
having an interest in the lot. (Ordinance 2011-2205 adopted 9-6-11)<br />
6.0510 CEMETERY STRUCTURES<br />
No person shall plant trees or shrubs in a City cemetery nor erect wooden fences<br />
or structures or offensive or dangerous structures or monuments nor maintain<br />
them if planted or erected in violation of the cemetery regulations. The City may<br />
require any person owning or controlling a lot, crypt, niche, or room to do<br />
anything reasonably necessary to comply with the cemetery and/or Mausoleum<br />
regulations by giving notice in writing if he is a resident of the County; otherwise<br />
by publishing at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper<br />
published in Marinette County. If the person fails to comply within twenty (20)<br />
days thereafter, the Civic Affairs, Cemetery, Traffic and Lights Committee may<br />
cause the removal of the structure and recover the expense from such person.<br />
6.0511 FORFEITURES<br />
Persons violating the provisions of this <strong>Chapter</strong> shall pay a forfeiture in an<br />
amount as is found in Section 1.0107 of this Code of Ordinances. The forfeitures<br />
shall be recoverable under the provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes.<br />
6.0512 SALE OF GRAVES, CRYPTS OR NICHES<br />
Individuals wishing to purchase a grave, crypt, or niche, in any City cemetery or<br />
mausoleum shall pay to the City Clerk the fee as established in Marinette<br />
Municipal Code §9.1302 Schedule A which sum the City Clerk or Administrator<br />
shall deposit with the City Treasurer. The City Clerk shall execute to the<br />
purchaser a pre-numbered sales contract and deed or other appropriate<br />
conveyance document conveying interment, entombment or inurnment rights<br />
subject to the rules and regulations of the City. The deed or other document shall<br />
be inalienable and upon the death of the owner shall descent to their heirs<br />
according to law but any one or more of such heirs may convey to any other heir,<br />
City of Marinette<br />
6-25<br />
Code of Ordinances