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e thawed, at least forty-eight (48) working hours (two (2) days) notice
must be given, so that heaters may be set. Cemetery internment &
Mausoleum entombment and inurnment hours shall be 9:00 AM to 2:00
PM Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays; and, Saturdays, by
special arrangement. .
Any labor charges for Saturday, Sunday or holiday interments shall be at
the then prevailing overtime rate.
D. Severe Weather
During severe weather conditions, the City Clerk shall decide, upon
consultation with the undertaker responsible for burial, to postpone burial
until suitable conditions exist. The undertaker shall provide care and
storage for the remains until proper burial can be made.
E. Interment of Multiple Bodies in One Grave
1. The interment of two (2) adult bodies in one (1) grave (that is one
above the other) will not be allowed, except in case of an adult and
infant child, or two (2) children buried at the same time.
2. The interment of multiple cremated remains may be allowed at the
discretion of the City Clerk in one (1) grave. The minimum container
requirement for a cremated remains shall be as supplied by a
crematorium and existing regulations that allow no more than one
grave marker stone shall apply.
F. Orders of Funeral Director
How Construed. Orders for burial given by a Funeral Director having
charge of the burial of any person will be construed by the City Clerk as
orders from the lot owner. After internment, no changes in the location of
graves will be made, except at the expense of the lot owner.
G. Responsibility of Internment and Entombment Fees
Funeral Directors making arrangements for the disposition of the remains
will be held responsible for the opening and closing fees as follows:
1. For convenience, Marinette Funeral Directors will be billed, by the
cemetery, on the first of every month, for the previous month's
internment and entombment charges, with payment due by the 15th
day of the billing month. Each successive monthly billing for any
past due amount shall carry a 1.5 percent (1.5%) service charge. If at
any time a Marinette Funeral Director's monthly billing becomes past
due, no further burials or entombments shall be performed for that
particular Funeral Director except pursuant to (g)(2), and the past due
bills shall be forwarded to the City Attorney for collection.
2. Funeral Directors outside of the City of Marinette, and individuals or
families making their own disposition arrangements with the
cemetery, shall deposit with the City Clerk, or his designee, the total
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