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 Mebane
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 10. CEMETERIES
 Article I. IN GENERAL

§ 10-1. Definitions.  

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  • For the purposes of this article:

    Cemetery shall mean any burial park for earth interments, owned or operated by the City of Mebane.

    Certificate of ownership shall apply to the original conveyance (deed) given by the City of Mebane to the original purchaser.

    Cremated remains as used herein shall refer to the pulverized ashes returned after a deceased person has been cremated by a state certified crematorium.

    Grave shall apply to a space of sufficient size to accommodate one adult interment.

    Interment shall mean the permanent disposition of the remains of a deceased person by cremation, entombment or burial.

    Lot shall apply to numbered divisions as shown on the recorded plat, each of which consists of one or more graves.

    Lot marker means a concrete marker or marker of other suitable material used by the city to locate corners of the lot.

    Management means the properly designated agents and employees of the City of Mebane.

    Marker shall mean a memorial flush with the ground.

    Memorial shall include a monument, marker, tablet, headstone, private mausoleum or tomb for a family or individual use, tombstone, coping, lot enclosure, surface burial vault, urn and crypt and niche plates.

    Monument shall include a tombstone or memorial of granite or other materials, which shall extend above the surface of the ground.

    Owner (or owners ) shall include only the person or persons named on the original deed.

    Owner's declaration of reservation shall apply to the document executed by the owner in the presence of the management, designating and specifying the person or persons entitled to burial in the lot or grave for which a deed is held.

    Resident (or residents ) shall mean any person or persons whose permanent home address is within the Mebane city limits.

    Section shall mean the major divided areas within the cemetery(s).

    Urn lot shall mean a lot in the portion of the Mebane Memorial Gardens intended and designated for the interment of an urn containing cremated remains.

(Ord. of 5-3-2010; Ord. No. OA-16-02, 9-19-2016 )