§ 7-10. Aboveground burial vaults prohibited.


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  • (a)

    Generally. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to install or permit to be installed within the grounds of Glenwood Cemetery or any additions thereto within the corporate limits of the city, any aboveground or partially aboveground burial vault.

    (b)

    Involvement of city employees. All city employees are hereby prohibited from installing, placing, setting or allowing to be installed, placed or set within the grounds of Glenwood Cemetery and any addition thereof any aboveground or partially above ground burial vault.

    (c)

    Provisions included on deeds. The mayor and city clerk be, and the same are hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be placed on all future deeds issued by the City of Yazoo City, Mississippi, covering lots in Glenwood Cemetery and its addition the following:

    "The use and installation of aboveground burial vaults is prohibited by ordinances of the City of Yazoo City, Mississippi."

(Ord. of 6-19-86, §§ 1—3)

Cross reference

Deeds, § 7-6.

Editor's note

Ord. of June 9, 1986, §§ 1—3, did not specifically amend the Code, hence inclusion herein as § 7-10 was at the discretion of the editor.