HomeMy WebLinkAboutG20-82 Ordinance No. G20-82
AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE ELGIN MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING PERPETUAL CARE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That Section 2.24.230(K) of Chapter 2 of the Elgin Municipal
Code, 1976, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"2.24. 230K
Perpetual care on all lots presently without perpetual care
(allocated to perpetual care and improvement fund except as other-
wise provided herein)
Effective Effective
1/1/82 1/1/83
For Each Grave $100.00 plus $100.00 plus
Surcharge as Surcharge as
Provided Herein Provided Herein
Surcharge: Anyone wishing to purchase perpetual care for any grave
space not currently covered by such care shall pay a
surcharge equal to five years seasonal care on the
number of graves to be covered. The surcharge shall be
based on the then current fee for seasonal care. Pro-
vided, however, that this surcharge shall be reduced by
the amount equal to the then current seasonal care rate
multiplied by the number of years, if any, in the five (5)
years prior that seasonal care was provided for the grave
or grave spaces to be marked. This surcharge is to be
deposited in the General Cemetery Fund."
Section 2. That Chapter 2.24 of the Elgin Municipal Code, be and is
hereby amended by adding the following:
"2.24.285 Perpetual Care Required Before Setting Marker or Monument
No marker or monument shall be set on any grave space or lot
without perpetual care unless and until perpetual care has been
purchased for said grave space or lot as provided herein.
1. Anyone desiring to erect or set a single marker or monument
in accordance with City ordinance (that is a marker or monument which
marks a single grave space) on a grave space then presently without
perpetual care and there is a total of four (4) or more grave spaces
within the same lot then presently without perpetual care, shall pay
for the perpetual care of at least four (4) grave spaces within said
lot. Such payments shall include the cost of perpetual care at the
then current rate plus the surcharge as provided in Section 2.24.230(K).
Said payments shall be applied to provide perpetual care on the grave
to be marked and on three other graves within the same lot as designated
by the City.
2. Anyone desiring to erect or set a combination or multi-grave
marker or monument (that is a marker or monument which would mark more
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than one (1) grave space) on grave spaces, any one or more of which is
then presently without perpetual care and there is a total of six (6)
grave spaces within the same lot then presently without perpetual care,
shall pay for the perpetual care of at least six (6) grave spaces within
said lot. Such payment shall include the cost of perpetual care at the
then current rate plus the surcharge as provided for in Section 2.24.230(K) .
Said payments shall be applied to provide perpetual care on the grave
spaces to be marked. Any remaining balance shall be applied to provide
perpetual care on grave spaces within the same lot or designated by the
City.
3. Anyone desiring to set or erect a single marker or monument in
accordance with the City code on a grave space then presently without
perpetual care within a lot with fewer than four grave spaces then lacking
perpetual care shall be required to pay the perpetual care plus surcharge
costs as provided in Section 2.24.230K for all grave spaces in the lot
then presently without perpetual care.
4. Anyone desiring to set or erect a combination or multi-grave
marker or monument on grave spaces any one of which is then without
perpetual care and there are fewer than six (6) graves in the same lot
which are then presently without perpetual care shall be required to
pay the perpetual care plus surcharge costs as provided in Section 2.24.
230K for all grave spaces in the lot then presently without perpetual
care."
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and approval in the manner provided by law.
s/ Richard L. Verbic
Richard L. Verbic, Mayor
Presented: March 10, 1982
Passed: March 10, 1982
Vote: Yeas 7 Nays 0
Recorded:
Published:
Attest:
s/ Marie Yearman
Marie Yearman, City Clerk