HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-01-25 Ordinance•ORDINANCE NO. 77-2823 0
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES OF THE
CITY OF IOM CITY AS NONPERPETUAL CARE CEME1 'S AND
AMENDING SECTION IV OF ORDINANCE W. 2331.
SECTION I. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish the
cemeteries awned by the City of Iowa City as nonperpetual care cemeteries and to
amend Ordinance No. 2331 which created such cemeteries as perpetual care.
SECTION II. AMENDMENT. Section IV of Ordinance No. 2331 is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section IV. Nonperpetual Care. All municipal cemeteries
shall be nonperpetual care cemeteries and all lots sold after
the effective date of this ordinance shall be maintained as
such. The establishment of the cemeteries as nonperpetual care
shall in no way alter any rights of purchasers under perpetual
care as established by Ordinance No. 2331.
SECTION III. REPEALER. Section IV of Ordinance No. 2331, Municipal Code
of Iowa City, is hereby repealed and all ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in effect after its
final passage, approval and publication as required by law.
It was moped by Foster and seconded by Balmer
that the Ordinance be anally adopted, and upon roll call there were:
AYES: NAYS: ABSENT:
x
Balmer
_
x deProsse
x
Foster
x
Neuhauser
x
Perret
x
Selzer
x
Vevera
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(C uJI Mayor
ATTEST: tiC cOJ
City Clerk
First Consideration 1/11/77
Vote for pmamage: Ayes: Foster, Neuhauser, Perret, Selzer, Vevera,
Balmer, deProsse. Nays: none
Second Consideration 1/18/77
Vote for passage: Ayes: cTeProsse, Foster, Perret, Selzer, Balmer.
Nays: none. Absent: Neuhauser, Vevera
Date of Publication
Passed and approved this 25th day of January , 1977.
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BY Vir Id;GA1, DcYnRTKENT
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• City of Iowa Cio
MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 6, 1977
TO: Neal Berlin, City Manager
FROM: Angela Ryan, Asst. City Attorney
RE: Nonperpetual Care
If the Council passes the ordinance and resolution changing
municipal cemeteries to nonperpetual care, we will be obligated
to ccnply with Section 566A.5, Iowa Code:
"Each nonperpetual care cemetery shall post in
a conspicuous place in the office or offices where
sales are conducted a legible sign stating, 'This
/ is a nonperpetual care cemetery I,, the letting of
this sign shall be of suitable size so it is easily
read at a distance of fifty feet.
Each nonperpetual care cemetery shall also
have printed or stanped at the head of all its
contracts, deeds, statements, letterheads and
advertising material, the legend: 'This is a non -
perpetual care oenetery', and shall not sell any
lot or intenrent space therein unless the
purchaser thereof is informed that the cemetery
is a nonperpetual care cemetery."
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