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Kaysville council approves ordinance letting nonresidents buy burial rights with higher fee
Summary
The Kaysville City Council voted Sept. 4 to amend city code section 12-3-3 to permit nonresidents to purchase burial rights under a fee schedule intended to exceed private-sector prices; council members debated cemetery capacity and equity for former residents.
Kaysville City Council on Sept. 4 approved an ordinance amending section 12-3-3 of the Kaysville City Code to allow nonresidents to purchase burial rights, and adopted an associated fee schedule intended to be higher than comparable private cemetery prices.
The change restores a pathway for people who are not current Kaysville residents to buy burial spaces in the municipal cemetery. The mayor told the council there had been three inquiries about burial rights in the past six months, which prompted staff to bring the amendment back to the council for consideration.
Parks and recreation staff presented the ordinance as a limited adjustment to the version the council adopted earlier this year that had restricted purchases to residents only.…
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