Bryce Canyon City keeps resident cemetery plot and urn price at $350; council discusses dedicated urn section and resale questions

A Bryce Canyon City meeting vote kept the resident cemetery space and urn price at $350, and council members discussed dedicating a portion of Section A4 for urn monuments, transfer and resale questions, and whether an ordinance or public hearing is required for price changes.

City staff reported the current fee structure, saying, “The fees right now for our, a cemetery space for a resident is $350,” and noted that if no burial is involved the town likely would not need to perform a burial service on the plot. The staff member also described a potential layout change in Section A4 that could create roughly 14 urn spots by splitting the first row of plots.

The panel discussed logistics for setting a dedicated urn area: measuring existing capstones, having a monument company provide drawings, and updating the town’s online plot map. A staff member said monument vendors may set monuments themselves and that town staff would need to realign plot measurements on maps and PDFs. The group also noted an internal transfer fee of $50 per space that applies when ownership changes hands.

Council members raised questions about resale and transfers, including whether a resident who purchased multiple resident-priced spaces could later sell them to nonresidents to avoid nonresident fees. A staff member said such resales could occur and recommended researching how other municipalities handle transfers and resale of plots. The group agreed to look for an original ordinance or documents from when the town established cemetery rules and to consult other cemeteries’ policies on transfers and nonresident pricing.

A motion to keep the price for urns and cemetery space the same passed by voice vote. The motion was recorded as “Motion by Mike, second by Kim,” followed by a voice vote in which members responded “Aye.” No roll-call tally was provided in the transcript.

Council members directed staff to: ask the mapping vendor to redraw the proposed split of the first row in Section A4 (A4-1 through A4-47), provide dimensions so the town can measure and mark the new urn spaces, and search for the town’s original cemetery ordinance or documentation. They also asked staff to research transfer and resale rules used by other jurisdictions and to report back.

The discussion ranged from technical layout details (capstones and plotted measurements) to policy questions about whether a public hearing or ordinance amendment would be necessary to change fees or formally designate an urn section.

Votes at a glance

- Motion to keep resident cemetery space and urn price at $350 — Motion by Mike; second by Kim. Outcome: approved (voice vote; no roll-call tally provided).