Council discusses cemetery plot rights and 60-year reversion rule
Councilors reviewed how cemetery plots are documented and whether plot rights transfer to family; staff said plots are recorded by cemetery deed-like documents (not property deeds) and that the ordinance allows plots unused for 60 years to revert to the city.
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Council members discussed ownership documents for cemetery plots and whether the right to use a plot transfers automatically to surviving family members. Staff explained that purchasers receive a burial document—rather than a property deed—and that the city no longer issues deeds for burial plots.
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