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401.01 401.04 CHAPTER 401 BURIAL OF THE DEAD SECTION: 401.01 : 401.02: 401.03: 401.04: Permit Required Prohibited Outside Cemetery Method of Burial Lands Designated as Cemeteries 401.01: PERMIT REQUIRED: No ceme- tery, place of burial or crematori- um of the dead human person shall be established or set apart, nor shall any exist- ing cemeteries or crematoriums be en- larged without a permit issued by the City Council after payment of a fee of one hun- dred dollars ($100.00). (Ord. 1072, 2-26-90; amd. 1995 Code) 401.02: PROHIBITED OUTSIDE CEME- TERY: No burial of any dead body, or any part of the dead body of a human being, or any other disposition of such dead body shall be made in any place which is not a duly dedicated cemetery. (Ord. 412, 3-9-64) 401.03: METHOD OF BURIAL: Within twenty four (24) hours of the arrival of any human body on the cemetery premises, it shall be buried as follows: A. It shall be buried in a single grave and covered by at least two feet (2') of earth. B. No burials shall be made where one container containing a body shall be placed above another regardless of the depth of the grave. C. All excavations for graves shall be made for a single grave and covered before any further excavation for addi- tional graves are made within four feet (4') of such excavation. (Ord. 507, 9-19-66) 401.04: LANDS DESIGNATED AS CEM- ETERIES: The City Council shall make an inventory of all cemeteries and crematoriums existing in the City prior to October 1, 1989, and by resolution deter- mine the boundaries of each and thereafter preserve records of which lands are ceme- teries. No other lands shall be considered cemeteries until proper permits are issued under Section 401.01 of this Chapter. (Ord. 1072, 2-26-90) City of Roseville