§ 402-11. Interments or inurnments and disinterments or disinurnments.

A. 

All interments or inurnments and disinterments or disinurnments are made subject to the orders and laws of the properly constituted authorities of the Town, county and state.

B. 

Forty-eight hours' notice shall be provided to the Cemeteries Foreman when making arrangements for interments or inurnments. Sunday and holiday services shall not be permitted except in cases where an extreme hardship would result.

C. 

Interment or inurnment orders must be placed before 12:00 noon on the Saturday preceding a Monday burial or entombment. Orders received after 12:00 noon on Saturday shall be scheduled no earlier than the following Tuesday.

D. 

Disinterments or disinurnments shall not be made without the written consent of the Town Manager and the written authorization of the person(s) entitled by law to disinter or disinurn the remains.

E. 

The Cemeteries Foreman shall have the right to refuse a funeral when, in his best judgment, conditions within the cemetery make the burial unsafe and/or impossible.

F. 

All burials or inurnments shall be performed in coordination with and under the general direction of the Cemeteries Foreman.

G. 

The number of burials allowed in one casket grave are one casket burial and two cremations or three cremations and no casket.

H. 

The designated cremation lots may contain no more than two burial containers or urns.

I. 

In the columbarium, each niche can hold two standard-size cremation urns not to exceed nine inches by 10 inches. The urns must be of a material suitable for inurnment (no cardboard).

J. 

Only single-depth casket burials shall be allowed.

K. 

No interments or inurnments shall be made until the Cemeteries Foreman has been furnished with a burial permit or cremation certificate, as required by laws of the commonwealth, and an interment or inurnment order which has been signed by the owner or legal representative of the lot or niche.

L. 

No grave or niche shall be opened by any person not so authorized by the Town of Barnstable. Each grave or niche shall be marked by the cemeteries' staff prior to the opening. All interments or inurnments and disinterments or disinurnments shall be made by cemeteries' staff.