§ 2-602. Legislative intent.

(a) It is the intent of this article to establish uniform rules and regulations for the purchase, sale, use and maintenance of cemetery spaces in cemeteries owned by the City of Lake Wales and to prescribe procedures for the administration of these cemeteries.

(b) It is the intent of the city commission that the rules and regulations established by this article shall apply to every burial space in the municipal cemeteries whether said space is a grave, vault, crypt or niche unless specifically exempted herein.

(c) It is the intent of the city commission that this article shall serve as a contract defining the responsibilities of the city in maintaining the municipal cemeteries and the responsibilities of those paying respect to their loved ones who are interred therein.

(Ord. No. 2009-32, § 1, 12-15-09)