1. Supervising the operations and maintenance of the cemetery grounds and improving such grounds under the direction of the city council.

2. Recommending to the city council such additional rules and regulations as may be required for the proper and efficient operation, maintenance, use, and protection of city cemeteries.

3. Subdividing all city cemeteries into sections and lots, and maintaining a plat of the cemetery grounds showing the location of the same.

4. Maintaining an accurate, indexed record of the present ownership or use of all burial lots in all city cemeteries. Said record shall indicate the identity of the purchaser.

5. Preventing any city cemetery from being used beyond its capacity, as established by the city council.

6. Preventing the trespass of animals not confined at all times within a vehicle and of minors not employed by the city and not accompanied by an adult; enforcing traffic regulations within city cemeteries in cooperation with the city police; reporting as well as preventing, to the extent practicable, the vandalism of cemetery property.

7. Opening and closing or causing to be opened or closed all graves required for the burial of the dead in city cemeteries.

8. Interring or permitting the interment of the remains of the dead only if such interment is to be made by a licensed funeral director or by a person in possession of a burial-transit permit as required by U.C.A. §26-12-17, and all other state and local laws and regulations.

9. Complying with the procedures mandated by U.C.A. §26-2-12, and all other state and local laws and regulations.

10. Keeping current a true and complete record of all interments made in city cemeteries, setting forth the name of the decedent, the place of death, the date of burial, and the name and address of the funeral director or other person making the interment. Such record shall be prepared and maintained at the expense of the city and shall be open to public inspection.

11. Preparing and sending a list of interments, made in city cemeteries each month, in the manner and to the state officer designated in U.C.A. §26-2-17(3), and other applicable law.

12. Collecting in advance such charges and fees relating to city cemeteries as the city council may set by resolution.

13. Selling burial rights and collecting all sums arising from such sales, to include the purchase price of the burial rights and the fees established by resolution of the city council.

14. Removing or causing to be removed, without notice, floral pieces, displays, or other items left on any grave, as deemed necessary to the appearance or maintenance of city cemeteries.

15. Directing the parking, standing, or movement of vehicles through city cemeteries.

16. Performing such other duties in relation to the cemetery as may be required by this chapter and Chapter 8.32 of this Code. (Ord. 92-11, adopted, 1992)