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• OR BK - -7E.4 PG 39 . ' 5of6 i. With the exception of funeral directors'markers, memorials of cement, artificial stone, composition, wood, tin or iron are prohibited. SECTION 7-Lot Sales: a. Sale of all lots,part lots, or grave spaces shall be a function of the city clerk. The city clerk may refuse to sell any lot, part lot or grave space to any,person or corporation if such sale would violate the Florida State law prohibiting speculation in cemetery property. b. The deed of ownership for any cemetery plot willnot be delivered to any purchaser until the purchase price of the plot has been paid to the city clerk in full. T__ c.��-Cemetery lots wilt nOt be-Sold-on speculation:-A-down payinen t-of50%o.mustbe_paid_ ____ to secure and purchase any cemetery lot. d. After 30 days a one time ten percent(10%)fee will be charged on the unpaid balance. e. No cemetery lot or burial space shall be sold, transferred or conveyed by any owner without consent to transfer being first had from the city clerk, and no such transfer or conveyance shall be made unless all assessments and charges against the lot or burial space are paid in full. All transfers must be recorded on the permanent records of the city cemetery. f. Cemetery lot refunds will be provided in the cause of an un-recorded deed only. 40% of the monies that were paid towards the purchase price shall be refunded by the City of Zephyrhills. Any refunds must be recorded by the city clerk. g. The sale price of all lots or grave spaces shall be set by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills. SECTION 8-Records of Ownership: The city clerk shall keep full and complete records of the ownership of all lots in the cemetery, of the burial capacity of each lot, sold and unsold, of the location of each grave, of the names of the persons buried in each grave that has been or shall hereafter be used, and of the date of each burial. SECTION 9-Penalty for Violation: Any violation of the provisions hereto, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00. SECTION 10-Effective date: The provisions of this Ordinance shall become effective upon second reading and signing by the Mayor. The foregoing Ordinance No.: was read and passed on its first reading in open and regular meeting by the City Council of the City of Zephyrhills, Florida, on this /4 day of A.D., 1997. e� �* , � vin • V L. B '� NIA "° ,_/j • President o City Council • `%7:, ) `U 2. Attest' City Clp�tk,LINDA Ia, BOAN n - y 5