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• AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND REORDAIN SECTIONS 6-8 AND 6-9 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, 1976, AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BURIAL OF URNS IN OAKWOOD CEMETERY. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia: 1. That Sections 6-8 and 6-9 of the Code of the City of Charlottes- ville, 1976, as amended, are hereby amended and reordained as follows: Section 6-8. Depth of graves; care in digging; notice to director. Each grave shall net be not less than five feet in depth except that if it is for burial of an urn it need be only two feet in depth. No interment shall be made which shall disturb the remains of the dead, or which shall displace or injure any monument or stone placed over a grave. All persons desiring to have a grave opened shall notify the director of parks and recreation at least twenty-four hours before the interment and shall designate the space which is to be used. • Section 6-9. Charges for grave space and digging graves. (a) The following charges shall be made for grave spaces in Oakwood Cemetery: In Divisions H, J, K and L, seventy dollars for each space, except that urn spaces in Division J shall be only ten dollars for each space. All sums so paid shall be deposited in the fund described in section 6-6 of this Code. (b) The following charges shall be made for opening graves when interment occurs on weekdays: (1) Where the outside case is three feet or less in length, fifty dollars. (2) Where the outside case exceeds three feet in length, one hundred dollars. (3) Where an urn is to be buried in an urn space, twenty-five dollars. (c) The following charges shall be made for opening graves when interment occurs on weekends or holidays: • (1) Where the outside case is three feet or less . in length, seventy-five dollars.. (2) Where the outside case exceeds three feet in length, one hundred and.'twenty-five dollars.