| burial | The disposition of human remains in an earthen grave. |
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| cemetery | All land in and owned by or under the supervision and control of the City of Savannah devoted exclusively to the burial of the human dead, and all land hereafter acquired by the City of Savannah for such purposes. |
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| columbarium | A suitable structure for the above-ground inurnment of cremains. |
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| cremains | The cremated remains of a human body. |
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| crypt | A single space in a mausoleum suitable for the entombment of human remains. |
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| disinterment | The removal of the buried remains of a deceased person, the casket if any, and/or the burial receptacle if any, from the ground. |
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| foundation | The base upon which a marker, monument, or mausoleum is installed. |
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| procession | Multiple vehicles traveling closely in an orderly fashion from a church or chapel to a grave side for a burial. |
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| headstone | A memorial placed upon a lot to identify individual graves. Also grave marker. |
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| holiday | The following official City holidays when observed and such other days as the Mayor and Alderman from time to time designate by resolution are holidays for all employees of the City: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King’s Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving (Thursday and Friday), and Christmas Day. |
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| interment | The permanent disposition of the remains of a deceased human being by, inurnment, entombment, or earthen burial |
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| rights | The deeded interest to a crypt, niche, or cemetery lot or space designated for interments. |
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| space | A single space within a platted lot, niche or crypt designed for the interment of one human body. |
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| lot | The subdivision of land in a cemetery for the interment of one or more person(s). |
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| marker | Also grave marker or headstone. A memorial placed upon a lot to identify individual graves. |
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| mausoleum | A suitable structure for the above-ground entombment of the dead. |
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| monument | A memorial erected on a lot principally to identify the family name. |
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| niche | A single space in a columbarium suitable for the inurnment of
cremains. |
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| non-care | The lack of any formal arrangement for regular cemetery lot
maintenance. |
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| perpetual | |
| care | Cemetery lot maintenance including the raking and cutting of grass, the preservation of graves, and the removal of rubbish for all time thereafter. A perpetual care agreement does NOT include work on monuments, tombstones, markers or other unusual care. |
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| person | Individual, partnership, association, society, organization or
corporation. |
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| prime rate | The best rate for interment services. Requires that interment fees are paid, interment orders are signed, and funeral services are arranged at least twenty-four hours before a funeral service is scheduled Tuesday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or at least eight (8) normal work hours before a funeral service scheduled for a Monday or the day
after a City holiday. |
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| standard rate | The rate available for interment services on any day except a Sunday or a City Holiday that do not meet the conditions for prime rate. |
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| vault | A prefabricated receptacle for a casket or human remains usually placed below ground. |
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| visitor | Any person or group of persons who enter the cemetery. |