PETITION FORM FOR ABANDONED CEMETERIES

(Attachment A)

This form is to be used to petition the Otoe County Board of Commissioners for the change of classification of a cemetery to that of an Abandoned and Neglected Pioneer Cemetery.  The petitioner will complete this form and deliver it to the Otoe County Zoning Administrator.

 

Date of application:  ____________________________________________

 

Name of Cemetery: _____________________________________________­

 

Location of Cemetery:  __________________________________________

 

Petitioner’s Name:  _____________________________________________

 

Petitioner’s Address: ____________________________________________

 

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Date Cemetery was Founded or Date on Oldest Tombstone: _____________  

 

Graves are those of:

 

            Homesteaders

            Immigrants from Foreign Nations

            Prairie Farmers

            Pioneers

            Sodbusters

            First Generation Nebraskans

            Civil War Veterans

            None of the above

 

In what year was the cemetery abandoned?  _________________________

 

On whose property is the cemetery located?  _________________________

 

 

Address of property owner: _______________________________________

 

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Are there burial records for this cemetery?  Yes     No

 

Name of person holding such records:  ______________________________

 

Address of person holding records:  ________________________________

 

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The burial records or a copy thereof will be provided the Otoe County Register of Deeds if available.  Such records will be archived and available to the public.  A copy will be provided the Morton-James Public Library for public access also.

 

Records provided Register of Deeds:  Yes       No

 

Date petition was received by Zoning Administrator: __________________

 

Comments of Otoe County Zoning Administrator:  _________________

 

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Recommendation of Otoe County Zoning Administrator  ____________

 

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Date of action by Otoe County Commissioners:  ______________________

 

Petition Approved/disapproved:_____________________________

 

 

 

Signed:_____________________________________

Chairperson, Otoe County Board of Commissioners