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116 -3 - its option, repurchase a lot or crypt at the price designated by this chapter. Sec. 6-6 Interments. (a) A completed application for interment must be filed with the Finance Department by the mortuarY' that will - perform the interment before excavation begins for a burial. (b) The applicant must specify the exact location of the burial space to be opened. When this exact location is not specified, or when for any reason the burial space cannot be opened where specified, the caretaker may direct the burial space to be opened in a location on the cemetery deemed by the caretaker to be best and proper, so as not to delay the funeral. (c) The mortuary performing interment services must secure the gravesite, must provide for the immediate cleaning of the gravesite, and must remove all debris, fill, or equipment resulting from or used by the mortuary, (d) The mortuary performing interment services must use a concrete or metal grave liner for all interments in cemetery sections for which perpetual care is mandatory. Sec. 6-7. Disinterments. (a) Disinterment of a body is permitted only by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or written permission from a person having authority to permit the disinterment. (b) A mortuary performing a disinterment must secure the gravesite, must provide for the cleaning of the gravesite and must remove all debris, fill, or equipment resulting from or used by the mortuary. Sec. 6-8. Enclosure of lots; maintenance - (a) It is unlawful for a person to place or- construct an enclosure such as a fence, coping, hedge, or ditch around any lot in the cemetery, except as provided in Sections 6-9 and 6-10. (b) The owner of an existing enclosure that is damaged to the extent that it is unsightly or hazardous must repalr or remove the enclosure within 10 days of receipt of written notice from the caretaker, or the caretaker will be authorized to remove the enclosure. Sec. 6-9. Curbing. (a) The owner of a cemetery lot must ë:tpply to the Finance Department and obtain a permit before installing or constructing curbing of any type within the cemetery. (b) No curb permit may be issued before the purchase price and perpetual care fees for the lot or lots to be curbed have been paid in full. No curbing of any type is allowed in the Dixon Addition, Section I of the cemetery. (c) Any number of lots may be curbed so long as the purchase price and perpetual care fees for the lots have been paid. (d) Curbs must be flush with existing terrain, must be constructed entirely of steel-reinforced concrete, or granite, and must conform to the following specifications: