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(1) “Persons” means an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, or association.
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(2) “Human remains” or “remains” means the bodies of deceased persons, and includes the bodies in any stage of decomposition, and cremated remains.
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(3) “Cemetery” means any one or a combination of more than one, of the following, in a place used or to be used, and dedicated or designated, for cemetery purposes:
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(a) A burial park, for earth interment.
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(b) A mausoleum.
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(c) A columbarium.
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(4) “Mausoleum” means a structure or building substantially exposed above ground intended to be used for the entombment of remains of a deceased person.
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(5) “Columbarium” means a structure or building substantially exposed above ground intended to be used for the inurnment of the cremated remains of a deceased person.
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(6) “Cemetery company” means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association, now or hereafter organized, owning and controlling cemetery lands or property and conducting the business of a cemetery.
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(7) “Grave space” means a space of ground in a cemetery intended to be used for the interment in the ground of the remains of a deceased person.
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(8) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Works.
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