No monument company nor any other person or entity, including but not restricted to relatives of persons buried in the city cemeteries, shall place any grave marker or monument on any grave or any other point in the city cemeteries without first obtaining a permit from the sexton permitting the placement of such grave marker or monument and without having first paid a marker placement fee as provided for in the fee schedule adopted by the city council. The placement fee shall be required prior to placement of the marker.