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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-01 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN <br /> MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 22, CEMETERIES, OF THE <br /> SAN MARCOS CITY CODE BY ESTABLISHING MISCELLANEOUS <br /> RULES, PROCEDURES AND RESTRICTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE <br /> CITY'S CEMETERY, INCLUDING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, <br /> PROVIDING NEW LIMITS FOR CASKETED BURIALS AND <br /> CREMATIONS, AND PROHIBITING PRIVATE MAUSOLEUMS; <br /> PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ANY CONFLICTING <br /> PROVISIONS; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING AN <br /> EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br /> TEXAS: <br /> SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Cemeteries, of the San Marcos City Code is hereby amended <br /> to read as follows (Added text is indicated by underlining. Deleted text is indicated by <br /> Etrikethroughs.): <br /> Sec. 22.001. Definitions. <br /> In this chapter: <br /> Caretaker means the person employed by the city or by the city's cemetery <br /> maintenance contractor to oversee the operation and maintenance of the cemetery. <br /> Unless otherwise stated, the caretaker may delegate his duties and authority under <br /> this chapter to an authorized representative. <br /> Cemetery means the San Marcos Cemetery. <br /> Columbarium means a building at the cemetery with niches for the <br /> placement of funeral urns. <br /> Lot means a parcel of property defined as a lot on the official plat maps of <br /> the cemetery, intended for the burial of one person. <br /> Monument means a headstone, gravemarker or similar permanent object of <br /> finished stone or bronze that serves as a <br /> memorial to a person interred in the lot upon which the monument is located. <br /> Crypt means an area of the city-owned mausoleum for the internment of <br /> one person. <br /> Niche means a space in a columbarium intended for the placement of a <br /> funeral urn containing the remains of one person after cremation. <br />