Ord 2023-028/amending Chapter 22, Cemeteries, of the San Marcos City Code by, among other things, correcting typographical errors in various sections and amending Sections 22.013 and 22.014

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the construction or reconstruction of any damaged marble, granite, bronze or concrete work on any lot. (d) Any activity done by a contractor for the person having the lawful right of use or maintenance of a lot, or their representative, that is not part of the city's general care and maintenance will require a permit. Such permit will require payment of a fee as established by the city council. See. 22.010. Interments. (a) A completed application for interment in the cemetery must be filed with the city before excavation begins for a burial or before remains are placed in the mausoleum or columbarium. (b) The applicant must specify the exact location of the burial space to be used. When for any reason an in-ground burial space cannot be opened where specified, the caretaker may direct the burial space to be opened in a location in the cemetery deemed by the caretaker to be best and proper, notifying the mortuary, 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, for any casketed or shrouded remains,must use an outside burial container made of concrete,metal,poly, or other material approved under state law. (e) The maximum number of burials allowed per lot is (1) Two casketed burials, or four shrouded burials (stacked); (2) One casketed burial, or two shrouded burials and six cremations, or (3) Six cremations or ten cremations within one outside burial container. (f) The maximum number of placements per columbarium niche is one cremation. (g) The maximum number of placements in a mausoleum crypt is: (1) One casket; or (2) Twelve cremations. (h) Ecofriendly burials must be placed in biodegradable coffin or shroud, but will be interred with a concrete outside burial container. (1) Embalming is not permitted if the burial is to be considered ecofriendly. Sec. 22.013. Curbing.