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ORDINANCE NO. 2021-48 <br />AN ODINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN <br />MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 22, CEMETERIES, OF THE <br />SAN MARCOS CITY CODE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, <br />ELIMINATING THE ISSUANCE OF A RECORDED DEED AS THE <br />INSTRUMENT GRANTING A RIGHT OF INTERMENT AT THE <br />CEMETERY, REMOVING THE REFERENCE OF A SPECIFIC CITY <br />DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR CEMETERY MATTERS; <br />ADOPTING A FEE SCHEDULE RELATED TO THE USE AND <br />OPERATION OF THE CEMETERY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF <br />ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE <br />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 to <br />read as follows (Added text is indicated by underlining. Deleted text is indicated by strilwthroughs.): <br />See. 22.001. Definitions. <br />In this chapter: <br />Block means a group of multiple contiguous lots. <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 structure at the cemetery with niches for the <br />placement of funeral urns. <br />Crypt means an area of the city -owned mausoleum for the interment of one <br />person in a casket, or cremains for up to 12 persons. <br />Lot means a parcel of property defined as a lot on the official plat maps of <br />the cemetery, intended for the interment of up to two persons in caskets or up to six <br />cremains. <br />Monument means a headstone, gravemarker or similar permanent object of <br />stone,, bronze, or concrete that serves as a memorial to a person interred in the lot <br />upon which the monument is located. <br />