Ord 2019-017/Amending ch. 22, cemeteries

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ORDINANCE NO. 2019-17 AN ODINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 22, CEMETERIES, OF THE SAN MARCOS CITY CODE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT FOR PAYMENT OF A PERPETUAL CARE FEE AND DISSOLVING THE PERPETUAL CARE FUND, PROVIDING FOR CEMETERY COMMISSION APPROVAL OF MONUMENTS OVER EIGHT FEET IN HEIGHT, LIMITING PLACEMENTS IN LOTS AND COLUMBARIUM NICHES, AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Cemeteries, of the San Marcos City Code is hereby amended to read as follows (Added text is indicated by underlining. Deleted text is indicated by strikethroughs.): Sec. 22.001. Definitions. In this chapter: Block means a group of multiple contiguous lots. Caretaker means the person employed by the city or by the city's cemetery maintenance contractor to oversee the operation and maintenance of the cemetery. Unless otherwise stated, the caretaker may delegate his duties and authority under this chapter to an authorized representative. Cemetery means the San Marcos Cemetery. Columbarium means a buildin structure at the cemetery with niches for the placement of funeral urns. Crypt means an area of the city -owned mausoleum for the interment of one person in a casket, or cremains for up to 12 persons. Lot means a parcel of property defined as a lot on the official plat maps of the cemetery, intended for the bttFial of one perso interment of up to twoerp sons in caskets or up to six cremains. Monument means a headstone, gravemarker or similar permanent object of finishe stone.,of bronze, or concrete that serves as a memorial to a person interred in the lot upon which the monument is located.