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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1964-585 ORDINANCE NO. 57,f5 AN ORDINANCE relating to the operation of Tahoma Cemetery; prescribing rules and regulations applicable thereto; specifying a. schedule of fees and charges for Cemetery property and services; amending Section 7.04.090 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code and repealing Section 7.04.100 and Section 3.04.080 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code. 411 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. That Section 7.04.090 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "7.04.090 RULES AND REGULATIONS. Following are rules and regulations, including schedules of fees and charges, applicable to the operation of Tahoma Cemetery: (a) For the purpose of these rules and regulations, grave sizes referred to herein are defined as follows: "State" shall mean an outside measurement of approxi- mately 31 x 86 inches. "Regular" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 29 x 86 inches. "5-0" shall mean an outside measurement of approxi- mately 24 x 73 inches. "4-0" shall mean an outside measurement of approxi- mately 20 x 60 inches. "3-0" shall mean an outside measurement of approxi- mately 20 x 47 inches. "2-0" shall mean an outside measurement of approxi- mately 18 x 37 inches. "Extra State" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 35 x 86 inches. "Jumbo" shall mean an outside measurement of approxi- mately 37 x 92 inches. "Metal Vaults" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 34 x 88 inches. "Concrete Vaults" shall mean an outside measurement of approximately 36 x 92 inches. (b) Commencing with the effective date of this ordinance, the following schedule of fees and charges shall be in effect and applicable to Tahoma Cemetery. All fees and charges provided for herein shall be paid in advance. CEMETERY LOT AND ENDOWMENT CARE Section A 75.00 Section B 75.00 • Section C Section D 80.00 135.00 Section E 125.00 Section E (Veteran's Plot) 80.00 Section E (Indigent) 30.00 - - Section F 90.00 Section G 90.00 Section H 90.00 Section 1 75.00 Section J 75.00 Section K 75.00 Section L (North Half) 1-116: 65.00 Section L (South Half) 117-208 80.00 Q City Section 80.00 Masonic Section 80.00 1.0.0.F. Section 80.00 Baby Section (Masonic) 30.00 OPENING AND CLOSING GRAVES For Vaults 55.00 Standard 42.50 411 2-0 12.50 3-0 17.50 4-0 22.50 5-0 32.50 Cremains 12.50 Veterans in Veteran Plot Only 37.50 Veterans (Indigent Plot) 35.0Q Mausoleum Crypts 40.00 Mausoleum Niche 5.00 PRICE OF LINERS (PLUS WASHINGTON SALES TAX) Standards 37.59 2-0 12.50 3-0 17.50 4-0 22.50 5-0 32,50 Cremains Box Veterans (Veterans Plot Only) 35.00 Veterans (Indigent Plot Only) 25.00 MONUMENT SETTING 22" Temporary 7.50 Any size up to 2-0 x 1-0 25.00 Each additional inch both ways .75 Galvanized vases 2.25 MONUMENT RE-SET Single 15.00 Double 20.00 DISINTERMENT Adult 90.00 Baby 45.00 INCIDENTAL CHARGES Saturday morning burials (None scheduled after 11:30 A.M.) Extra Charge 25.00 Placing Floral Tributes (Delivered to Cemetery office by florists prior to Memorial Day) .50 each 411 (c) The size of grave liners or vaults in all cases is determined by the funeral director in charge. Only one interment will be allowed in any grave, except in cases of cremains, mother and infant child, or twin children, or two children buried at the same time. All graves shall be numbered with a permanent number and an accurate record kept of the name of the decedent and the number of the grave. (d) Persons with dogs or firearms shall not be permitted to enter the grounds, except that this shall not apply to the use of firearms in any military service. The speed -2- limit for vehicular . traffic within the cem tary is hereby established at 15 miles per hour. (e) Application for interment or disinterment must be made at least twenty -four hours in advance of such inter- ment or disinterment to the Cemetery Superintendent. (f) A burial permit must, in all cases, be filed with the Cemetery Superintendent before interment. (g) Interments, disinterments or removals will not be allowed on Sunday or a Legal Holiday, or Saturday after- noon, except in case of an emergency, to be determined by the Cemetery Superintendent. (h) The charge for exhuming bodies will be the same as the opening and closing charge as specified in the fore- going schedule. (i) All interments must be made in cement liners, cement vaults, or steel vaults. The cement liners shall be made according to specifications designated by the Cemetery Superintendent. (j) No tombs shall be erected on top of the ground. Foundations for all monuments shall be built by the City only, at the expense of the owner. All foundations must be six inches larger all around than the base of the monument, to a depth of six inches, and said foundation must be flush with the ground bevel. All monuments in Section D and E shall have a maximum height of 30 inches. Foot stones will not be allowed in the Cemetery, provided that this section shall not apply to footstones presently existing in the Cemetery. All monuments must be set in line, monuments in the west row of each block must face west, monuments in the east row of each block must face east according to the Cemetery survey; except on tracts of irregular shape in which case the Ceme0r Superintendent will determine the setting. All bases for monuments must be made of granite or marble. No sandstone or artificial bases will be permitted. No headstones will be allowed in new sections or in the Masonic Baby Plot. All markers placed in Section L, in the Masonic Baby Plot, and in that part of Section E lying south of a line drawn from the Southwest corner of Block 35 to the Southeast corner of Block 29, and west of a line drawn from the Southeast corner of Block 29 to the Southeast corner of Block 68, thence west to the Southwest corner of Block 67, thence South to the Southwest corner of Block 144, shall be level with the ground. (k) The indiscriminate planting of trees and shrubs in the Cemetery is prohibited, and itshal1 be the duty of the Cemetery Superintendent to remove all landscape features determined by him to be objectionable, and if trees or shrubs in any lot become detrimental to adjacent lots or avenues in the judgment of the Cemetery Superintendent, he shall remove them. (1) Coping, fences, posts and chains, and all wooden structures about lots, blocks or graves are prohibited and if any inscription, monument, effigy or other structure, which the Cemetery Superintendent deems offensive or improper, be placed in or upon any lot or grave, the same shall be removed upon order of the said Superintendent. (m) Funeral designs and floral pieces will be removed as soon as the same become unsightly or interfere with mowing in the judgment of the Cemetery Superintendent, to a place designated by him. (n) Due to the inconvenience to mowing and grounds maintenance, artificial floral pieces will be treated the same as natural flowers during the period from April 1 to October 31. (o) Receptacles for cut flowers must be sunk level with the ground, thus insuring the safety of such articles and facilitating the cutting of the grass from the grave. Tin cans sunk in the ground are prohibited. Receptacles must be approved by the Cemetery Superintendent. 4111 (p) All employees or other workmen engaged in perform- ing work within the confines of the Cemetery shall be under the supervision and direction of the Cemetery Superintendent. Visitors must not interfere with the performance of duties of any employee or groundskeeper. (q) Lost and found articles are to be turned in to the Cemetery Superintendent's office. (r) All paper and other rubbish must be deposited, by the person responsible therefor, in a receptacle provided for that purpose. (s) As provided for by Chapter 7.04 of Yakima Municipal Code, any owner desiring to deed a part of his tract to another person must have a record of his deed noted on the Cemetery records in the office of the City Clerk and of the Cemetery Superintendent, and have stamped on the deed the approval of the transfer by the City. (t) The Cemetery Superintendent is authorized and directed to expel from the Cemetery any person disturbing its sanctity ID by boisterous or other improper conduct, or who shall violate any of the foregoing rules. (u) Endowment Care and Lots may be purchased on install- ment contracts in the form provided by the City. Under this plan no lot or block can be used until property is paid in full." Section 2. Section 7.04.100 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety. Section 3. Section 3.04.080 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is hereby repealed in its entirety. Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter. 411 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 9th day of November, 1964. , 7 27 11.9 I 2 Mayor AT / City Clerk 7 -4-