HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-011 Tahoma Cemetery • ORDINANCE NO. 97- 11
AN ORDINANCE related to public service and utilities; amending rules and
regulations for Tahoma Cemetery; and amending Section
7.04.090 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 7.04.090 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
7.04.090 Rules and Reeulations. Following are the rules and
regulations, including schedules of fees and charges applicable to the
operation of Tahoma Cemetery:
A. Liner sizes are as follows:
'Regular' shall mean an outside measurement of
approximately 33 x 89 inches.
'5 -0' shall mean an outside measurement of
approximately 24 x 73 inches.
• '4 -0' shall mean an outside measurement of
approximately 20 x 60 inches. •
'3 -0' shall mean an outside measurement of
approximately 20 x 47 inches.
'2 -0' means an outside measurement of
approximately 18 x 37 inches.
'Oversize' means an outside measurement of
approximately 35 x 91 inches.
'Jumbo' means an outside measurement of
approximately 43 -1/2 x 101 inches.
B. Commencing March 4, 1997, the following schedule of fees
and charges shall be in effect and applicable at Tahoma Cemetery. With the
exception of funeral homes located within the State of Washington, all fees and
charges shall be paid in advance for burials.
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January 28, 1997
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CEMETERY LOT USE FEE
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Section A $365.00
Section B 365.00
Section . C 365.00
Section D 450.00
• Section E (Non- Veterans) 415.00
Section E (Veteran's Lot with Spouse) 415.00
Section E (Individual Veteran) 310.00
Section F 365.00
Section G 365.00
Section H 365.00
Section I 365.00
Section J 365.00
Section K 365.00
Section L (North half, west end) 360.00
Section L (South half, 117 -208) 360.00
City Section 365.00
Masonic Section 365.00
I.O.O.F. Section 365.00
Baby Section (Includes Perpetual Care Fee) 4-10.00150.00
Section E (Cremains)(Includes Perpetual Care Fee) -14440165.00
Cremains Placed on Occupied or Unoccupied Full Size Lot (At Need) ** 50.00
(* *This fee does not pertain to lots designated for cremains.)
Note: Price Includes Perpetual Care Fee.
MAUSOLEUM NICHES
Niche, marble front (12 "x12 ") $300.00
Niche, smallest glass front (18" x 20 ") 310.00
Niche, medium glass front (40 "x22 ") 345.00
Niche, large glass front (46 "x40 ") 375.00
Note: Price Includes Perpetual Care Fee.
OPENING AND CLOSING GRAVES
Regular liner $300.00
Oversized & Jumbo Liner 350.00
2 -0, 3 -0 100.00
4 -0, 5 -0 115.00
Cremains 125.00
Mausoleum Crypts 250.00
Mausoleum Niches 125.00
Double Deep (2 Open /Close) 600.00
Vault 350.00
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LINERS
Regular $300.00
Oversized Liner 400.00
Jumbo Liner 450.00
Cremain Liner (concrete) 110.00
2 -0 100.00
4 -0 115.00
Expandable Cremains Vault (plastic) 150.00
Double Deep (Two (2) liners) 600.00
(PLUS WASHINGTON STATE SALES TAX)
MONUMENT SETTINGS
Government Marker (Veteran) $125.00
22 Inch Concrete Marker 40.00
Flat Marker, 2.0 ft. x 1.0 ft 130.00
Flat Marker, 3.0 ft. x 1.0 ft 150.00
Upright Marker, 2.0 ft. x 1.0 ft 150.00
Upright Marker, 3.0 ft. x 1.0 ft 200.00
Upright Marker, Over 3.0 ft. x 1.0 ft 300.00
Each additional inch, either way 1.25
Galvanized Vase setting charge (when set w /monument) 10.00
Aeon Vase setting charge (when set w /monument) 20.00
Galvanized Vase 10.00
Aeon Vase 40.00
Galvanized Vase Setting in Concrete Border 30.00
Aeon Vase Setting in Concrete Border 45.00
Galvanized Insert 10.00
Re -set Monuments 100.00
12 Inch Marker Cremain Only 65.00
16 Inch Marker (Cremains and Baby Lots Only) 100.00
Urn /Marker Combination 175.00
Identification Marker 25.00
(PLUS WASHINGTON STATE SALES TAX)
INCIDENTAL CHARGES
Disinterment, Adult (+ opening & closing) ** $450.00
two (2) openings & closings if relocation in ,Tahoma
Disinterment, Baby (+ opening & closing) ** 250.00
two (2) openings & closings if relocation in Tahoma
Disinterment, Cremains (+ opening & closing) ** 175.00
two (2) openings & closings if relocation in Tahoma
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* *Depending upon degree of difficulty, an additional charge of up to $500.00
may be determined by the Parks & Recreation Manager or appointee.
Saturday Overtime A.M. Only - Standard $200.00
Saturday Overtime A.M. Only - Cremains $150.00
(No Saturday Chapel burials scheduled after 11:00 A.M.)
(No Saturday Graveside burials scheduled after 11:30 A.M.)
Weekdays: No Indigent burial after 2:00 P.M.
No Chapel Service after 3:00 P.M.
No Graveside Service after 3:30 P.M.
C. If the cemetery is provided with verification and documentation
that the deceased was at the time of his or her death receiving one
of the following types of public assistance: Aid to families with
dependent children, general assistance, and poverty - related
veterans' benefits, the cemetery charges will be 50% of the normal
charge. This 50% reduction in price shall not apply to monument
setting fees; vases or vase setting fees. The cemetery reserves the
right to designate the location of all indigent burials with the
exception of burials intended for previously purchased gravesites.
Indigent burials will be allowed Monday through Friday only,
unless by special permission of the Parks & Recreation Manager or
appointee.
D. The size of grave liners or vaults in all cases is determined by the
Funeral Director in charge. Double -deep interments shall be
permitted in all sections, except the Baby and Cremain Section. In
addition, no double -deep interments shall be permitted if a
sectional grave liner is present in either of the adjoining lots. 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.
E. A maximum of four (4) cremains may be placed on an occupied
full size lot. This must be accompanied with the proper notarized
authorizations from the lot owner and /or the next of kin. A
maximum of six (6) cremains may be interred on a full size
unoccupied lot. All cremations placed on full size occupied or
unoccupied lots are required to pay perpetual care at time of
need.
F. Persons with dogs or firearms shall not be permitted to enter the
grounds. Firearms will be permitted only for use during a military
service. The speed limit for vehicular traffic within the cemetery
is established at fifteen (15) miles per hour.
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G. Notification for interment or disinterment must be received in the
cemetery office at least twenty -four (24) hours in advance of such
interment or disinterment. The cemetery can limit the number of
services scheduled on any given day and can require services to be
re- scheduled if publication of said service was done prior to
notification being received. This is to provide ample time for
proper opening and closing and to ensure adequate parking and
privacy for each service.
H. A burial permit must, in all cases, be filed with the Tahoma
Cemetery office before interment.
Interments or disinterments will not be allowed on Sunday, on a
public holiday as defined in the Yakima Municipal Code 9.10.060,
or on Saturday afternoon, except in cases of -emergency as
determined by the Parks & Recreation Manager or appointee.
J . The cemetery reserves and shall have the right to correct . any
errors that may be made by the cemetery either in making
interments, disinterments or in the description, transfer or
conveyance of any interment property, either by canceling such
• conveyance and substituting and conveying in lieu thereof other
interment property selected by Tahoma Cemetery of equal value
and similar location; or, at the sole discretion of the cemetery, by
refunding , the amount of money paid on account of said purchase.
In the event the error shall involve the interment of the remains of
any person in such property, the cemetery reserves the right to
remove and reinter the remains to such other property of equal
value and similar location as may be substituted and conveyed to
the purchaser.
K. All interments must be made in cement liners, cement vaults,
cremain vaults or steel vaults, with the exception of _ cremains
placed in marble or bronze urns. The cement liners shall be made
according to specifications designated by the Parks & Recreation
Manager or appointee. No grave shall be opened or closed by
anyone other than employees of the City of Yakima.
L. No tombs shall be erected on top of the ground. No stone or
marker shall be placed on an occupied gravesite until all cemetery
fees are paid in full. No stone or marker shall be placed at a pre -
need gravesite until said gravesite is paid for in full. Foundations
for all monuments and vases shall be built by the City of Yakima
• only, at the expense of the owner. All foundations must be six (6)
inches larger all around than the base of the monument to a
depth of six (6) inches, and said foundation must be flush with the
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ground level. All monuments - in Section D and E shall have a
maximum height of thirty (30) inches. Footstones will not be
allowed in the cemetery except for 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 the tracts of irregular shape in which case the Parks &
Recreation Manager or appointee will determine the setting. All
bases for monuments must be made of granite or marble. No
sandstone or artificial base will be permitted. -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. Markers for single full size graves will be twenty -four (24)
inches in length and twelve (12) inches in width. Double markers
for full size graves will not exceed thirty -six (36) inches in length
and twelve (12) inches in width. Larger companion markers will
be allowed only with prior approval by the Parks & Recreation
Manager or appointee. Markers for single cremain graves will be
twelve (12) inches in length and six (6) inches in width. Double
markers for cremain graves will not exceed twenty -four (24) inches
in length and twelve (12) inches in width. No ledger type markers
will be allowed in any location, provided that this section shall
not apply to ledgers presentlyexisting in the cemetery. All
monument setting fees must be paid in full prior to the
installation of any .monuments. Care and maintenance of
headstones and monuments is the sole responsibility of the family
of the deceased.
M. The indiscriminate planting of trees and shrubs in the cemetery is
prohibited, and it shall be the duty of the Parks & Recreation
Manager or appointee to remove all landscape features determined
by him to be objectionable. If trees or shrubs in any lot become
detrimental to adjacent lots or avenues in the judgment of the
Parks & Recreation Manager or appointee, they shall be removed.
N. Coping, fences, posts, and chains, and all wooden structures
around lots, blocks, or graves are prohibited; and, if any
inscription, monument, effigy or other structure which the Parks &
Recreation Manager or appointee deems offensive or improper is
placed in or upon any lot or grave, the same shall be removed
upon order of the said Parks & Recreation Manager or appointee. •
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O. Funeral designs and floral pieces will be removed to a designated
place as soon as the same become unsightly or interfere with
mowing in the judgment of . the Parks & Recreation Manager or
appointee. The City is not responsible for damage to or theft of
cut flowers, potted plants, displays or containers. Anyone leaving
such articles in the cemetery does so at their own risk. The
placing of balloons, toys, ornaments, settees, and similar articles,
upon plots shall not be permitted and if so placed, the cemetery
may remove the same.
P. Due to the inconvenience to mowing and grounds maintenance,
artificial floral pieces will not be allowed during the period from
April 1st to October 31st, with the exception of Memorial Weekend.
Q. 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 Parks &
Recreation Manager or appointee.
R. All employees or other workmen engaged in performing work
within the confines of the cemetery shall be under the supervision
and direction of the Parks & Recreation Manager. Visitors
411 must not interfere with the performance of duties of any employee
or groundskeeper.
S. Lost and found articles are to be turned in to the Tahoma
Cemetery site office.
T . All paper and other rubbish must be deposited, by the person
responsible therefore, in a receptacle provided for that purpose.
U . As provided for by this chapter, 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 and a copy of the transaction shall
be kept in the cemetery office.
V. The Parks & Recreation Manager or appointee is authorized and
directed to expel from the cemetery any person disturbing its
sanctity by boisterous or other improper conduct, or who shall
violate any of the foregoing rules.
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W. (1) Endowment care Lots, pre -need arrangements or a
combination of both may be purchased on installment
contracts in the form provided by the City of Yakima.
Under this plan, no lot(s) or services(s) can be used until
property and service fees are paid in full. •
(2) Contracts will be signed and kept on file in the cemetery
office. All contracts will require a ten percent (10 %) down
payment with an appropriate payment schedule designated.
Contracts for endowment care lots shall require payment in
full within twelve (12) months. A deed to the endowment
care lot(s) will be mailed from the City of Yakima Clerk's
office to the lot owner within thirty (30) days of final
payment. A combined contract for an endowment care lot
and pre -need services shall require payment in full within
twenty -four (24) months. Any payment that is more than
ten (10) days past due will be assessed a one percent (1%)
per month interest penalty on the unpaid balance. In the
event the delinquent account is for a preneed gravesite, the
City may, at its option, return the grave to open inventory
• for the purpose of resale and the purchaser will forfeit any
monies paid to that date. Upon default in payment of the
balance due for contracted services the cemetery may deny
further burials in the cemetery until full payment is made.
(3) The Public Works Director and Parks and Recreation Manager
are hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the sale of
lots, liners, vases, markers and other incidental services. All
contracts must be approved and signed by the Public Works
Director and Parks and Recreation Manager before
acceptance. All contracts will constitute a personal
obligation on the part of the purchaser(s) and also shall be
binding on the purchaser(s)' heirs, successors, and assigns.
(4) No refunds on endowment care lots or pre -need services will
be given. Any property abandoned for a period of seven (7)
years with no contact from the owner(s), after attempt by
certified mail to contact, shall revert back to the City of
Yakima for resale.
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• Section 2. This ordinance . shall be in full force and effect thirty
(30) days after its passage, approval, and publication as provided
by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 4th day of
February 1997
Lynn Buchanan, Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Publication Date: 02/07/97
Effective Date: 03/09/97
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BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
• YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
Item No. i S C
For Meeting of 2/4/97
ITEM TITLE: An Ordinance amending the 1997 Tahoma Cemetery Fees for Certain Lot
Fees
SUBMITTED BY: Jerry D. Copeland, Director of Public Works t
Denise Nichols, Acting Parks & Recreation Manager
CONTACT PERSON/TELEPHONE: Denise Nichols, Acting Parks & Recreation Manager
575 -6020
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
It has come to our attention that Ordinance 96 -85 adopting the amended 1997 Cemetery
Fee Schedule that was approved by City Council on 12/17/96, contained an error in the
lot prices for Section E (cremains) and Baby F &AM. The perpetual care fee, which is to
be included in the price was omitted. The attached fee schedule corrects the error.
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Resolution _ Ordinance X Contract _ Other (Specify) 1997 Fee Schedule
Funding Source Tahoma Cemetery Budget
� APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: -' - �
City Manager
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approve attached Ordinance
BOARD /COMMISSION /COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: Approve attached Ordinance
COUNCIL ACTION:
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