§ 22.001. Definitions.

In this chapter:

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 building at the cemetery with niches for the placement of funeral urns.

Crypt means an area of the city-owned mausoleum for the internment of one person.

Lot means a parcel of property defined as a lot on the official plat maps of the cemetery, intended for the burial of one person.

Monument means a headstone, gravemarker or similar permanent object of finished stone or bronze that serves as a memorial to a person interred in the lot upon which the monument is located.

Niche means a space in a columbarium intended for the placement of a funeral urn containing the remains of one person after cremation.

(Code 1970, § 6-1; Ord. No. 1995-20, § 1 (6-1), 2-27-95; Ord. No. 2003-24, § 1, 5-12-03; Ord. No. 2016-01, § 1, 4-5-16 )

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, §§ 1.002, 1.003.