HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-4247 - Ordinance - 03/25/2021ORDINANCE NO. 2021-4247
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10, “CEMETERIES,” ARTICLE II, “CITY
OWNED OR MAINTAINED CEMETERIES,” SECTION 10-25, “PURCHASE
OPTIONS,” OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS, BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS RELATING TO CREMATES PER
NICHE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That Chapter 10, “Cemeteries,” Article II, “City Owned Or Maintained
Cemeteries,” Section 10-25, “Purchase Options,” of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit “A” attached
hereto and made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2: If any provision of this Ordinance or its application to any person or circumstances
is held invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality does not
affect other provisions or application of this Ordinance or the Code of Ordinances
of the City of College Station, Texas, that can be given effect without the invalid
or unconstitutional provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
Ordinance are severable.
PART 3: That any person, corporation, organization, government, governmental subdivision
or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association and any other legal
entity violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not less
than twenty five dollars ($25.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a violation of fire safety, zoning, or
public health and sanitation ordinances, other than the dumping of refuse. Each day
such violation shall continue or be permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate
offense.
PART 4: This Ordinance is a penal ordinance and becomes effective ten (10) days after its
date of passage by the City Council, as provided by City of College Station Charter
Section 35.
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PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 25th day of March, 2021.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
_____________________________ _____________________________
City Secretary Mayor
APPROVED:
_______________________________
City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
That Chapter 10, “Cemeteries,” Article II, “City Owned Or Maintained Cemeteries,” Section 10-
25, “Purchase Options,” of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 10-25. -Purchaser Options
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“(g) Purchasers are limited to one space per each casket interment. The interment of two cremains
shall be allowed in a sing le standard space. Combinations of casket burials and cremates shall be
allowed in a single standard space provided that the cremains are interred towards the head line of
the space. A maximum of two cremate burials shall be allowed per designated cremate space in
Section LR of the College Station Cemetery. A maximum of two cremates shall be allowed per
columbarium niche in the Memorial Cemetery of College Station.”