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3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, AMENDING AND REPEALING CERTAIN
SECTIONS OF CHAPTERS 2.7_1, 2.72 AND 3.04 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE
4 RELATING TO THE AUBURN MUNICIPAL CEMETERY.
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AUBURN, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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7 Section 1. Certain sections of Auburn Codified City Ordinance Chapter
8 2.21 relating to Parks and Recreation Department are hereby amended to read as
9 follows:
10 °2,21.010 Created.
11 For the purpose of providing for the proper maintenance and opera-
12 tion of public parks, playgrounds, ((�-�`�)) recreational facilities,
13 and cemeteries belonging to the city, there is created and established a
14 department of the city to be known as the parks and recreation
15 department."
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17 "2.21.�20 Powers and duties.
18 The parks and recreation department shall have all the powers to per-
19 form all the duties provided by the laws of the state relating to park and
20 recreational departments in cities of the third class. The parks and
21 recreation department ((,
22 _.:_F;__ ___ - ..--� �� shall have the management of the park, ((ar�6))
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2 3 playground system, ,cemeteries and the administration of the rules and
24 regulations provided by the �ea� Mayor and City Council for the manage-
25 ment of the municipal parks, ((�)) recreation areas, and cemeteries."
26 "2.21.030 Director - Appointment - Duties.
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The mayor, with the consent of the city council, shall appoint a
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director of parks and recreation who is the best trained and qualified
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person available therefor, and he shall be the head of the parks and
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recreation department. The director shall have charge of the management
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of the park and playground system and cemeteries of the city and of the
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appointment and supervision of qualified employees for the effective
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1 operation of the public park and recreation system and cemeteries of the
2 city. The director shall have such other powers and duties as may from
3 time to time be imposed and conferred upon him by law or ordinance."
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Section 2. Auburn Codified City Ordinance 2.72.040 relating to Cemetery
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Board of Commissioners is herewith repealed in its entirety.
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Section 3. There is herewith created a new Auburn Codified City Ordinance
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2.72.040 relating to Cemetery Board of Commissioners which shall read as
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follows, to-wit:
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"2.72.040 Board of cormnissioners.
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There is created a board of five Cemetery cortvnissioners in and for the
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City, and such Cemetery commissioners shall be appointed by the Mayor of
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the City, and such appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the
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14 � Gity Council , and terms of the commissioners to be five years, but the
15 first appointment shall be for uneven terms.
16 The Board shall have all the powers and perform all of the duties
17 Provided by the laws of the State of Washington relating to Boards of
18 Cemetery Cortunissioners. The Board shall advise the Mayor and City Council
19 on policy matters relating to long-range planning, capital improvements,
20 fee structure, cemetery expansion, rules and regulations, and budget of
21 all cemeteries belonging to the City. The Board shall not have authority
22 to enter into any contract, incur any indebtedness, or take any personnel
2 3 action unless specifically authorized by the Mayor and City Council . The
24 Board shall have the right to assign certain portions of the City's ceme-
25 teries for the burial of infants, persons of a particular religion, if
26 necessary, certain areas where no monuments shall project above the sur-
27 face of the ground, and the interment of cremated remains. The Board may
28 also solicit or receive on behalf of the City Council any gifts or
29 bequests of money for Cemetery purposes; however, gifts of real or per-
30 sonal property will not be accepted without prior approval of the City
31 Council .
32 A meeting of the Board shall tie held at least four times a year."
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1 Section 4. Certain sections of Auburn Codified City Ordinance Chapter
2 2.72 relating to Cemetery are hereby amended to read as follows:
3 "2.72.050 Lots subject to rules and regulations.
4 , All, lots in the Auburn cemetery are coveyed to the purchaser by
5 warranty deed when paid for, but the rights of the purchaser therein are
6 subject to such rules and regulations as are to be made from time to time
� by the City Council (( )),"
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9 "2.72.150 Funerals and interments.
10 Funerals while within the grounds will be under the control of the
11 <<"�'��"- �- `-�) supervisor or one of his assistants. All graves
12 shall be opened and closed by employees of the cemetery. Charges for
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interments shall be ((�-`-`�;�:,�)) recormnended by the board of cemetery
14 cormnissioners and approved by the city council , exclusive of special ser-
15 vices requested by the family or necessary because of s ep cial circumstan-
16 ces. All interments shall be either metallic or concrete receptacles."
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17 "2.72.220 Location of grave:
18 When an interment is to be made, the pe�son requesting it must .show
19 or designate the exact position of the grave and give the order in person
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or in writing.
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Interments will not be made in lots which have not been paid for
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except by speci.al permission of the city council , ((
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,)) and in all cases the city shall have the
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right, at the time of default of payment by the purchaser, to remove the
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remains to a single grave or to a smaller lot bearing a price not
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exceeding, including expense of removal, the amount paid ((�)) for the
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original lot."
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"2.72.270 Trimming and pruning trees and shrubs.
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3 � No person except authorized city personnel shall trim or prune or
4 remove any part of the trees or shrubs in the cemetery, whether on his lot
5 or not. On request, �the ((._�_°'-`__-'_-`_)) supervisor will do any pruning
6 needed without charge. if any tree or shrub situated on any lot by means
� of its roots, branches, or otherwise becomes detrimental, dangerous or
8 objectionable to the adjacent lots, walks or avenues, the city shall have
9 the right (( )) to enter upon the lot and remove
10 the trees or shrubs, or any trees or parts thereof as it may see fit."
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"2.72.280 Monuments.
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Posts of concrete or stone at the corner of lots are all that will be
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14 allowed as boundaries or enclosures. These must not project above the
SUrfdCe of the ground. ((n- `�'�' ^r ^ '^}^-" ^ - - - ^�-�� �
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17 protect the grounds and especially improved lots from injury, the
18 ((�)) supervisor is directed to contract for building foun-
19 dations, etc. Where monuments, headstones, or markers are placed upon any
20 lot sold, no removal of the same will be permitted to be made under the
21 claim that they are not paid for or other pretense, without authority of
22 ((°'�"°�--_^�-�-=—^-�^-�--J--`)) supervisor. Lot owners must keep in good repair
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2 3 all stone or monumental work upon their lots. Payments for foundations
24 built by the city must 6e made in advance."
25 "2.72.290 Funerals - Days allowed. �
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A. Except in cases of emergency, funerals are not allowed on Sunday.
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B. The ((�ear�) ) city council, upon recommendation by the Cemetery
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Board, may at its discretion make an additional charge for
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Saturday or legal holiday funerals."
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"2.72.300 Price of lots.
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The price of all lots in the Auburn cemetery shall he ((--`-`�-�;,�))
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recommended by the board of cemetery commissioners and approved by the
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city council and shall remain in effect until a new schedule is filed with
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and approved by the city council ; provided that the ((�ear�)) council may
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make such price adjustments necessary to comply with state regulations on
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welfare burials."
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9 Section 5: Auburn Codified City Ordinance 3.04.110 relating to Cemetery
10 Endowment Care Fund is hereby amended to read as follows:
11 "3.04.110 Cemetery endowment care fund - Keeping - Money payments.
12 All money received or obtained in the manner provided in Section
13 3.04.090 shall be deposited with the finance director and shall be kept
14 separate and apart in the fund known as the cemetery endowment care fund
15 and shall be paid out by the finance director only upon vouchers drawn by
16 the order of the ((;�--.----==-;• `=�-�')) Auburn city council and endorsed by
17 the mayor and attested by the city clerk."
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19 Section 6. The Mayor is hereby authorized to implement such administra-
20 tive procedures as may be necessary to carry out the directions of this
21 legislation.
22 Section 7. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force five (5) days
2 3 from and after its passage, approval and publication, as provided by law.
24 INTRODUCED: OCTOBER 18, 1982
25 PASSED: OCTOBER 18, 1982
26 APPROIIED: _ CT 18, 1982
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32 City Attorney
P . LISHED: OCTOBER 24, 1982
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STATE OF WASHINCTON)
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COUNTY OF KiNG ) �
I, Coralee A. McConnehey, the duly appointed, qualified City Clerk
of the City of Auburn, a Municipal Corporation and Code City, situate in
the County of Xing, State of Washington, do Hereby certify that the fore=
g oing is a full, true and �rorrect co�y of Ordinance No. 3818 of the
� ordinances of the. City of Auburn, entitled �"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CTTY OF AUBURN, �
WASf�IGTO�], Hl��IDING AND REPEP.LING c'F'RTarnT SECI'IONS OF CHAPTIIZS 2,21� 2.72
AND 3:04 OF THE AUBURN CITY CODE RELP,TING TO TF� ALTBURN M[INICIPAL (�1ET9RY
I certify that said Ordinaiiae No. 3818 ,was duly passed by the Qouncil
and appmved by the hlayor of the said Citg of Aoburri� on the 18 day of
llrrriho,- A:D. , 19_�. . .
Z further certify tha.t said Ordinance No. 3818 was published as provided
by law in the DaiZy Globe News, a daily newspaper published in the CiEy of
Auburn, and of general circulation therein, on the 24th day of ._OCtob2Y
A.D... 19 82:
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WZT�S m hand and the offical seal of the City of Auburn, this _
day of Uc.tob� p.D. . 19 82 -
� CITY �CLERK O£- TNE � O£ AUB -