Santa Clara Municipal Code Art. II Removal of All Remains

The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall for the purpose of this article have the meanings as set out herein.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13)

"Human remains" or "remains"

means the body of a deceased person, and includes the body in any stage of decomposition and cremated remains.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.1)

"Cremated remains"

means human remains after incineration in a crematory.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.2)

"Cemetery"

means any one, or a combination of more than one, of the following, in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes:

(a)

A burial park, for earth interments.

(b)

A mausoleum, for crypt or vault interments.

(c)

A crematory, or a crematory and columbarium, for cinerary interments.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.3)

"Burial park"

means a tract of land for the burial of human remains in the ground, used or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.4)

"Mausoleum"

means a structure or building for the interment of human remains in crypts or vaults in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.5)

"Crematory"

means a building or structure containing one or more furnaces for the reduction of bodies of deceased persons to cremated remains.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.6)

"Columbarium"

means a structure, room, or other space in a building or structure containing niches for inurnment of cremated human remains in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.7)

"Crematory and columbarium"

means a building or structure containing both a crematory and columbarium.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.8)

"Interment"

means the disposition of human remains by cremation, inurnment, entombment, or burial.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.9)

"Grave"

means a space of ground in a burial park, used, or intended to be used, for burial.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.10)

"Lot," "plot," and "interment plot"

mean space in a cemetery used or intended to be used, for the interment of human remains. Such terms include and apply to one or more than one adjoining graves, one or more than one adjoining crypts or vaults, or one or more than one adjoining niches.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.11)

"Plot owner," "owner," or "lot proprietor"

means any person in whose name an interment plot stands of record as owner in the office of the cemetery authority.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.12)

"Cemetery authority"

includes cemetery association, corporation sole, or other person owning or controlling cemetery lands or property.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-13.13)

The City as of the year 2001 has a population exceeding one hundred thousand (100,000). Consequently, the provisions of Health and Safety Code Section 7700 et seq. will apply.

(Ord. 1155 § 2, 1-31-1967; Formerly § 6-14)