HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2866-1959 - Making It Unlawful To Inter Or Bury Any Human Body Or Remains In City - 08/13/1959FOS.;.' :c~ .... -~l3 -1.9~
ORDINANCE NO. 2866
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO INTER OR BURY ANY HUMA
BODY OR REMAINS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND WITHtN AN AREA OF 5000
FEET ADJACENT TO THE CITY LIMITS EXCEPT IN A DEDICATED GRAVE
YARD OR CEMETAR Y AND DECLARING THE MAINTENANCE OR USE OF ANY
PLOT OR AREA FOR BURIAL PURPOSES IN VIOLATION HEREOF TO BE A
NUISANCE TO BE ABATED BY ACTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBUC HEALT
AND PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, theCity Commission finds that for the immediate preservation
of the public health, safety and weUare of thepeople of the City of Lubbock, the
interment or burial of human bodies or any portion of human bodies should be
permitted only in a dedicated grave yard or cemetary duly established and o.perate
according to the law pertaining thereto, and;
WHEREAS, the enactment of this Ordinanes is necessary to preserve the pu -
lie health, safety and welfare of the people of the City of Lubbock creats an
emergency, NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY T EIE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT t he 11 Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock, Texas",
Volume 1 b~ and the same is hereby amended so as to add thereto Section designat d
as Section 15-15. 1 and 15-15.2 which shall hereafter be as follows:
11Section 15-15.1 -Bur.ial, interment, prohibited, restricted
to cemetary.
It shall be unlawful for any person, or association o£ persons,
to inter or bury any human body or remains in any area or plot of
ground within the city limits of the City of Lubbock and/ or within
an area of 5000 fee~ adjacent to the city limits of said City of Lubbock
except in a dedicated grave yard or cemetary duly established and
operated according to the laws pertaining thereto.
Section 15-15.2-Same declared nuisance.
The maintenance or location and use of any plot or ground or
area for burial purposes of any human body or remains in violation
of Section 15-.15.1 hereof is hereby declared to be a nuisance and
shall be abated by action of the Directqr of Public Health :of the City
of Lubbock .. ~~
SECTION 2.. Any person violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction by punished by a fine not exceed
ing $200. 00.
SECTION 3. '"'Tb.e:..:Cii¥ ... Sec:lte.·ta:.iycs h!=~.ll; ca. use_ tlie:!fWhliC~tiO.n;tof lhe ~ca.ptio.il.. a d:
the. -p.ena,lty.:chta.,e::.in. ~e.:w..S.pape b:r.eg.ularlj .. puhlished .in1 th«; Ci<tycof. Lubb..ock once 1-
w.eek:for two consecutive weeks as an alternative method of publication as provide
by law •
.., SECTION 4. The fact that an emergency exists as described in the preambl
..___... hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to an an emergency meas·ure and the ru
requiring two readings of an Ordinance before final passage is hereby suspended,
and this Ordinance shall become effective on and after passage hereof.
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AND IT IS SO ORDERED
On motion of Commissioner Thompson , seconded by
Commissioner Maner , the above anCI foregoing Ordinance
was unanimously passed by the City Commissioner on the 13th day of August
_______ , 19 ~· , by the following vote:
Commissioners ·voting 11AYE11: Thompson, Maner & Casey
Commissioners voting "NAY": None
. ,. ATTE~T:
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