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DRAFT <br />Ordwork\Limitatton an Burials <br />ORDINANCE N0. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />AMENDING SECTION 21-7, LIMITATION ON BURIALS, OF ARTICLE I, <br />CHAPTER 21, OF THE CITY OF PARIS CUDE OF ORDINANCES BY <br />REVISING SECTION 21-7 OF SAID CODE BY REVISING THE <br />REQUIREMENTS FOR BURIAL DEPTH TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW; <br />PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS <br />CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, Section 714.001 Depth of Graves of Chapter 714 of the Texas Health and <br />Safety Code provides that the body of a decedent may be buried one and one-half feet <br />below the surface of the ground if the container if made of an impermeable material; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris hereby finds that Section 21-7, <br />Limitation on Burials of Chapter 21 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, <br />should be amended to comply with State Law. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNFIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby <br />in all things approved. <br />Section 2. That Section 21-7, Limitation on Burials of Article I, Chapter 21, of the <br />Code of Ordinances of the Ciry of Paris, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended to read <br />in its entirety as follows: <br />"Sec. 21-7. Limitation on burials and depth of graves. <br />(a) It shall be unlawful to bury the dead body of any person within the <br />corporate limits of the City outside the limits of an established cemetery <br />or a duly established columbarium. The body of decent may not be <br />buried in a manner so that the outside top surface of the container of the <br />body is: <br />(1) Less than two feet below the surface of the ground if the container <br />is not made of an impermeable material; or <br />(2) Less than one and one-half feet below the surface of the ground if <br />the container is made of an impermeable material. <br />(b) This section does not apply to burials in a sealed surface reinforced <br />17 <br />