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ORDINANCE NO. jon
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO GREEN BURIALS AT
CITY CEMETERIES AND AMENDING AMC 2.64.160
Annotated to show deletions and additions to the code sections being modified.
Deletions are bold" ... .L and additions are bold underlined.
WHEREAS, Article 2. Section 1 of the Ashland City Charter provides:
Powers of the City The City shall have all powers which the constitutions,
statutes, and common law of the United States and of this State expressly or
impliedly grant or allow municipalities, as fully as though this Charter specifically
enumerated each of those powers, as well as all powers not inconsistent with the
foregoing; and, in addition thereto, shall possess all powers hereinafter
specifically granted. All the authority thereof shall have perpetual succession;
WHEREAS, the above referenced grant of power has been interpreted as affording all
legislative powers home rule constitutional provisions reserved to Oregon Cities. City of
Beaverton v. International Ass'n of Firefiahters. Local 1660. Beaverton Shop. 20 Or.
App. 293, 531 P 2d 730, 734 (1975);
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to adopt provisions to allow green burials at the city
cemetery.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.64.160 [Ground burials and interments in crypts] is hereby
amended to read as follows:
2.64.160 Ground burials and interments in crypts
A. Except for subsection C, Burials in the ground must be in liners sold by the City
of Ashland Cemetery Department, except that burials in steel vaults acceptable to the .
Director of Public Works or the Director's designee are also permissible.
B. Interment in !!..,crypts must be in !!..,caskets or other suitable container approved by
the Director of Public Woriks or the Director's designee:
C. Green Burials will onlv be allowed in areas deemed acceptable bv the
Director of Public Works or his/her desianee. Approval of a qreen burial must
take place at the time of purchase. For purposes of this ordinance a "qreen
burial" is a burial that takes place without the use of formaldehvde-based
embalminq, metal caskets, and concrete burial vaults.
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SECTION 2. Codification, Provisions of this Ordinance shall be incorporated in the City
Code and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "code", "article", "section", "chapter"
or another word, and the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, or re-Iettered,
provided however that any Whereas clauses and boilerplate provisions (i.e. Section 2)
need not be codified and the City Recorder is authorized to correct any cross-
references and any typographical errors.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by M.e only in accordance with Article X,
Section 2(C) of the City Charter on the /5 day of ~O-~ ' 2010
and d PASSED and ADOPTED this / day of ,L. '/4< ' 2010..
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Barbara M. Christensen, City Recorder .
SIGNED and APPROVED this ,p.--day of k, 2010.
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StrolTlberg, Mayor
Reviewed as to form:
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