Chapter 4.08
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
4.08.010 Human remains – Remains.
4.08.150 Vault, lawn crypt, liner.
4.08.180 Temporary receiving vault.
4.08.190 Cemetery business – Cemetery purposes.
4.08.200 Lot, plot or interment plot.
4.08.210 Plot owner, owner or lot proprietor.
4.08.220 Cemetery superintendent.
4.08.010 Human remains – Remains.
“Human remains” or “remains” means the body of a deceased person, and includes the body in any stage of decomposition except cremated remains. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.020 Cremated remains.
“Cremated remains” means human remains after cremation in a crematory. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.030 Cemetery.
“Cemetery” means any one, or a combination of more than one, of the following:
(1) A burial park, for earth interments;
(2) A mausoleum, for crypt interments;
(3) A columbarium, for permanent cinerary interments. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.040 Burial park.
“Burial park” means a tract of land for the burial of human remains in the ground. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.050 Mausoleum.
“Mausoleum” means a structure or building for the entombment of human remains in crypts. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.060 Crematory.
“Crematory” means a building or structure containing one or more retorts for the reduction of bodies of deceased persons to cremated remains. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.070 Columbarium.
“Columbarium” means a structure, room or other space in a building or structure containing niches for permanent inurnment of cremated remains. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.080 Interment.
“Interment” means the disposition of remains by inurnment, entombment or burial. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.090 Cremation.
“Cremation” means the reduction of the body of a deceased person to cremated remains in a crematory in such a manner that the largest dimension of any remaining particle does not exceed five millimeters; provided, that if a person entitled to possession of such remains under the provisions of RCW 68.50.270 is going to place the cremated remains in a cemetery, mausoleum, columbarium, or building devoted exclusively to religious purposes, the five millimeter dimension requirement shall not apply. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.100 Inurnment.
“Inurnment” means placing cremated remains in an urn or vault and placing it in a niche. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.110 Entombment.
“Entombment” means the placement of human remains in a crypt or vault. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.120 Burial.
“Burial” means the placement of human remains in a grave. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.130 Grave.
“Grave” means a space of ground in a cemetery used or intended to be used for burial. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.140 Crypt.
“Crypt” means a space in a mausoleum of sufficient size, used or intended to be used to entomb human remains. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.150 Vault, lawn crypt, liner.
“Vault,” “lawn crypt” or “liner” means any container which is buried in the ground and into which human remains are placed in the burial process. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.160 Niche.
“Niche” means a space in a columbarium used or intended to be used for inurnment of cremated remains. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.180 Temporary receiving vault.
“Temporary receiving vault” means a vault used or intended to be used for the temporary placement of human remains. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.190 Cemetery business – Cemetery purposes.
“Cemetery business” and “cemetery purposes” are used interchangeably and mean any and all business and purposes requisite to, necessary for, or incident to establishing, maintaining, operating, improving or conducting a cemetery, interring human remains, and care, preservation, and embellishment of cemetery property. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.200 Lot, plot or interment plot.
“Lot,” “plot,” or “interment plot” means space in a cemetery used or intended to be used for the interment of human remains. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.210 Plot owner, owner or lot proprietor.
“Plot owner,” “owner” or “lot proprietor” means any person in whose name an interment plot stands of record as owner in the city office. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016; Ord. 12-91 § 2, 1991).
4.08.220 Cemetery superintendent.
“Cemetery superintendent” means the public works utility superintendent or his/her designated representative/designee as appointed by the mayor. (Ord. 16-16 § 2, 2016).