File #: ORD. 2022-070    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 3/4/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/9/2022 Final action: 5/9/2022
Title: To amend City Code ?? 7-119, concerning where columbaria are located and fees, and 7-143, concerning cremation benches and fees, to revise certain fees.
Patrons: Mayor Stoney
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2022-070
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To amend City Code ?? 7-119, concerning where columbaria are located and fees, and 7-143, concerning cremation benches and fees, to revise certain fees.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That sections 7-119 and 7-143 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020) be and

hereby are amended as follows:
Sec. 7-119. Where columbaria located; fees.
The Director shall erect and maintain at least one columbarium in each of Oakwood Cemetery, Riverview Cemetery, Maury Cemetery, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, and Shockoe Hill Cemetery. The Director may erect and maintain additional columbaria in these cemeteries as needed. In order to purchase rights to a niche in a columbarium, the purchaser shall pay the applicable fee as follows:
(1)
Oakwood, Riverview, Maury, and Mt. Olivet Cemeteries:

a.
Upper two levels
$1,395.00

b.
Middle two levels
$1,595.00

c.
Lower two levels
$1,195.00

d.
Inscription
$350.00

e.
Inurnment
$500.00

f.
Inurnment - Saturdays and holidays
$625.00
(2)
Shockoe Hill Cemetery:

a.
Upper two levels
$1,795.00

b.
Middle two levels
$1,995.00

c.
Lower two levels
$1,595.00

d.
Inscription
$350.00

e.
Inurnment
$500.00

f.
Inurnment - Saturdays and holidays
$625.00


Sec. 7-143. Cremation benches; fees.

A cremation bench is a granite bench installed at a memorial site in which more than one urn containing cremated remains may be placed. The Director shall approve the design, location, and size of each cremation bench installed at a memorial site in a cemetery. In order to purchase a memorial site and a cremation bench, the purchaser shall pay the applicable fees set forth in this section. In addition, the purchaser shall pay a fee for each inscription on a cremation bench and each inurnment as set forth in this section. The fees to be charged pursuant to this section are as follows:
Fees relating to purchase of memorial site for cremation bench in Oakwood, Riverview, Maury, and Mt. Olivet Cemeteries: ...

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