Title 13 CEMETERIES 

Chapter 13.04 CEMETERY REGULATIONS
Section 13.04.010 Description of cemeteries.
Section 13.04.020 Operation and administration.
Section 13.04.030 Lot purchase--Contracts.
Section 13.04.050 Lots reserved for Pythian Home.
Section 13.04.060 Lots reserved for baby green.
Section 13.04.070 Maximum size of monuments.
Section 13.04.080 Regulations for interment of ashes.
Section 13.04.085 Burials after noon on Saturdays--Restriction--Additional fee.
Section 13.04.090 Schedule of grave prices. 
Section 13.04.092 Price schedule--Amendment by city staff when.
Section 13.04.093 Cemetery map--Price per grave dependent upon zone.
Section 13.04.110 Cemetery improvement fund--Percentage of sale price deposited in.
Section 13.04.120 Cemetery improvement fund--Use.
Section 13.04.140 Cemetery improvement fund--Auditing.
Section 13.04.150 Cemetery improvement fund--Restrictions on use.
Section 13.04.200 Authority to make improvements.
Section 13.04.210 Provision for general plat.
Section 13.04.230 Record of grave sales.
Section 13.04.250 Money transferred to director of finance.
Section 13.04.260 Transfer of title to lot or grave.
Section 13.04.271 Retort maintenance reserve.
Section 13.04.272 Containers for caskets and urns.
Section 13.04.280 Record of interments kept by clerk.
Section 13.04.290 Record of interments kept by sexton.
Section 13.04.330 Stacking bodies.
Section 13.04.350 Lot enclosures.
Section 13.04.360 Corner posts.
Section 13.04.370 Family lots--Monument location--Size and number of markers.
Section 13.04.380 Monuments--Materials and location.
Section 13.04.430 Monuments placed on deeded lots only.
Section 13.04.440 Picking flowers prohibited.
Section 13.04.450 Monuments--Removal permitted when.
Section 13.04.460 Monuments--Removal prohibited--Exception.
Section 13.04.470 Driving vehicles into cemetery.
Section 13.04.480 Cemetery hours.
Section 13.04.490 Vertical stones prohibited.
Section 13.04.500 Marker foundations.
Section 13.04.510 Park Hill Cemetery cremation.
Section 13.04.530 Powers and duties of cemetery supervisor.
Section 13.04.560 Monument section of Park Hill Cemetery designated.
Section 13.04.570 Foundations and bases of monuments.
Section 13.04.580 Minimum number of graves per lot in monument section.
Section 13.04.600 Establishing or extending cemetery or crematory prohibited.
Section 13.04.610 Citation.
Section 13.04.620 Violation--Penalty.
Section 13.04.010 Description of cemeteries.
    The following described two parcels of real property in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, are the two city cemeteries which shall be maintained and operated by the city in the manner set forth in this chapter:
    (a)    Old City Cemetery bounded by Mill Plain, Grand, East 13th Street, and "Z" Streets:

        Beginning at the southeast corner of the said John Maney preemption Land Claim, which southeast corner is a point two (2) chains fifty-four links, north of the quarter section post between Sections No. 25 and 26 in Township Two North Range One East of the Willamette Meridian, thence north ten (10) chains, thence west ten (10) chains, thence south ten (10) chains, thence east ten (10) chains to the place of beginning. Containing ten (10) acres of land. Recorded in Book F of Deeds, pages 221 and 222;

    (b)    Parkhill Cemetery, bounded by Mill Plain, Devine, MacArthur and certain private property:

        The following described property, located in Clark County, Washington, described as set out in this section, shall be used as a cemetery and is dedicated to that purpose and is named Park Hill Cemetery:
        All that portion of Lot 8 in Section 30, Township 2 North, Range 2 East of the Willamette Meridian, described as follows: beginning at the center of said Section 30, running thence west 14.22 chains, to the east line of the J.W. Nye Donation Land Claim; thence north 3.20 chains; thence southeasterly along the county road from Vancouver to Mill Plain, 15.44 chains to the place of beginning, containing 2.77 acres, more or less;
        Also all of Lots 2 and 6 and all that part of Lot 3 lying south of the county road running from Vancouver to Mill Plain, in said county and state, excepting the Remlinger and Fritsch eight-acre tract which is more particularly described as follows: beginning at a point in the county road from Vancouver to Mill Plain, said point being 20 chains east and 4.55 chains south from the northeast comer of the southwest quarter of Section 30, township and range as above described; thence south 10.78 chains; thence west 6.93 chains; thence north 12.32 chains; thence south 77 degrees 30 minutes east along the center of the county road 7.10 chains to the place of beginning, all being in Section 30, Township 2 North of Range 2 East of the Willamette Meridian, containing in all 54.46 acres more or less. 
(Ord. M-1649 § 1, 1976)
Section 13.04.020 Operation and administration.
    The city cemeteries shall be operated and maintained by the city department of parks, recreation and memorials. The director of parks, recreation and memorials, subject to regulation by the city manager, shall appoint a suitable person to be responsible for administration of this chapter and for the operation and maintenance of the cemeteries. He or she shall be designated for the purposes of this chapter as the cemetery supervisor and shall have authority to enforce this chapter and also shall have all duties which are imposed on a sexton by any existing ordinance. The supervisor shall be deputized as a special city policeman for purposes of enforcing the ordinance codified in this chapter only. (Ord. M-1649 § 2, 1976)
Section 13.04.030 Lot purchase--Contracts.
    (a)    Any person desiring to purchase a lot in a city cemetery shall make application to the city clerk or to the city cemetery supervisor or to any licensed funeral director whom the city clerk has authorized to receive applications. Applications shall be upon forms to be prepared by the city clerk. At the time of purchase, the purchaser shall pay the sum set by ordinance as the purchase price of the lot and shall be issued a receipt therefor. Payments shall be forthwith remitted to the director of finance.
    (b)    The contracts may allow lots to be purchased  in the cemeteries upon an installment plan; provided, that twenty-five percent of the purchase price is paid at the time of making the contract, and the contract shall provide for the balance to be paid in monthly installments at an interest rate to be stated in the contract and not to exceed eight percent simple interest. Each such contract shall provide that in case the purchaser fails to make any premium payment on his or her lot within six months of due date that the contract shall be deemed forfeited and that the city shall retain payments made as liquidated damages. The city shall give the purchaser not less than twenty days' notice of impending forfeiture, and if payments due are not then made, may thereafter sell the lot to any other person. Upon full payment of such purchase price, the clerk shall issue to the purchaser a deed under the corporate seal of the city conveying to him or her the sole right to use the lot for burial purposes, but no such deed shall be issued by the city clerk until he has received the full sum to be charged for such lot. All deeds delivered by the city for cemetery lots or graves shall be signed by the city clerk or his designate and have thereon the seal of the city. All such deeds shall be issued subject to rules or regulations then in force or which may thereafter be made by the city for the regulation of the cemeteries. Funeral directors may purchase graves for cash and thereafter resell them to other persons at the same price for which purchased and subject to the same installment and interest rate provisions. (Ord. M-1649 § 3, 1976)
Section 13.04.050 Lots reserved for Pythian Home.
    Lots numbered 358 to 378, as shown on the plat of the cemetery, are set aside and reserved for the use of the Oregon-Washington Pythian Home. (Ord. M-1377 § 2, 1972; Ord. 1423 § 3, 1929)
Section 13.04.060 Lots reserved for baby green.
    Lots numbered 379 to 383, inclusive, as shown on the plat of the cemetery, are set aside and restricted to the use as a baby green for the burial of infants. No interment shall be made in any grave in this section where the size of the rough box exceeds four feet six inches in length. (Ord. M-1377 § 3, 1972; Ord. 1423 § 4, 1929)
Section 13.04.070 Maximum size of monuments.
    No monument  shall be erected on any two grave lots the dimensions of which are greater than twenty-four inches by thirty-six inches. (Ord. 1423 § 5, 1929)
Section 13.04.080 Regulations for interment of ashes.
    Ashes of human remains may be interred in city cemeteries under the following regulations:
    (a)    Ashes shall be enclosed in a suitable urn or other receptacle. There have been established in Section Q of the Parkhill Cemetery areas for the interment of ashes of deceased persons. Ashes may be interred in such area for the fee established by ordinance. Lots in Section Q have been laid out and numbered in accordance with a blueprint plan hereby approved and adopted. Not more than two urns or receptacles shall be interred in any one lot.
    (b)    Ashes also may be interred in other sections of the Parkhill Cemetery or in City Cemetery upon payment of regular burial fees; provided, that no more than four urns or receptacles may be interred in any one lot.
    (c)    The provisions of other sections of the code shall be applicable to areas established for interment of ashes insofar as such provisions are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section. (Ord. M-1649 § 4, 1976: Ord. C-146 §§ 1, 2, 4, 1947)
Section 13.04.085 Burials after noon on Saturdays--Restriction--Additional fee.
    Funerals and/or burials shall not be scheduled to begin at city cemeteries after noon on Saturdays. If any funeral or burial which was scheduled to begin before noon is delayed and the funeral party does not arrive at the cemetery until noon or later, an additional fee of sixty dollars shall be charged. (Ord. M-1548 § 2, 1974)
Section 13.04.090 Schedule of grave prices. 
    (a)    The sale price for each grave in Park Hill Cemetery depends upon the location of the grave according to the cemetery plat kept at the cemeteries and in the office of the city clerk, showing the sections of Park Hill Cemetery.
    (b)    Prices for Graves.
    (1)    In all of Sections A through N, price per grave is four hundred forty dollars.
    (2)    In all of Section O, price per grave is eight hundred dollars.
    (3)    In Zone 1 of Sections S, T and W, price per grave is four hundred forty dollars.
    (4)    In Zone 2 of Sections S, T and W, price per grave is four hundred seventy dollars.
    (5)    In Zone 3 of Sections S, T and W, price per grave is five hundred dollars.
    (6)    In all of Section V, price per grave is four hundred forty dollars.
    (7)    In all of old city cemetery, price per grave is four hundred forty dollars.
    (8)    In baby section no charge if less than thirty inches in length, one hundred twenty dollars if more than thirty inches in length.
    (9)    Each grave for ashes, price per grave is two hundred ten dollars.
    (10)    Right to inter a second burial in a single grave shall be one-half of the then-current purchase price of the grave and an additional one hundred ten dollars to be paid at the time of the second burial.
    (11)    For each transfer of a previously sold grave the fee is fifteen dollars per transaction.
    (c)    Prices for Opening Graves.
    (1)    Grave opening and closing shall be three hundred forty dollars adult.
    (A)    First burial in a double grave shall be three hundred forty dollars.
    (B)    Second burial in a double grave shall be three hundred forty dollars.
    (2)    Additional charge for funerals involving payment of overtime wages shall be as follows: after three p.m. weekdays, fifty dollars; Saturdays before noon, one hundred ten dollars.
    (3)    Opening and closing of grave for ashes shall be ninety dollars.
    (4)    Opening and closing of grave for ashes, with graveside services, shall be one hundred thirty-five dollars.
    (5)    Right to scatter cremated ashes at designated place in cemetery, seventy-five dollars, or with service shall be one hundred fifteen dollars.
    (6)    State interments shall be for the maximum provided by state or other public agency.
    (7)    Disinterments shall be six hundred fifty dollars.
    (8)    Liner and installation for an adult shall be two hundred forty-five dollars.
    (9)    Liner installation for a youth shall be one hundred ninety-five dollars.
    (10)    Baby liner installation shall be one hundred fifty dollars.
    (11)    Ash liners shall be forty-five dollars.
    (12)    Setting markers shall be:
    (A)    Up to one by two, one hundred twenty-five dollars;
    (B)    Over one by two, (up to one by four), one hundred fifty-six dollars, plus tax.
    (13)    Monument setting shall be one hundred ninety dollars.
    (14)    Internment of cremated remains in full-size grave: three sets of ashes per grave is maximum allowed. Cost per each unit of ashes shall be seventy-five dollars.
    (d)    Funerals and/or burials shall not be scheduled to begin at city cemeteries after noon on Saturdays. If any funeral or burial which was scheduled to begin before a Saturday noon is delayed and the funeral party does not arrive at the cemetery until noon or later, an additional fee of one hundred dollars shall be charged.
    (e)    Fees for cremations shall be as follows:
    (1)    Cremation, age of less than one, twenty-five dollars;
    (2)    Cremation, age one through ten, fifty dollars;
    (3)    Cremation, age eleven through adult, ninety-five dollars;
    (4)    Return delivery of ashes, ten dollars.
(Ord. M-3057 § 1, 1993: Ord. M-2963 §1, 1991: Ord. M-2502 § 1, 1984: Ord. M-2333 § 1, 1982: Ord. M-2133 § 1, 1980: Ord. M-2006 § 1, 1979: Ord. M-1649 § 4a, 1976: Ord. M-1548 § 1, 1974: Ord. M-1377 § 1, 1972; Ord. M-1059 § 1, 1968: Ord. M-169 (part), 1954: Ord. M-74 § 1, 1953)
Section 13.04.092 Price schedule--Amendment by city staff when.
    It is determined by city council that cemetery price setting is administrative and should be accomplished by city staff pursuant to the standards provided herein. Rates for graves and for cemetery services shall be changed by staff not more than once in any twelve-month period after staff shall have ascertained that such changed rates are between ninety percent and one hundred percent of the rates charged for similar lots and similar services in other cemeteries in Clark County. An up-to-date copy of such price schedule shall be kept at the cemetery offices and also on file in the office of the city clerk. Such price list shall be so amended only after a notice has been advertised at least once in the city's official newspaper, which notice shall be published at least twenty days before the effective date of the new prices. (Ord. M-3058 § 4, 1993)
Section 13.04.093 Cemetery map--Price per grave dependent upon zone.
    The revised map attached to the original of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be kept on file in the office of the city clerk. It shows that Park Hill Cemetery is divided into various zones, in which prices per grave vary according to conditions such as proximity to roads, fountains, trees and other features. Such map may be changed by resolution of city council. (Ord. M-3058 § 5, 1993)
Section 13.04.110 Cemetery improvement fund--Percentage of sale price deposited in.
    Twenty-five percent of the sale of each and every lot and grave in Park Hill Cemetery shall be placed in a separate fund to be known as a cemetery improvement fund and the same shall be invested in accordance with the laws of the state of Washington and the Charter and ordinances of the city. The balance of the sale price and other charges made in connection with the cemetery shall be used for operational expenses. (Ord. M-1059 § 3, 1968: Ord. M-74 § 3, 1953)
Section 13.04.120 Cemetery improvement fund--Use.
    The cemetery improvement fund is and shall remain a trust fund for the use and benefit of those persons who may become purchasers and their successors or assigns of cemetery lots or graves, for the citizens of the city of Vancouver, and for the grave of Esther Short, to be held, controlled and invested by the city of Vancouver, in order that the cemetery lots sold therein, and the grave of Esther Short may be taken care of and maintained. (Ord. M-230, 1955: Ord. 884 § 3, 1914)
Section 13.04.140 Cemetery improvement fund--Auditing.
    Accurate books of account shall be kept of all accounts pertaining to the cemeteries, which books shall be open to the public for inspection and shall be maintained by the director of finance. (Ord. M-1649 § 8, 1976: Ord. 844 § 5, 1914)
Section 13.04.150 Cemetery improvement fund--Restrictions on use.
    The city council shall not have power to bind the city or the fund for any further liability than whatever net interest may be actually realized by such investments, and shall not be liable to any person, persons, firm or corporation for more than a proportionate part of such net earnings. (Ord. 884 § 6, 1914)
Section 13.04.200 Authority to make improvements.
    The city council may cause the grounds, or any part of them, to be cleared, improved and platted into lots and blocks and into single graves, and may provide for installation of a system or systems to furnish water for the cemetery, and may improve the cemetery by laying out walks and drives and planting trees, shrubs or plants on the lots, graves, or any part of the cemetery. (Ord. 884 § 16, 1914)
Section 13.04.210 Provision for general plat.
    The department of parks, recreation and memorials shall maintain a general plat for the laying out of drives and for the platting of the cemetery into sections, showing therein the number of lots and graves which shall be filed with the city clerk, provided, however, that the city may plat any part of the cemetery at a time, leaving the balance to be used for a park or other purposes consistent with the cemetery use, until needed for cemetery purposes. (Ord. M-1649 § 9, 1976: Ord. 884 § 17, 1914)
Section 13.04.230 Record of grave sales.
    The city clerk shall keep in a book prepared for the purpose a complete record of each lot or single grave sold, showing the date of sale, name and address of the purchaser, number of section of lot sold and price paid therefor. (Ord. 884 § 22, 1914)
Section 13.04.250 Money transferred to director of finance.
    All money received by the city clerk for cemetery lots or single graves shall be by him immediately paid to the director of finance. (Ord. 884 § 24, 1914)
Section 13.04.260 Transfer of title to lot or grave.
    No transfer of title of any lot or grave in the city cemetery or Park Hill Cemetery from one person to another shall be made until payment of the fee therefor set by Section 13.04.090 has been made to the city clerk. Upon payment of such fee and presentation of the deed to the grave, the city clerk shall endorse such transfer thereon and make record thereof; and no transfer shall be valid until such endorsement shall have been made on the deed by the city clerk; and no burials shall be made on the lot by the transferee until the valid transfer of the lot has been made. In the event the purchaser of a city cemetery lot desires to resell his lot, the city clerk is authorized on behalf of the city to purchase it at not more than the amount for which it was originally purchased out of moneys appropriated or budgeted for such purpose. (Ord. M-2672 § 1, 1987: Ord. M-1649 § 10, 1976: Ord. M-991 § 1, 1968: Ord. M-376, 1957; Ord. C-145 § 1, 1947)
Section 13.04.271 Retort maintenance reserve.
    There shall be a retort maintenance reserve within the Park Hill Cemetery Fund. There shall be paid into said reserve the sum of twelve dollars fifty cents from each cremation fee received. Money in such reserve shall be used only for major maintenance and improvements needed at the cemetery's cremation furnace retort. (Ord. M-3058 § 1, 1993)
Section 13.04.272 Containers for caskets and urns.
    All caskets buried in either of the city cemeteries shall be placed in a concrete grave box (liner) at the time of burial, and all ash urns shall be placed in a concrete container at the time of burial. (Ord. M-3058 § 2, 1993)
Section 13.04.280 Record of interments kept by clerk.
    In addition to the record heretofore provided for, the city clerk shall keep a record of interment compiled from the sexton's report, showing the names of all persons buried in each lot and date of burial, the number and date of the permit, and the name of the undertaker and the charges. (Ord. 884 § 27, 1914)
Section 13.04.290 Record of interments kept by sexton.
    The sexton shall keep in a book prepared for that purpose the record of all interments, showing in proper columns the name of the deceased, the lot in which the interment is made, number and date of the permit, date of burial, name of undertaker, and the charges for opening grave or other work performed by him; and he shall make a monthly report to the city council in like form to the record above provided of all interments made during the preceding month. (Ord. 884 § 28, 1914)
Section 13.04.330 Stacking bodies.
    No person shall bury one body on top of another except with special permission of the cemetery supervisor and only upon payment of regular fees or any special or additional fee established by ordinance. (Ord. M-1649 § 12, 1976: Ord. 884 § 32, 1914)
Section 13.04.350 Lot enclosures.
    No person shall place improvements or cornerstones indicating the boundaries of lots except on the lot itself, nor shall anyone place fences of wood or iron, or walls, coping or curbs of brick, stone or marble on any lot as an enclosure thereof. (Ord. 884 § 34, 1914)
Section 13.04.360 Corner posts.
    No person shall place any post of stone, concrete or marble at the corner of any lot which shall be less than two and one-half feet in length, and the same shall be placed so as not to project above the surface of the ground. (Ord. 884 § 34, 1914)
Section 13.04.370 Family lots--Monument location--Size and number of markers.
    No person shall place more than one monument on a family burial lot, which monument must be in the center of the lot unless deemed impractical by the sexton, in which case he shall determine the location; provided, however, that this shall not include markers, of which only one shall be allowed on each grave of a uniform size, fourteen by twenty-four inches, and not less than three inches thick, the same to be set flush with the sod. No foot stones for graves shall be allowed. (Ord. 884 § 35, 1914)
Section 13.04.380 Monuments--Materials and location.
    No person shall place within the cemeteries any monument made of any material other than marble or slate stone. All monuments shall be properly supported with a concrete casing. All monuments must be flush with the surface of the ground. Monuments other than ones described above shall only be used with the written permission of the cemetery supervisor. (Ord. M-1649 § 13, 1976: Ord. 939 § 2, 1916)
Section 13.04.430 Monuments placed on deeded lots only.
    No person shall place a monument on any lot until the lot is fully paid for and a deed to the same obtained. (Ord. 884 § 41, 1914)
Section 13.04.440 Picking flowers prohibited.
    No person, whether or not a lot owner or a holder of a deed to a grave, shall pick any flower or break any limb of any tree or shrub in any cemetery or remove any tree or plant from any cemetery unless he has received permission from the cemetery supervisor. This regulation shall apply to all trees and plants brought into the grounds by friends or relatives of a deceased person as well as to those furnished by the city. All flowers and easels placed at any burial site at the time of a funeral shall be removed no later than five days after the funeral, either by the family or their representative, or by cemetery employees, and all flowers placed on graves on Memorial Day shall be removed within five days after Memorial Day either by the persons placing them there or by the city employees. Artificial flowers and plants shall not be placed on graves during the mowing season, which is established as the days between April 1st and October 31st of each year, except for a period of one week designated for Memorial Day observance by the cemetery supervisor. Only the cemetery supervisor or those employees working under his direction may plant any plants, build any structures or dig graves in the cemeteries, except with special permission of the supervisor, and no one shall place any articles upon graves except as permitted in this chapter. (Ord. M-1649 § 7, 1976)
Section 13.04.450 Monuments--Removal permitted when.
    Where monuments, headstones, cornerstones, markers or other property have been placed on any lot, no removal of the same will be permitted except in compliance with this chapter and regulations promulgated by the supervisor. (Ord. M-1649 § 14,1976: Ord. 884 § 43, 1914)
Section 13.04.460 Monuments--Removal prohibited--Exception.
    After any monument, headstone, cornerstone, marker or other property has been placed on any lot sold in any city cemetery, it is unlawful to remove the same except with written authority from the cemetery supervisor. It shall be a violation of this chapter for anyone wilfully to damage any such property or any city property in the cemeteries. (Ord. M-1649 § 16, 1976)
Section 13.04.470 Driving vehicles into cemetery.
    No person shall ride or drive any private vehicle in any city cemetery except on the drives thereof, nor at a speed in excess of ten miles per hour, which is established as the maximum vehicle speed on cemetery drives. No vehicle shall be operated on city cemetery drives which is in violation of any equipment regulations found in the city traffic code or other ordinance, and no vehicle in excess of ten thousand pounds gross weight shall be permitted on city cemetery grounds except with the permission of the city cemetery supervisor, and then subject to his regulations and directions. (Ord. M-1649 § 5, 1976)
Section 13.04.480 Cemetery hours.
    It is unlawful for anyone to enter or be in any city cemetery after dusk or before six a.m. of any day, except when the cemetery is open between such hours by order of the cemetery supervisor for a special occasion or service; provided, this section shall not apply to employees of the city who enter the cemetery in the course of their employment. (Ord. M-1649 § 6, 1976)
Section 13.04.490 Vertical stones prohibited.
    No lots shall contain any slab stone nor any head or foot stone in any erect or vertical position. (Ord. 884 § 50, 1914)
Section 13.04.500 Marker foundations.
    Foundations for markers shall be of sufficient size or depth to hold the marker firmly in place. (Ord. 884 § 51, 1914)
Section 13.04.510 Park Hill Cemetery cremation.
    A crematorium has been constructed at Park Hill Cemetery and shall be operated as a part of such cemetery under the supervision of the person appointed cemetery supervisor under Section 13.04.020. Such supervisor, subject to direction by the superintendent of parks, shall make reasonable rules and regulations for the use of such crematorium as are necessary and consistent with this chapter. The crematorium shall be used to perform only those cremations which have been arranged by licensed funeral directors pursuant to executed forms of contract approved by the city; all cremation services shall be for the fees set by ordinance. (Ord. M-2393 § 1, 1983)
Section 13.04.530 Powers and duties of cemetery supervisor.
    The cemetery supervisor shall have charge of cemetery grounds and is authorized to enforce the rules to maintain order; to supervise workmen, visitors and driveways; to expel from the grounds any persons who violate this code or any rules promulgated hereunder; and to refuse admission of any persons or materials when he may deem such action necessary under this chapter. He shall be appointed a special policeman to enforce this chapter only, but shall not receive any extra compensation therefor. (Ord. M-1649 § 15, 1976: Ord. 884 § 54, 1914)

Section 13.04.560 Monument section of Park Hill Cemetery designated.
    Section "O" in Park Hill Cemetery is established as a monument section, and monuments may be erected therein subject to the rules and regulations of this chapter and other ordinances of the city of Vancouver. Erection of a monument on a grave shall not preclude the placing of a flat marker on the same grave. (Ord. C-296 § 1, 1950)
Section 13.04.570 Foundations and bases of monuments.
    (a)    Foundations. All foundations for monuments shall be one foot deep and shall extend six inches beyond the base of the monument stone.
    (b)    Bases. Monument bases shall not be larger than the following dimensions:
    (1)    On a two-grave lot, eighteen inches by three feet;
    (2)    On a three-, four-, or five-grave lot, eighteen inches by four feet;
    (3)    On a six-grave lot, two monuments, eighteen inches by four feet, each. (Ord. C-296 § 2, 1950)
Section 13.04.580 Minimum number of graves per lot in monument section.
    Each lot sold in Section "O" shall have a minimum of two graves. (Ord. C-296 § 3, 1950)
Section 13.04.600 Establishing or extending cemetery or crematory prohibited.
    It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to establish or plat any new cemetery or to extend the boundaries of any existing cemetery within the limits of the city of Vancouver, and it is unlawful to establish or plat any new mausoleum or crematory, or extend any mausoleum or crematory within the city limits of the city of Vancouver. (Ord. M-106 § 1, 1953)
Section 13.04.610 Citation.
    This chapter constitutes the city's cemetery code. (Ord. M-1649 § 19, 1976)
Section 13.04.620 Violation--Penalty.
    Anyone convicted of violating any section of the ordinance codified in this chapter shall be fined not to exceed five hundred dollars. (Ord. M-1649 § 20, 1976)