Chapter 12-29 Lake View Cemetery

12-29-010 Cemetery established.

12-29-020 Cemetery rules and regulations.

12-29-030 Sale of burial sites.

12-29-040 Cemetery committee.

12-29-010 Cemetery established.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 31-25-702, C.R.S., the Lake View Cemetery located on the south side of the 100 block of West Tenth Avenue and as more particularly described on the cemetery plat recorded in book A1 at page 180 of the records of the clerk and recorder of Boulder County, Colorado, is hereby established as an at-need municipal burial facility for the interment of cremated human remains. (Ord. 937 §1, 1992)

12-29-020 Cemetery rules and regulations.

Pursuant to the provisions of section 31-25-702, C.R.S., the city may by resolution adopt rules and regulations for the operation and administration of Lake View Cemetery. (Ord. 937 §1, 1992)

12-29-030 Sale of burial sites.

The city manager, or a designee thereof, is authorized to sign purchase agreements for the sale of interment sites for cremated human remains at Lake View Cemetery. The purchase agreement will provide for the conveyance of a vested interest in a specific interment site described on the cemetery plat. (Ord. 937 §1, 1992)

12-29-040 Cemetery committee.

(A) Committee established. There is hereby established a cemetery committee, which will advise the city council and oversee cemetery operations within the city. The cemetery committee is charged with the responsibility of studying and recommending to the city council a long-range plan for a full-service cemetery for the city. The cemetery committee may recommend to the city council amendments to cemetery rules and regulations, adjustments in the cost of interment sites, and provide advice on cemetery-related matters. The cemetery committee is authorized to coordinate its work with any organized citizens' cemetery committee.
(B) Committee membership. The membership of the cemetery committee is comprised of seven members appointed by a majority vote of a quorum of the city council members present at any regular or special meeting. Members of the cemetery committee must be residents of the city. The term of office for members of the cemetery committee will be four-year overlapping terms. Three persons will initially
be appointed to the cemetery committee for a two-year term of office; thereafter, the term for these three offices will be four years. Effective November 1, 2007, terms of the members then in office shall be extended three months so that all terms expire on the 31st of March of the following year and all subsequent terms of all members shall begin on April 1st and end on March 31st. Members of the cemetery committee will continue to serve after the expiration date of their term of office until a successor is duly qualified and appointed by the city council. Members of the cemetery committee serve at the pleasure of the city council. Any member of the cemetery committee may be removed from office at any time without cause and without notice or hearing by a majority vote of a quorum of city council present at any regular or special meeting.
(C) Committee meetings. At an organizational meeting held not later than thirty days from the effective date of the ordinance adopting this section, the members of the cemetery committee will meet at the call of the city manager and select from among its membership a chairman and such other officers as are deemed necessary by the cemetery committee. The cemetery committee will adopt bylaws and conduct its meetings according to Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised. The cemetery committee will meet at the call of the chairman or as often as required in the bylaws. The cemetery committee will hold a regular meeting at least twice annually. The city manager is directed to provide the cemetery committee with clerical assistance and with a location at a city building to hold its meetings. All meetings of the cemetery committee are subject to the provisions of part 4 of the Colorado Sunshine Act of 1972, as amended.
(D) Long-range plan. The cemetery committee is directed to submit a report and recommendation to the city council for a long-range plan for a full-service cemetery not later than one year from the organizational meeting of the cemetery committee. (Ord. 945 §1, 4-13-93; Ord. 1882 §11, 2007)