(a) a marker, headstone, tombstone, monument, plaque, tablet or plate on a grave or plot or;
(b) an inscription or lettering on a niche front;

used to identify a lot or memorialize the deceased and must conform to the requirements outlined in this Bylaw.

Minister - means that member of the Executive Council charged by Order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council with the administration of the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act and includes a person designated in writing by the Minister.

Ministry - means that Ministry as designated with the administration of the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act.

Mountain View Columbarium – means the columbarium placed on the existing road right of way between Block 22 and Block 1 and comprised of three structures of sixty niches. Section 1, referred to as Mt. Begbie Columbarium, double depth niches 1-12 inclusive, standard niches 13-60 inclusive; (future) Section 2 referred to as Mt. Revelstoke Columbarium, niches 61-120 inclusive; and (future) Section 3 referred to as Mt. Mackenzie Columbarium, niches 121-180 inclusive).

Niche - means each individual compartment to be used for the interment of cremated remains in a columbarium.

Non-resident - means any person, who has not resided or owned property within the limits of the City or within the defined boundaries of Electoral Area "B" of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District for a period of six (6) months immediately preceding an application for interment.

Plot - means an area of the Cemetery used or intended to be used for the interment of human remains or cremated remains under a right of interment and includes a grave or columbarium niche.

Resident - means any person, who has resided or owned property within the limits of the City or within the defined boundaries of Electoral Area "B" of the Columbia Shuswap Regional District for a period of six (6) months immediately preceding an application for interment.

Superintendent - means the person duly appointed from time to time by Council to act as the Public Works Superintendent of the City and includes his designate.

The use of words signifying the masculine shall include the feminine.



2. DESIGNATED LANDS

1. The following lands owned by the City have been set aside and shall be used for Cemetery purposes and hereinafter shall be referred to and known as "Mountain View Cemetery". "Villa Lots 37, 38 and 39, Section 33, Twp. 23, Range 2, W6M, Kootenay District and N 1/2 of Villa Lot 46 and remainder of N 1/2 of Villa Lot 45, Section 4, Twp. 24, Range 2, W6M, Kootenay District"

2. The followings lands owned by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nelson and operated and maintained by the City for Cemetery purposes shall be referred to and known as "Roman Catholic Cemetery": "S 1/2 of Villa Lots 45 and 46, Section 4, Township 24, Range 2, W6M, Kootenay District".

3. A copy of the plans of the Cemetery shall be filed with the Ministry and copies shall also be kept available for public inspection in the Local Government Office and at such other places as may be deemed necessary.



3. APPLICATION FOR INTERMENT IN THE CEMETERY

1. The Council may by agreement with a society, church, or other organization reserve a section of the Cemetery to be used exclusively for the interment of deceased members of the society, church or other organization concerned, and no person shall be issued a “Permit for Interment” in the reserved section unless his application to the Superintendent is accompanied by a certificate from the society, church or other organization concerned, stating that he, or the person on whose behalf he may be acting, is entitled to burial in the reserved section. Permits issued under these conditions shall be subject to Section 3.3 of this Bylaw.

2. The City will honour any plot reservations with a society, church, other organization, or private individual, which have previously been made. However except as set out in Section 3.4 of this Bylaw no further reservations will be considered by the City, and all future applications for use of the Cemetery shall be in accordance with the terms of Section 3.1 and 3.3 of this Bylaw. Any individual who holds a reservation on a standard size plot and who wishes to place cremated remains therein, may at the discretion of the Superintendent be granted a cremation size plot in exchange for the reservation on the standard size plot. Interment of cremated remains only, are not permitted in standard plots. An exception to accommodate spouses desirous of being buried together, but with different burial requests, can be considered whereby the ashes of the spouse may be allowed in a standard sized plot prior to casket burial. This exception can also be extended to children who predecease their parents.

3. The Superintendent may grant to any person paying the fees therefore, an “Permit for Interment” attached hereto as Schedule "B", according to the scale of fees hereinafter provided in the form of Schedule "A" attached hereto, which shall be valid for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of issuance. In the event the plot or plots, which are the subject of the “Permit for Interment”, are not used within thirty (30) days from the date of issuance thereof for interment, then the permit shall be cancelled and ninety percent (90%) of the fees paid according to Schedule "A" attached hereto, shall be refunded.

4. The Superintendent reserves the right to refuse to sell the use of more than one (1) plot to any one individual. However, the Superintendent may grant Cemetery plot reservations as per Schedule "D" attached hereto, for a one time administration fee and an annual fee as set forth in the Schedule of Fees attached hereto as Schedule "A". The annual fee will be prepaid for a period of five (5) years and every five (5) years thereafter and in the event the annual fee falls into default, for a period of five (5) years, the plot would revert to the City for resale. Reservation fees are not applied to the purchase price and at the time of interment the cost of the plot shall be as set out in the Schedule of Fees attached hereto as Schedule "A".

5. Transfer of Licence:

(a) Where the Licensee of a Cemetery plot desires to transfer his right of use the Cemetery plot to another person he shall first provide the City with full particulars of the name and address of the person to whom the transfer is to be made, and such other information as the City may reasonably request. The provision of such information shall not bind the City to accept or permit the proposed transfer.

(b) If the Licence to be transferred relates to a Cemetery plot located in an area reserved under an agreement made between the Council and an organization pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, the requirements of said Section 3.1 concerning entitlement to burial in a reserved section of the Cemetery shall apply to the person to whom the transfer is to be made. This request for transfer must be accompanied by written authorization from the society, church, or other organization concerned stating that the individual is entitled to interment in the reserved section.

(c) Upon receipt of the transfer fee prescribed in Schedule "A" of this Bylaw and upon compliance with the requirements of this Bylaw by the Licence holder and the person to whom the Licence is to be transferred the Superintendent shall effect the desired transfer by an endorsement upon the Licence to that effect and shall record the same in the books or other records kept by him for that purpose.

6. All Licences issued for use of a plot in the Cemetery shall be subject to the provisions of this Bylaw and all Bylaws now or hereafter to be passed by the Council.



4. FEES AND CHARGES

1. The fees for interment, disinterment, use of a Cemetery plot and care of graves, the charges for goods offered for sale by the City for the use in the Cemetery, and any other Cemetery fees shall be set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw.

2. The fees set out in Schedule "A" to this Bylaw shall be paid at the City offices at the time of application for a Licence and at the time of purchasing any goods or services sold by the City in connection with the operation of the Cemetery.



5. PERMISSION TO INTER AND EXHUME

1. No body shall be interred in the Cemetery until an Interment Permit as per Schedule "B" attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw has been obtained from the City and the applicable fees as specified in Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw, has been paid to the City. The Superintendent is hereby authorized by Council to issue interment permits.

2. No cremated remains shall be permitted to be interred except within a designated cremation section or in a grave where a body has been interred, other than according to Section 3.2 of this Bylaw and upon written permission of the person who controls the disposition of human remains in the grave, and in compliance and subject to the provision of this Bylaw and completion of Schedules "B".

3. Applications for an Interment Permit must be made to the Superintendent at the City offices during usual business hours, Monday to Friday inclusive except Statutory Holidays, in order to provide such time as may reasonably be required to allow for the opening of a grave, and in any case not less than twenty-four (24) hours of regular hours of business.

4. For the purpose of this bylaw a plot shall be identified as follows:

Type Dimensions:

Adult/ Child 152 cm. (5’) wide by 335 cm.(11’)
Cremation 76 cm. (2.5’) by 56 cm. (1.83’)
Family Cremation 76 cm.(2.5’) wide by 84 cm. (2.75’)
Infant* 152 cm. (5’) wide by 168 cm.(5.5’)
*The casket is not to exceed 61 cm. (2’) by 91 cm. (3’)
Standard Niche 29.8 cm. (11 ¾”) x 29.8 cm. (11 ¾”) x 30.5 cm. (12”)
Double Niche 29.8 cm. (11 ¾”) x 29.8 cm. (11 ¾”) x 45.7 cm. (18”)

5. Any person who makes application for an “Interment Permit”, shall furnish the Superintendent with a statement of the name, age, date of death of the deceased, date and time of funeral and such other information as may be reasonably required as per Schedule "B" attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw.

6. No person shall be granted an “Interment Permit”, to inter in an area of the Cemetery which has been reserved by the Council under the provisions of Section 3.1 hereof for the burial of members of a church, society or other organization unless the applicant for such permit furnishes the Superintendent with written permission from the organization concerned stating that the deceased is entitled to burial in the area so reserved.

7. In cases where permission has been requested to bury the body of a person who has died from an infectious disease, regulations as set out in the Health Act, Communicable Disease section shall apply.

8. No deceased person interred in the Cemetery shall be exhumed without a written order being first obtained from the proper authority in accordance with the requirements of the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act and the presentation of such order to the Superintendent.

9. It shall be unlawful for any person to cremate or bury a deceased person within the limits of the City of Revelstoke save and except as authorized under the terms of the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act and the regulations made thereunder.



6. INTERMENT IN THE CEMETERY

1. No body other than a deceased human body, or the cremated remains or other remains of a deceased human body shall be interred in the Cemetery and all interments shall be subject to and comply with the provisions of this Bylaw.

2. The holder of a Permit for Interment shall not permit an interment to be made in the Cemetery plot to which the license refers, nor transfer or dispose of the Cemetery plot to another person, group or organization unless such interment, transfer, or disposal is made pursuant to and subject to the provisions of this Bylaw.

3.

(a) Each interment in the Cemetery, other than the interment of cremated remains, shall be made in a plot which, when filled and closed, provides not less than one (1) metre (3.28 feet) of earth between the general surface level of the ground at the grave and the upper surface of the grave liner. All interments must have grave liners installed.

(b) Not more than two (2) interments shall be permitted in any one plot. The first interment in a plot must be at a lower depth than the second interment. If a plot is intended for more than one interment, the depth of the first interment must be sufficient to provide for the coverage requirement outlined in Section 6.3(a).

(c) Each interment of cremated remains in the Cemetery shall be made in a container made of wood, plastic, metal, stone, or porcelain and manufactured for the express purpose of containing cremated remains, and shall be encased in a concrete or reinforced fibreglass grave liner as approved by the Superintendent and shall be buried in the plot to provide not less than .305 metres (one (1) foot) of earth between the general surface level of the ground at the grave and the upper surface of the grave liner.

(d) A concrete or reinforced fibreglass grave liner as approved by the Superintendent shall be used for each interment, except where a concrete or steel vault is used according to the requirements of Section 6.3.(1).

(e) Except where a concrete or steel vault is used according to Section 6.3.(d), the City shall supply an approved grave liner in accordance with the fees set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto this Bylaw.

4. No body shall be interred in the Cemetery except between the hours of eight o'clock in the forenoon and two o'clock in the afternoon, Monday to Friday excluding Statutory Holidays except where written permission of the Superintendent is first obtained and in accordance with the additional charges as set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto this Bylaw.

5. No body shall be interred in the Cemetery on Saturday, Sunday or on any Statutory Holiday unless written permission of the Superintendent is first obtained and in accordance with the additional charges as set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto this Bylaw.

6. No grave shall be dug or opened by any person other than the Caretaker or other person duly authorized by him, or the Superintendent.

7. No vaults, or other methods of interment above ground level shall be permitted in the Cemetery except the Mountain View Columbarium. The administration and operation of the columbarium shall be carried out in accordance with this bylaw, including Schedule “F” – Mountain View Columbarium Regulations, and the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act.



7. SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

1. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the Superintendent shall be responsible for ensuring that the provisions of this Bylaw are properly carried out.



8. ADMINISTRATION

1. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the administration of the Cemetery shall be carried out at all times in accordance with the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act and regulations made thereunder.

2. The Superintendent shall maintain records as necessary for the administration and management of the Cemetery and as required by the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act.

3. The Superintendent is hereby authorized on behalf of the City and subject to the provisions of this Bylaw to grant a permit in the form set out in Schedule "B" attached hereto in respect of any unlicensed plot in the Cemetery according to the scale of fees and charges specified in Schedule "A" attached hereto and subject to the provisions of this Bylaw.

4. The Superintendent shall issue all permits for interment required by this Bylaw except as otherwise provided herein.

5. Upon issuing any permits for interment, or upon receiving an order for exhumation from the proper authority as required by Section 5, the Superintendent shall notify the Caretaker before the time of the intended interment or exhumation giving the name of the deceased, the number and location of the Cemetery plot concerned and any instruction of the Health Officer relative to the interment or exhumation.



9. CARE FUND

1. The Cemetery Care Fund is established in accordance with the requirements of the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act for the establishment and administration of a municipal cemetery care fund and shall be administered in accordance with the procedures hereinafter set out. The income from the Cemetery Care Fund, including any appreciation thereof, shall be used for the sole purpose of upkeep and maintenance of the property licensed and cemetery of which it forms a part.

2. The Capital Improvement Fund is established in accordance with the requirements of the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act for capital improvements to the cemetery fund and shall be administered in accordance with the procedures hereinafter set out. The interest and principal accruing to the Capital Improvement Fund shall be used for capital improvements to the cemetery or columbarium and include the purchase and development of lands for cemetery purposes.

3. A bank account shall be established and known as the Cemetery Care Fund into which the Director of Finance shall pay all funds received for care fund purposes and all such funds shall be deposited in said account, to be held there pending investment pursuant to the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act. All funds received for the Capital Improvement Fund shall be paid into the Combined Reserve Bank Account for the separate credit of the Cemetery Reserve Fund.

4. A separate account of all monies received under the provisions of this Bylaw and of all monies expended hereunder shall be kept by the Director of Finance and any surplus remaining of receipts over expenditures shall be retained in the Cemetery Care Fund and shall be invested by the City in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act and the interest derived from any such investment shall be expended on the upkeep and development of the Cemetery.

5. Any owner of a memorial marker, tablet, or monument, desiring to install same in the Cemetery shall pay to the City prior to the installation of such memorial fees as per Schedule "A" and such other fees as approved by the Minister, as a contribution to the Cemetery Care Fund, and such amounts when received shall be paid by the Director of Finance into the Cemetery Care Fund account for investment hereinafter provided. Investment of monies received for Care Fund purposes shall be made pursuant to the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act.

6. The principal sum of the Cemetery Care Fund shall not be reduced other than in accordance with an order of the Minister made pursuant to the Cemetery and Funeral Services Act.

7. On all Licences for Use of a Cemetery plot sold, the Director of Finance shall pay into the Cemetery Care Fund and Capital Improvement Fund Accounts the amount so specified in Schedule "A".

8. On all Licences for the Use of a Cemetery plot, and on all contracts or agreements for the sale of such Licences, the amount required to be used for Care Fund purposes shall be specified.



10. MEMORIALS

1. No person shall place on any grave in the Cemetery a memorial, tablet or monument, until an amount as per Schedule "A" has been paid to the City for the purpose of the Cemetery Care Fund.

2. The installation of memorials is provided by the City for the fee as set out in Schedule "A".

3. No grave or plot in the Cemetery shall be defined by a fence, hedge, curbing or railing, and no memorial shall be permitted other than as specified in Section 10.4.

4. A memorial may be installed on a grave in the Cemetery subject to the requirements in Section 10.1 and 10.2 and subject to the following:

(a) All memorials installed shall be made of natural stone, concrete or bronze affixed to a concrete or granite base.

(b) Memorial markers made of natural stone or concrete shall be not less not eighty (80) millimetres (3 1/4 inches) in thickness.

(c) All bases for memorial markers shall be not less than eighty (80) millimetres (3 1/4 inches) in thickness and shall have its side surfaces true and perpendicular and shall extend beyond the memorial marker which it supports by a minimum of one hundred (100) millimetres (4 inches) on each of the four sides.

(d) All memorials in the cremation sections, with the exception of family cremation sections, and all memorials placed on a grave where there is an existing memorial, will be installed with the top surface of the memorial flush with the surrounding ground level.

(e) A designated area of the Cemetery will allow above ground memorials.

(i) Areas of the Cemetery, which will permit above ground memorials, are shown as "Area 1" on Schedule "E" attached hereto.

(ii) The standard maximum size allowed for upright markers shall be in accordance with Section 10.4(h) and having a maximum height of 915 millimetres (36 inches).

(f) Notwithstanding Sections 10.4(d), 10.4(e) and 10.4(g), all memorials will be set flush with the surrounding ground level or may be a sloped marker having a maximum rear height of 155 millimetres (6 inches) and maximum front height of 105 millimetres (4 inches) placed on a ground level concrete or granite base of not less than eighty (80) millimetres (3 1/4 inches) in thickness, as shown as “Area 2” on Schedule “E” attached hereto.

(g) "Area 3" shown on Schedule "E" attached hereto, is currently undeveloped Cemetery lands. At the time of development of these lands, Council may designate these areas of the Cemetery for tablet type memorials, with the inscription appearing on the top surface of the said memorial to be installed with the top surface flush with the surrounding ground level.

(h) No memorial marker shall be installed in the Cemetery until the person or firm supplying the same has obtained a "Memorial Marker Permit" shown as Schedule "C" attached hereto, from the Superintendent giving the size of the marker. The maximum size allow for memorial markers shall be as follows:

(i) Single Cremation Plot - 205mm X 305mm (8" X 12")
(ii) Double Cremation Plot - 255mm X 407mm (10" X 16")
(iii) Single Family Cremation - 255mm X 407mm (10" X 16")
(iv) Double Family Cremation - 305mm X 510mm (12" X 20")
(v) Single Plot - 305mm X 610mm (12" X 24")
(vi) Double Plot - 455mm X 780mm (18" X 30")
(vii) Upright on Single Plot - width 610mm (24")
(viii) Upright on Double Plot - width 915mm (36")

(i) Memorial Markers with photo plaques will be permitted provided they are recessed into the memorial marker. The City and its employees will not be liable or responsible for repairs or replacement of damaged portrait inserts caused by Cemetery operations.

11. GENERAL

1. Floral Offerings – For the purpose of regular maintenance, only fresh cut flowers, wreaths, potted flowering plants and floral offerings, may be placed in grave space containers, provided the container is part of the memorial, during the period of April 1 and October 1 in any year, and during this period no person shall place or cause to be placed on the graves any artificial flowers or plants, vases, decorative containers, ornaments or any other offerings except as outlined herein.

2. Artificial Flowers – Artificial flowers may be placed in grave space containers, provided the container is part of the memorial, during the period of October 1 and April 1 in any year, and if not removed by April 1 will be removed by the Caretaker, stored for one month and destroyed or disposed of at that time if not claimed.

3. The use of wood, glass, porcelain, pottery or other breakable containers, either above or below the ground is prohibited.

4. Removal of Offerings – The Caretaker may remove and dispose of any offerings from any grave when the condition is considered by him to be a safety hazard, detrimental to the beauty, or impedes maintenance, of the Cemetery.

5. Planting Restrictions – No person shall plant, remove, cut down or destroy any tress, shrubs, plants, flowers or bulbs in the Cemetery other than a person authorized to do so by the City.

6. Except as specifically provided in the bylaw, no part of the Cemetery or plot may be adorned in any manner by any person other than a Caretaker with the express authority of the City, by any one or more of the following:

(a) arbours, trellis, fences, curbs, rails or other structures;

(b) objects of remembrance or any other objects of any type whatsoever.

(c) All non-conforming offerings, wreaths, flowers, fencing, curbs or other devices will be removed by City personnel.

7. All persons are prohibited from damaging, defacing, or interfering with any memorial, monument, fence, gate, structure or any improvements or articles or things in the Cemetery.

8.

(a) No person shall enter the Cemetery in a vehicle after sunset, or drive a vehicle in the Cemetery at any time at a speed of more than 15 kilometres an hour, and all vehicles and their drivers while on the Cemetery grounds shall be subject to the directions and orders of the Caretaker.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) above, off-road motorcycles, snowmobiles, all terrain vehicles and skateboards/roller blades are not allowed to enter the Cemetery at any time whatsoever.

9. No person shall, within the limits of the Cemetery, solicit orders for memorial markers or like works.

10. No dogs, horses, or any other animals shall be allowed to enter the Cemetery or be allowed to be on the Cemetery grounds unless approval of the Caretaker has been obtained.

11. All persons and funeral processions in the Cemetery shall obey the instructions of the Caretaker, and the Caretaker may evict any person not behaving with proper decorum within the Cemetery, or disturbing the quiet and good order of the Cemetery.

12. The discharging of firearms, other than in regular volleys at a burial service, is prohibited in the Cemetery.

13. Any person who wilfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures, or removes, or who causes to be destroyed, mutilated, defaced, injured or removed, any tomb, memorial, monument, grave stone, or other structure placed in the Cemetery, or any bench, fence, railing or other work for the protection or ornament of the Cemetery or any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other structure aforesaid or plot within the Cemetery, or wilfully destroys, cuts, breaks or injures, or causes to be destroyed, cut, broken or injured, any shrub or plant, or plays at any game or sport, or discharges firearms (save military salute), or who wilfully or unlawfully disturbs or causes to be disturbed, persons assembled for the purpose of burying a body therein, or who commits or causes to be committed a nuisance or at any time behaves in an indecent and unseemingly manner, or deposits or causes to be deposited, any rubbish or offensive matter or thing in the Cemetery, or in any way violates any grave tomb, tombstone, vault or other structure within the Cemetery, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction of this Bylaw.

14. The Cemetery shall be deemed open only between 8:00 a.m. and one hour after sunset every evening. Any person in the Cemetery between one hour after sunset and 8:00 a.m. the following morning, without special permission of the Caretaker, Superintendent or other person authorized by the City to grant such permission shall be deemed guilty of an infraction of this Bylaw.

15. The City and its employees will not be liable or responsible for loss or damage, or any repairs necessitated by or caused from an Act of God, the elements, thieves, vandals or insurrection.



12. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

1. Any person who violates a provision of this Bylaw commits an offence and is liable upon conviction to the penalties as provided in the Offence Act.



13. CITATION AND REPEAL

1. THAT this Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "City of Revelstoke Cemetery Bylaw No. 1702".

2. THAT the City of Revelstoke Cemetery Bylaw No. 1575, 1997 be repealed in its entirety.




READ A FIRST TIME THIS 14th DAY OF APRIL, 2003.

READ A SECOND TIME THIS 14th DAY OF APRIL, 2003.

READ A THIRD TIME THIS 14th DAY OF APRIL, 2003.


RECEIVED THE APPROVAL OF THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SOLICITOR GENERAL THIS 28th DAY OF APRIL, 2003.


ADOPTED THIS 12th DAY OF MAY, 2003.



 
Director of Corporate Administration

Mayor



Certified a true copy this ______________ day of __________________, ______.




_______________________________
Director of Corporate Administration



 

CITY OF REVELSTOKE
CEMETERY BYLAW NO. 1702
SCHEDULE "A"

SCHEDULE OF FEES

1. CEMETERY PLOT

1. For Residents and Property Owners

2. For Non-Residents

* Family Cremation Plot has provision for the interment of four cremated remains



2. SERVICES

1. Opening and Closing

Adult/ Child $405.00
Cremation $100.00
Infant $250.00
Standard/Double Niche $100.00

2. Exhumation of a Grave

Adult/ Child $505.00
Cremation $150.00
Infant $300.00
Standard/Double Niche $100.00

3. Winter fees (Dec 01 – Feb 28)

Adult/Child (full burial) $150.00
Cremation $100.00
Infant (full burial) $150.00
Standard/Double Niche $100.00

 

3. SERVICES AND CHARGES (IN ADDITION TO SECTION 1 AND 2 ABOVE)

1. Deeper depth to permit second burial in same grave (Double Depth) $200.00

2. Burials after 2:00 p.m. Monday to Friday excluding Statutory Holidays $150.00

3. Cremation/Niche interments after 2:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, excluding Statutory Holidays $100.00

4. Burials on Saturday, Sunday and Statutory Holidays $250.00

5. Cremation/Niche Interments on Saturday, Sunday or Statutory Holiday $200.00

6. Plot reservations

(a) One (1) time administration fee $ 50.00
(b) Annual fee (5 year prepayment required) $ 10.00/year

7. Transfer of Licence

(a) Carefund Contributions as set out in Section 1.1 above.
(b) Administrative Transfer cost $ 50.00

8. Installation of Memorials *Sizes as per Section 11.4(h) of this Bylaw.

(a) Single Cremation $ 70.00 (includes $35.00 Carefund)
(b) Double Cremation $ 90.00 (includes $45.00 Carefund)
(c) Single Family Cremation $ 90.00 (includes $45.00 Carefund)
(d) Double Family Cremation $105.00 (includes $52.50 Carefund)
(e) Single Plot $105.00 (includes $52.50 Carefund)
(f) Double Plot $140.00 (includes $70.00 Carefund)
(g) Upright Markers $175.00 (includes $87.50 Carefund)

9. Niche Engravement

(a) Single Niche $250.00
(b) Double Niche First Engravement $250.00
(c) Double Niche Second Engravement $250.00

10. Rental of Lowering Device $ 50.00

11. Graveliner

(a) Standard Size $250.00
(b) Cremation Size $ 70.00
(c) Infant Size to be supplied by Licensee

12. Installation of concrete or steel vault $100.00

CITY OF REVELSTOKE
CEMETERY BYLAW NO. 1702
SCHEDULE "B"

APPLICATION / PERMIT FOR INTERMENT

I, _____________________________________________________________________
(full name and address)

certify that I am the legal custodian of the human remains (or the cremated remains) of :

___________________________________(deceased) Age: ________ Sex: _______

Resident: Non-resident: ____ Last Attending Physician______________________

Date of Death: _________________

Death Caused by an Infectious Disease: Yes ____No ____

and have the authority to purchase and direct their interment in
Burial Plot # _________, Block ________, in the ____________________Section of Mountain View Cemetery on the ______ day of ________________, _______, at _________o’clock. I further certify that I am the licensee (or his or her appointed representative) of this grave and authorize the City of Revelstoke to make disposition of the remains as indicated above.

Name and Address of Next of Kin: _________________________________________________


Dated this ______ day of _________________, _______.



__________________________________________
Signature of Licensee



FEES AND CHARGES:

Time of Funeral: _________
Plot/Niche: $_____________
Lowering Device: $_______________
Carefund: $_____________
Winter Fee: $_______________
Capital Replacement Fund $_____________
Grave Liner: $_______________
Opening and Closing: $______
Extra Fees O/T Charges $_______________
Niche Engravement: $_____________
Marker Installation: $_______________
Other Fees: $_____________

SubTotal: $________________
G.S.T. $________________
Total: $______________


Permission to is hereby granted in accordance with the above.



Dated this _______ day of ________________, _________.


______________________________________
City of Revelstoke


THIS PERMIT IS SUBJECT TO THE CEMETERY AND FUNERAL SERVICES ACT AND THE REGULATIONS MADE THEREUNDER.

CITY OF REVELSTOKE
CEMETERY BYLAW NO. 1702
SCHEDULE "C"

MEMORIAL MARKER APPLICATION/PERMIT

I, ____________________________________________________________________
(full name and address)

certify that I have the authority to direct the installation of a memorial in Burial Plot #____, Block ____, in the ______________________Section of Mountain View Cemetery in memory of :______________________________ (deceased)
Age: Date of Death:______________
Size of Memorial Marker: _______________
Number of Vase/Flower Openings: ____________


I further certify that I am the licensee (or his or her appointed representative) of this grave and authorize the City of Revelstoke to complete the work indicated above.



Dated this _______ day of _______________, _________.


____________________________________________
Signature of Licensee




FEES AND CHARGES:

Time of Funeral: _________
Niche Engravement: $______________
Marker Installation: $________________
Carefund: $______________
Other Fees (if applicable): $________________

SubTotal: $________________
G.S.T. $________________
Total: $________________



Permission to is hereby granted in accordance with the above.


Dated this _______ day of __________________, _______.


_____________________________________
City of Revelstoke




THIS PERMIT IS SUBJECT TO THE CEMETERY AND FUNERAL SERVICES ACT AND THE REGULATIONS MADE THEREUNDER.


 

CITY OF REVELSTOKE
CEMETERY BYLAW NO. 1702
SCHEDULE "D"

CEMETERY PLOT RESERVATION APPLICATION
 

I, ______________________________________________________________________
(full name and address)

request permission to reserve the use of a Cemetery plot and agree to pay the one time administration fee and a prepayment of the first five (5) years of annual fees owed. It is understood that this plot reservation is for a period of five (5) years and in order to continue to hold this plot, a five (5) year prepayment will be required every five (5) years thereafter. In the event the annual fee falls into default for a period of five (5) years the plot will revert to the City for resale. As well, it should be noted that the reservation fees are not applied to the purchase price and at the time of interment a application for interment will be required and the fee as set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto shall be paid.

I have read, understand and agree to accept the above written terms and conditions expressed, in return for the right to reserve the use of a Cemetery plot.


Dated this ______ day of _________________, _______.


_______________________________________
Signature of Licensee

_______________________________________
S.I.N.



CEMETERY PLOT RESERVATION PERMIT


Permission is hereby granted to _______________________________________________
(name and address)

to reserve the following Cemetery Plot in accordance with and subject to the Bylaw for the regulation of the Cemetery, which may for the time being be in force, or any law applicable thereto in force in the City. Burial Plot # ______
Block #______ in the ___________________
Section of Mountain View Cemetery on the ________ day of ____________________, ______, at ________________o’clock.



FEES AND CHARGES:

Time of Funeral: _________
Administration Fee: $________________
Annual Fee (5 year prepayment required) $________________
Renewal Date (if required) ______________________________

Subtotal: $________________
G.S.T. $_____________
Total: $________________


Dated this _______ day of ________________, __________.


_______________________________________
City of Revelstoke


THIS PERMIT IS SUBJECT TO THE CEMETERY AND FUNERAL SERVICES ACT AND THE REGULATIONS MADE THEREUNDER.

CITY OF REVELSTOKE
CEMETERY BYLAW NO. 1702
SCHEDULE "F"

Mountain View Columbarium Regulations
 

1. Niche Size. The maximum dimensions of a container for cremated remains to be interred in the standard niches in Section 1, referred to as Mount Begbie Columbarium shall be 28cm (11 inches) high, 28 cm (11 inches) wide, and 38 cm (11 inches) deep. The standard niche may contain a maximum of one urn with cremated remains. The double niche may contain a maximum of two (2) urns with a maximum total dimension of 28cm (11 inches) high, 28 cm (11 inches) wide, and 38 cm (16 inches) deep and their cremated remains.

2. Urns used for Interment. Urns to be placed in niches shall be made of wood, plastic, metal, stone, or porcelain and must be manufactured for the express purpose of containing cremated remains.

3. Memorialization. No personal tribute, momentos, flowers or any other items may be placed on or adjacent to the columbarium. Cut flowers may be placed in the urns provided at the columbarium.

4. Niche Fronts – Memorial Specifications

(a) The cost of the memorialization is outlined in the “Schedule of Fees” Schedule “A” of this Bylaw.

(b) Niche Fronts are to be lettered by sandblasting in a modified Roman Font.

(c) The lettering to consist of surname and given name and/or initials for an individual and/or companion; date of birth and death, epitaph, and/or emblem. The lettering on the niche front shall be a maximum of five (5) separate lines as follows:

First line – to include surname or given name and/or initials in lettering 3.0cm (1 1/4inch) in height;

Second line – to include surname or given name and/or initials in lettering 2.4cm (1 inch) in height; and

Third line – to include year of birth and death, in lettering 1.9cm (3/4 inch) in height,

With lettering sizes to be adjusted accordingly in the event of a long surname, and

Fourth line – to include the second given name and/or initial or an approved emblem, in lettering 2.4 cm (1 inch) in height and

Fifth line – to include the second name’s year of birth and death, or an epitaph, in lettering 1.9 cm (3./4 inch) in height.

(d) Any other memorialization must be approved by the Superintendent and must meet the City of Revelstoke’s requirements to keep the continuity of design of the columbarium.

5. Administration of Columbarium.

All improvements, alterations, and embellishments of the columbarium and niches shall be under the care and control of the City of Revelstoke. The City of Revelstoke reserves the right to remove, alter or change any improvements, alterations or embellishments made without written City approval at the expense of the niche licensee, and reserves the right to remove anything which, in the sole judgment of the City is unsightly, dangerous or impedes the maintenance of the columbarium.

6. Fees and Charges for Columbarium

The fees and charges for a license for the use of a niche in the Mountain View Columbarium and for the interment, disinterment and supply of goods and services shall be in accordance with the fees as set out in the “Schedule of Fees” attached hereto as Schedule “A”.

 

 
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