ORD 1991-31 - Exempt Cemeteries - Subdivision Requirements 11-26-1991ORDINANCE NO. 91 -31
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, EXEMPTING CERTAIN CEMETERIES FROM
CERTAIN SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS; AND MAKING OTHER
FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO.
WHEREAS state law presently restricts the development or use of cemeteries within the
City and its extraterritorial jurisdiction (Texas Health and Safety Code chapter
711); and
WHEREAS the Huntsville Code of Ordinances presently restricts the burial of dead bodies
in the City (Huntsville Code of Ordinances Sec. 13 -3); and
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Huntsville desires to accommodate the growth
of its historic Oakwood Cemetery;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas,
that:
SECTION 1: Section 202. Unauthorized Division of Land Prohibited, of the Development
Code of the City of Huntsville, Texas, is hereby amended by the addition of
a new subparagraph (5) that shall read as follows:
(5)
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the laying out of
cemetery lots to an addition of the Oakwood Cemetery if no public
street is constructed or dedicated.
SECTION 2: This ordinance shall take effect immediately.
Approved this the 2( day of November, 1991.
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
W. H. Hodges, ayor
City Secretary
AP
OVE
AS TO FORM:
Scott Bo " ds, City Attorney