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Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B6-1. Definition.

As used in this division, the word "cemetery" shall mean a place used for the permanent interment of dead human bodies or the cremated remains thereof. It may be either a burial park for earth interments, a mausoleum for vault or crypt interments, a columbarium for cinerary interments or a combination of one or more thereof; a cemetery shall be deemed to be established or maintained or extended where the interment of one or more dead human bodies or cremated remains is made in or upon any property, whether or not the same has been duly and regularly dedicated to cemetery purposes under the laws of the State, and which on March 16, 1955, was not included within the boundaries of an existing cemetery or for which a permit had not been granted by the Board of Supervisors; and any person who shall make or cause to be made any interment in or upon any such property, and any person having the right of possession of such property who shall knowingly permit the interment of a dead human body or cremated remains therein or thereupon shall be deemed to have established or maintained or extended a cemetery within the meaning of the provisions of this division.

(Code 1954, § 5.1.9-2; Ord. No. NS-508, § 1, 2-14-55)

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