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CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER of THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS
VOLUME I
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 3 ADVERTISING
CHAPTER 4 RESERVED
CHAPTER 5 AIRCRAFT AND AIRPORTS
CHAPTER 5A AIR POLLUTION
CHAPTER 6 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 6A AMUSEMENT CENTERS
CHAPTER 7 ANIMALS
CHAPTER 7A ANTI-LITTER REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 8 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 8A BOARDING HOME FACILITIES
CHAPTER 9 BICYCLES
CHAPTER 9A BILLIARD HALLS
CHAPTER 9B BUILDING SECURITY
CHAPTER 9C RESERVED
CHAPTER 10 RESERVED
CHAPTER 10A RESERVED
CHAPTER 10B RESERVED
CHAPTER 11 CEMETERIES AND BURIALS
CHAPTER 12 CITY YOUTH PROGRAM STANDARDS OF CARE
CHAPTER 12A CODE OF ETHICS
CHAPTER 12B CONVENIENCE STORES
CHAPTER 13 COURTS, FINES AND IMPRISONMENTS
CHAPTER 13A DALLAS TRANSIT SYSTEM
CHAPTER 14 DANCE HALLS
CHAPTER 14A RESERVED
CHAPTER 14B EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 15 RESERVED
CHAPTER 15A ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 15B EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
CHAPTER 15C EMERGENCY REPORTING EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 15D EMERGENCY VEHICLES
CHAPTER 16 DALLAS FIRE CODE
CHAPTER 17 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 18 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES
CHAPTER 19 HEALTH AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 19A RESERVED
CHAPTER 20 EARNED PAID SICK TIME
CHAPTER 20A FAIR HOUSING AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING
CHAPTER 21 RESERVED
CHAPTER 22 RESERVED
CHAPTER 23 RESERVED
CHAPTER 24 LIBRARY
CHAPTER 25 LOAN BROKERS
CHAPTER 25A MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 26 RESERVED
CHAPTER 27 MINIMUM PROPERTY STANDARDS
CHAPTER 28 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
VOLUME II
VOLUME III
CHAPTER 11
CEMETERIES AND BURIALS
Sec. 11-1.   Establishment of new cemeteries prohibited; exception.
Sec. 11-2.   Recognition and authorization of existing cemeteries.
Sec. 11-3.   Extension of cemetery limits.
Sec. 11-4.   Sexton - Required; approval by council.
Sec. 11-5.   Same - Report of state law violators.
Sec. 11-6.   Depth of grave; exception for burial vaults.
Sec. 11-7.   Orders for immediate interment.
Sec. 11-8.   Burial of paupers - Use of public pauper cemetery generally.
Sec. 11-9.   Same - City contract for interment.
Sec. 11-10.   Burial generally - Outside authorized cemetery.
Sec. 11-11.   Same - On private property; director of public health authorized to disinter; exception.
Sec. 11-12.   Burial-transit permit.
Sec. 11-13.   Report of death required.
Sec. 11-14.   Unlawful delivery and receipt of body.
Sec. 11-15.   Reserved.
Sec. 11-16.   Reserved.
Sec. 11-17.   Reserved.
Sec. 11-18.   Regulations.
Sec. 11-19.   Official visiting hours; regulations generally.
SEC. 11-1.   ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW CEMETERIES PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person to lay out or establish a public or private burying ground within the city.
   (b)   Subsection (a) does not apply to the establishment of a national cemetery for veterans pursuant to Chapter 24, Title 38 of the United States Code Annotated, as amended. (Code 1941, Art. 15-3; Ord. 22368)
SEC. 11-2.   RECOGNITION AND AUTHORIZATION OF EXISTING CEMETERIES.
   The following named cemeteries now established within the city or subject to the jurisdiction of the city are hereby recognized and authorized as legal and proper places for the interment of persons who may die in the city or who may be brought to the city for burial:
      Calvary Hill Cemetery, 3235 Lombardy Lane.
      Calvary Cemetery, Campbell N.E.
      Corner Hall Street.
      Crown Hill Memorial Park and Mausoleum, 9718 Webb Chapel Road.
      Emanuel Cemetery, Lemmon Avenue Corner Campbell Street.
      Forest Lawn Cemetery, 10977 Harry Hines Boulevard.
      Grove Hill Cemetery, 4118 Samuell Boulevard.
      Greenwood Cemetery, Campbell Street and Lemmon Avenue.
      Hillcrest Memorial Park, 7403 Northwest Highway.
      Hillcrest Mausoleum, 7407 Northwest Highway.
      Laurel Land Memorial Park, 6000 South Beckley.
      Lincoln Memorial Park, 1621 North Haskell Lisbon Cemetery, 4315 Denley Drive.
      Oak Cliff Cemetery, 1300 East Eighth Street.
      Oakland Cemetery, 3808 Oakland Avenue.
      Pleasant Mound Cemetery, Scyene Road and Buckner Boulevard.
      Restland Memorial Park, Greenville Avenue and Valley View Lane.
      Shearith Israel Cemetery, 4600 Block Dolphin Road.
(Code 1941, Art. 15-1; Ord. Nos. 4974; 7799)
SEC. 11-3.   EXTENSION OF CEMETERY LIMITS.
   The limits of any cemetery in the city shall never be extended, unless authority has been granted by the city council. (Code 1941, Art. 15-2.)
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