When a safety member shall die while in the employ of the city and before retirement and if no allowance is payable to the member's surviving spouse or children, from causes other than those specified in Section 2.124.180 of this chapter and after ten (10) years of continuous service in the police or fire department, then the member's surviving spouse and if there be none then the member's children, and if there is no surviving spouse or children then the member's parent or parents, if dependent upon the member for support, shall be entitled to the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). When any member shall die before retirement and if no allowance is payable to the member's surviving spouse or children, from causes other than those specified in Section 2.124.180 of this chapter, the contributions standing to the member's credit under the retirement system shall be paid, with interest, to such beneficiary as he or she shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the retirement system manager. (Prior code § 34.02.206)