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i 2023 -60 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE- ORDAINING SECTIONS 9 -2 (PERMISSIBLE PLACES OF BURIAL) AND 9 -26 (BURIAL GROUNDS, CITY CEMETERIES DESIGNATED) AND SUBSECTION 9 -29(A) (PERPETUAL CARE OF CITY CEMETERIES; CEMETERY TRUST FUND) OF ARTICLES I AND II OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF DESIGNATING LINCOLN MEMORIAL CEMETERY AS A CITY CEMETERY. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That Section 9 -2 of Article I of Chapter 9 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) be amended and reordained as follows: Sec. 9 -2. Permissible places of burial. (a) No person shall bury or cause to be buried, without permission of the director of public health, the remains of any person in any private lot or at any other place within the city except in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery, Olive Branch Cemetery, Olive Branch Annex Cemetery, Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Pafk, Saint Paul Cemetery, Evergreen Memorial Park, the cemeteries on Paradise Creek belonging to the congregations of Gomley Chesed Synagogue and Chevra Thilim Synagogue, and the cemetery belonging to Olive Branch Baptist Church and Oak Grove Baptist Church; provided, however, that the remains of no person shall be buried in the cemetery belonging to Olive Branch Baptist Church within 60 feet of the centerline of Airline Boulevard. (b) A violation of this section shall constitute a class 1 misdemeanor. 2. That Section 9 -26 of Article II of Chapter 9 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia (2006) be amended and reordained as follows: Sec. 9 -26. Burial grounds, city cemeteries designated. (a) The burial ground at Glasgow Street and Fort Lane shall be known as "Cedar Grove Cemetery." The burial ground at London Boulevard and Peninsula Avenue shall be known as "Oak Grove Cemetery." The burial grounds adjoining City Park and Clifford Street shall be known as "Olive Branch Cemetery," and "Olive Branch Annex Cemetery." The burial ground located on Pulaski Street in the Prentis Park neighborhood shall be known as the "Mount Calvary Cemetery Complex" and shall include Mount Calvary Cemetery, Fisher's Hill Cemetery, the Pauper's Field Cemetery, and Mount Olive Cemetery. The burial ground located in the 3900 block of D n Creek Boulevard shall be known as "Lincoln Memorial Cemetery." (b) Cedar Grove Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery, Olive Branch Cemetery, the Mount Calvary Cemetery Complex - a - nd Lincoln Memorial Cemetery are hereby designated as city cemeteries. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "city cemeteries" shall mean only those cemeteries so designated in this section.