§ 35-396. Funeral Homes.

(a)

Purpose: The purpose of this section is to regulate funeral home establishments within the city. Such establishments are permitted as designated in the Use Matrix (section 3-311, Tables 311-1 and 311-2.)

(b)

License and Registration. All funeral homes must be properly licensed as determined by the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

(c)

Definitions . Definitions that appear below apply only to this division and shall prevail if in conflict with the definitions found elsewhere within this chapter.

Funeral home service(s) means those services provided by a funeral home establishment including but not limited to: directing funeral services; coordination of traditional burial or entombment; bereavement counseling; selection and supply of casket or urn; transportation services; filing of legal documents; selection, planning, and coordination of ceremonies; flower arrangements; providing of facilities for funerals and wakes; and short term storing of the dead. A funeral home may also provide cremation services and/or embalming services auxiliary to the services listed above. In such cases a single certificate of occupancy shall be required for all uses.

(Ord. No. 2009-01-15-0001, § 2, 1-15-09)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 2009-01-15-0001, § 2, adopted Jan. 15, 2009, set out provisions intended for use as § 35-395. Inasmuch as § 35-395 currently exists in the Code, and at the editor's discretion, these provisions have been included as § 35-396.