California Code
DIVISION 8 - CEMETERIES
PART 5 - MAUSOLEUMS AND COLUMBARIUMS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 9501. - 9501. This part shall be known and may be cited...

Section 9502. - 9502. The purpose of this part is to insure the...

Section 9503. - 9503. Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, the...

Section 9504. - 9504. “Mausoleum” includes any building or structure, used or intended...

Section 9504.5. - 9504.5. “Private mausoleum or columbarium” shall be a freestanding structure...

Section 9505. - 9505. “Companion crypts” or “nest of crypts” means two or...

Section 9506. - 9506. “Columbarium” includes any building or structure, used or intended...

Section 9507. - 9507. “Uniform Building Code” means the 1991 Edition of the...

Section 9508. - 9508. “The Uniform Plumbing Code” means the 1991 Edition of...

Section 9509. - 9509. “National Electrical Code” means the 1990 Edition of the...

Section 9510. - 9510. “Incombustible Material” means and includes any material having an...

Section 9511. - 9511. “Type I Construction” includes the type of construction designated...

Section 9512. - 9512. The provisions of this part shall not apply to...

Section 9513. - 9513. (a) The provisions of this part shall apply to...

CHAPTER 2 - Enforcement

Section 9525. - 9525. The building department of every city or city and...

Section 9526. - 9526. The department, officer or officers of a county who...

Section 9527. - 9527. Any city or county may, by ordinance, designate any...

Section 9528. - 9528. In any city where there is no department or...

CHAPTER 3 - Permits and Plans

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 9550. - 9550. It is unlawful for any person to construct, or...

ARTICLE 2 - Application, Permit and Certificate of Occupancy

Section 9560. - 9560. A person desiring a permit shall file a written...

Section 9561. - 9561. The application shall be accompanied by: (a) Two full,...

Section 9562. - 9562. The department shall cause all plans, specifications, and statements...

Section 9563. - 9563. The department may, from time to time, approve changes...

Section 9564. - 9564. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval...

Section 9565. - 9565. A true copy of the plans, specifications, and other...

ARTICLE 3 - Cancellation of Permit

Section 9575. - 9575. In the case of any refusal, or neglect of...

ARTICLE 4 - Expiration of Permit

Section 9580. - 9580. Every permit or approval under which no work is...

CHAPTER 4 - Inspection and Approval

Section 9590. - 9590. When the work is completed in accordance with plans,...

Section 9591. - 9591. The department shall inspect or cause the work to...

Section 9592. - 9592. When it is found that the building or structure...

CHAPTER 5 - Construction

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 9600. - 9600. No mausoleum or columbarium shall be constructed and no...

Section 9600.5. - 9600.5. The Cemetery and Funeral Bureau may, in addition to...

Section 9600.6. - 9600.6. Private mausoleums or columbariums may be constructed in conformance...

Section 9601. - 9601. All mausoleums or columbariums shall be of Type I...

Section 9602. - 9602. Plumbing in all mausoleums or columbariums shall conform to...

Section 9603. - 9603. Electrical work in all mausoleums or columbariums shall conform...

ARTICLE 2 - Structural and Material Requirements of Community Mausoleums and Columbariums

Section 9625. - 9625. Every mausoleum or columbarium shall be designed and constructed...

Section 9626. - 9626. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all materials...

Section 9627. - 9627. All structural framework shall be of cast-in-place reinforced concrete,...

Section 9628. - 9628. All floors shall be designed and constructed for a...

Section 9629. - 9629. Footings shall be designed and constructed to conform to...

Section 9630. - 9630. Floor slabs placed on earth shall be constructed of...

Section 9631. - 9631. Where any wall is constructed against a bank of...

Section 9632. - 9632. Except as provided in Section 9633, all crypt walls...

Section 9633. - 9633. Horizontal and vertical partitions separating crypts comprising companion crypts...

Section 9634. - 9634. Each crypt, including each crypt in a companion crypt...

Section 9635. - 9635. (a) All individual crypt openings shall be sealed with...

Section 9636. - 9636. All marble floors shall be constructed on a bed...

Section 9637. - 9637. All interior or exterior veneers shall be of stone,...

Section 9638. - 9638. Material for exterior trim, including exterior crypt and niche...

Section 9639. - 9639. Joints shall be of uniform thickness and when mortar...

Section 9640. - 9640. Grout used for joints and pointing shall conform with...

Section 9641. - 9641. Masonry veneer shall be attached to the supporting wall...

Section 9642. - 9642. All base, architraves, wainscoting and all other vertical work...

Section 9643. - 9643. All interior and exterior fastenings for hangers, clips, doors,...

Section 9644. - 9644. All exterior materials used for doors, window frames, skylights,...

Section 9645. - 9645. In the event that during a national emergency, as...

Section 9646. - 9646. Roofs shall be constructed of cast-in-place reinforced concrete, and...

Section 9647. - 9647. All skylight frames shall be fabricated in conformance with...

CHAPTER 6 - Penalties

Section 9675. - 9675. Every person who violates any provision of this part...

Section 9676. - 9676. Every owner or operator of a mausoleum or columbarium...

Section 9677. - 9677. The penalties of this chapter shall not apply as...