HomeMy WebLinkAbout79-164RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO DEC~ARE ABANDONMENT
OF ~URiiAM CEMETERY AND TO DEDICATE IT AS A
PIONEER MEMORIAL PARK
WHEREAS, there is within the boundaries of the County of
Butte a cemetery known. as the "Durham Cemetery", which cemetery
is described in Exhibit "A", and was historically utilized to inter
the people in the Durham area; and
C~~1t~AS, i~ appears that said cemetery is not, at the present
time, being utilized to inter human dead bodies and there has not
been ten bodies interred in such cemetery ~or a period in excess of
five years from this date; and
WH~REAS, many citizens of the Durham area and of Butte County
have relatives who are buried in the Durham Cemetery, and recent
activities both in and surrounding sa~d cemeterq have caused both
desecration and obliteration to the graves and markers, which has
created emotional distress and discom~ozt for many; and
WHEREAS, it appears that said cemetery, in its present
condi~ion, endangers the health, safety and welfare of the people;
NOW, THEIZ£FORE, BE IT RESOLV~D tha~ ~his Board intends to
declare the Durha~ Cemetery described zn Exhibir "A" abandoned as
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a place of future interment except as provided for in Health and
Sa~e~y Code §8825, to wit,
".... shail permit intermenr in the cemetery of
any person who is an owner of a plot in the
cemetery on the date of adoption of the'resolu-
tion of who otherwise has a right of interment
in the cemetery which is vested on such date."
BE I~ FURTHER RESOLVED ~hat a pub~ic hearing will be held
on fhe question of the abandonment of the Durham Cemetery and its
ded~ca~ion as a Pioneer Memoxial Park on October 16, 1979 ar I1:00
a.m. in the chambers of the Board of Supervisors, Butte County
Administration Building, Oroville, Californ.ia.
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BE IT FURTHER ~SOLU~D ~hat this resolution shall be
published by Che clerk of this Board in accordance wi~h §~82b
o~ the Health and Safety Code (see Government Code §6064).
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors
th~.s 7th day of August , I979, by the ~ollowing;
vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Moseley, Wheefer, Winston and Chairman Lernke
NOES : None
ABSEiQT: None
NOT VOTIIVG : None
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ROBERT E. LEMKE, Chair~an of the
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk and
ex-officio Clerk of the Board
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DESCRIpTION:
A11 that certain rea~. ~roperty situate ~n the County of
But~e, Sta~e af Cal,ifornia, described as follows:
A pox~~.an of Sec~ian i7, Townshi.p 21 Narth, Range 2 Eas~,
M.D.B. Fx M., more par~icularly d~scribed as ~ol.lows: '
B~G~NNING at the Sou~heast cornez~ o~. ~the Old D~.rham Ceme~ery
site, which lies I~or~h of an.d ad,~oins the p~.blic hi~hway in
~he abave men.tioned quar~er section, at the point whexe said
cemetery li~1e intezsects said public highway; runn.~ng thence
~~or~h a~.ong the Eas~ ~ine a~ said ce~e~exy, 'as now ~enced,
~17 feet; -~hen.ce at a right angle Wes~e~~.y, 417 feet; thence
at a righ~t angle Sou~herly 417 feet, rnore or less, to the
line of said public hi~hway; and thence along said las~
menta..oned ].ine, Easterly ~o ~ha point of be~inn.ing.
EXCEPTIVG `~H~RE~'ROM ~he Wes~.er~.y 1~0 fee~. '
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