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Municipal Policy Committee reviews parks-code overhaul and advances cemetery ordinance drafting

3513594 · April 22, 2025
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The Municipal Policy Committee reviewed an update to Arlington’s Parks code and continued consideration of a draft city cemetery ordinance on April 22, asking staff for clarified penalties, nuisance provisions and a fee schedule for grave sales and interments.

Council Member Odom Westley reported that the Municipal Policy Committee discussed proposed updates to the Parks chapter of the city code and continued a review of a draft city-owned cemetery ordinance during its April 22 meeting.

The parks-code revisions are largely administrative updates and clarifications but also contain substantive changes to permit and nuisance rules. Committee members heard a presentation from Parks Director James Olofsky summarizing suggested edits: update references (for example, Ditto Golf Course…

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