GENERAL REFERENCES
General powers of city enumerated — See Administrative
Code Section 2.04.
Plumbing Code — See Code of Ordinances Section 6-129 et seq.
[Ord. of 6-5-1961, § 1]
The term "swimming pool" as used in this Chapter shall mean
and include any body of water or receptacle of water having a depth
at any point greater than 2 1/2 feet and constructed, installed
or maintained in or above the ground. This definition shall not include
natural bodies of water or pools with a surface area of less than
250 square feet.
[Ord. of 6-5-1961, § 2]
Every person in possession of land within the city, either as
owner, purchaser under contract, lessee, tenant or licenses, upon
which there is situated a swimming pool, shall at all times maintain
on the lot or premises upon which said pool is located, and completely
surrounding such pool lot or premises, a fence or other solid structure
designed to prevent small children from wandering to such pool.
[Ord. of 6-5-1961, § 2]
The fence or other structure required as provided in Section 17-2 shall be not less than four feet in height with no openings, other than doors or gates, except as follows:
(a)
For a fence or other solid structure whose chief covering members
are constructed in a vertical direction, there shall be no opening
in a horizontal direction of more than six inches.
(b)
For a fence or other structure whose chief members are constructed
in a horizontal direction, there shall be no opening in a vertical
direction of more than six inches.
(c)
A wire fence shall be of the "armored or ornamental" type with openings
in the mesh not exceeding six inches.
(d)
There shall be not more than six inches from the bottom of the fence
to the ground line.
[Ord. of 6-5-1961, § 2]
Each fence or barrier around a swimming pool shall be equipped
with gates or doors opening through such enclosure which shall contain
a latching device which can only be operated from the interior side
of the said fence; provided, however, that the door of any dwelling
occupied by human beings and forming any part of the enclosure hereinabove
mentioned need not be so equipped.
[Ord. of 6-5-1961, § 3]
The provisions of Sections 17-2 through 17-4 shall not apply to public swimming pools for which a charge or admission fee is required to be paid for the use thereof, nor to swimming pools which are a part of and located upon the same premises as a hotel or motel during the time that the owner, operator or adult employee of such owner or operator is present at and in active charge of the premises upon which such pool is located.
