All of these regulations apply to existing outdoor swimming
pools as well as future swimming pools.
Every outdoor swimming pool containing 24 inches or more of
water in depth at any point shall be enclosed by a fence or structure
as required by current building code regulations or health code regulations
and firmly secured at ground level.
Such fence or structure, including gates therein, shall be in
accordance with current building code regulations or health code regulations
above the underlying ground and any gate shall be self-latching with
latches placed in accordance with current building code regulations
or health code regulations above the ground or otherwise made inaccessible
from the outside to children under eight years of age.
All other protective devices approved by the Building Inspector
may be used as a substitute for such enclosure so long as, in the
written opinion of the Building Inspector, the degree of protection
afforded by the substituted devices or structures is equivalent to
the protection afforded by the enclosure, gate and latch described
herein.