[Ord. No. 59 §I, 10-18-1976]
It is deemed necessary by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Country Club, Missouri, to regulate the installation and operation of swimming pools to be installed within the confines of the Village. A public hearing was held on the proposed ordinance after due notice of the same was published.
[Ord. No. 277 §§1 — 2, 2-8-1994]
The following words and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the meanings set out herein:
DRAINAGE
Pools shall be equipped with facilities for completely emptying the pool and the discharge of the pool water to the sewer shall be at a rate not exceeding two hundred (200) gallons per minute. No direct connection shall be made to the sewer. Water drained from all swimming pools shall not be discharged in such a manner as to cause any discharge or drainage onto any property other than the owner of the swimming pool. Water drained from the pool shall not be discharged to the sewer system during periods of rain or storms.
SWIMMING POOL
A receptacle for water or an artificial pool of water having a depth at any point of more than two (2) feet intended for the purpose of immersion or partial immersion therein of human beings and including all appurtenant equipment.
[Ord. No. 59 §II, 10-18-1976]
Swimming pools shall not be permitted in districts that are zoned "B-1", "B-2" and "B-3" and that swimming pools may be permitted in districts zoned "R-1", "R-2" and "R-3".
[Ord. No. 59 §III, 10-18-1976; Ord. No. 151, 6-15-1987]
A. 
Private swimming pools having a water depth of two (2) feet or more shall be subject to the following conditions:
1. 
Said swimming pools shall be located not less than ten (10) feet from any rear or side lot line and, in the case of corner lots, not less than ten (10) feet from the side property line.
2. 
No swimming pool shall extend forward of the established building line.
3. 
If said swimming pool is located in the side yard, it shall be not less than thirty (30) feet from the front line.
4. 
Said swimming pool shall be entirely enclosed by one (1) of the following ways:
a. 
By at least four (4) feet in height by a chain link or wood-screening fence enclosing the lot upon which it is built
b. 
Or in the case of a lot with existing fence less than four (4) feet in height, the swimming pool area shall be entirely enclosed and separated from the remainder of the property by a protective fence or other permanent structure of at least four (4) feet in height.
5. 
Such protective enclosure shall be maintained by locked gates or entrances when the pool is not tended by a qualified and responsible person.
6. 
Swimming pools constructed above the ground having a height of four (4) feet or more do not require an enclosure as set forth in Subsections (4) and (5) if swing-away and stationary ladders are rendered inoperative when not tended by a qualified or responsible person.
7. 
Said swimming pools shall be located at least ten (10) feet from overhead and underground electrical conductors.
8. 
All electric pool filtering and lighting systems shall have a ground fault circuit breaker. Said electrical installations shall meet all requirements of the National Electrical Code.
9. 
Swimming pools over one thousand six hundred (1,600) square feet in area require an automatic pH feeder.
10. 
Swimming pools shall be so designed that a free residual chlorine of at least seven-tenths (.7) ppm can be maintained at all times for disinfecting purposes.
11. 
All residential pools containing twelve thousand (12,000) gallons or more of water shall have an automatic chlorinator attached to the filtering system.
12. 
Said swimming pools shall conform with the State of Missouri State Health Department sanitation requirements.