[R.O. 2009 §23-1; Code 1969 §38-1]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A swimming pool used or intended to be used solely by the
owner, lessee or tenant of single-family residential property upon
which such pool is located and his/her family and by friends invited
to use it without payment of any fee.
A body of water in an artificial or semi-artificial receptacle
or other container, whether located indoors or outdoors, used or intended
to be used for public, semi-public or private swimming by adults or
children or both adults and children, whether or not any charge or
fee is imposed upon such adults or children, operated and maintained
by any person, whether he/she is an owner, lessee, operator, licensee
or concessionaire, exclusive of a family pool as defined in this Section
and shall include all structures, appurtenances, equipment, appliances
and other facilities appurtenant to and intended for the operation
and maintenance of a swimming pool and also all swimming pools operated
and maintained in conjunction with or by clubs, motels, hotels and
community associations.
Any artificial body of water not less than four (4) nor more
than thirty-six (36) inches in depth and not containing over six hundred
seventy-five (675) cubic feet of water which is intended to be used
for wading purposes.
[R.O. 2009 §23-2; Code 1969 §38-2]
A.
Before
work is commenced on the construction of a swimming pool or on any
alteration, addition, remodeling or other improvement to a swimming
pool, an application for a permit to construct and the plans and specifications
and pertinent explanatory data shall be submitted to the Building
Official for approval, and no part of the work shall be commenced
until the Building Official has granted such approval by a written
permit to construct and has further evidenced its approval by a suitable
endorsement upon such plans and specifications. No department of the
City charged with the duty of issuing permits for building, plumbing
or electrical work, for sewer connections or for other work in connection
with the construction of a swimming pool or the construction of any
alteration, addition, remodeling or other improvement to a swimming
pool shall issue a permit for a swimming pool until the plans and
specifications therefor have been thus endorsed by the Building Official.
The Building Official shall review such plans and specifications to
determine whether they comply with the provisions of this Chapter
and with reasonable standards of swimming pool construction for the
protection of the public safety, health and morals as prescribed by
this Code or other ordinance and by any rules and regulations promulgated
by the Building Official pursuant to this Chapter.
B.
The
application to the Building Official for a permit to construct a swimming
pool or family pool or to construct any alteration, addition, remodeling
or other improvement to a swimming pool or family pool shall be submitted
in such forms and be supported with such information and data, as
well as plans, specifications and pertinent explanatory data, as required
in this Section or by any rules and regulations promulgated under
this Chapter.
[R.O. 2009 §23-3; Code 1969 §38-3]
A.
Plans,
specifications and pertinent explanatory data required to be submitted
in connection with an application for a permit to construct a swimming
pool or any alteration, addition, remodeling or other improvement
to a swimming pool shall comply with the following requirements and
include the following plans and information as well as such other
data as may be reasonably required by the Building Official:
1.
Plans shall be drawn to scale indicating all dimensions, including
the length, width, depth and width of the pool deck, and shall include
a plot plan showing the proposed location;
2.
A profile plan showing the same information shall also be required;
3.
A cross section and description of scum gutters or skimmers, or both;
4.
Pipe diagrams showing size of all pipes, inlets, outlets, make-up
water lines, vacuum lines, wastes and discharge lines, circulation
and other piping;
5.
The pool equipment room layout showing filters, their location, pumps,
chlorinators, chemical feeders, flow meter gauges, sight glass, strainers,
hair and lint interceptors, dimensions of filter room, its location,
floor drain, sumps and other pertinent information;
6.
The liquid capacity of the pool;
7.
The liquid capacity of any wading pool;
8.
The kind, number and size of filters, including the square footage
of the filter area in each unit;
9.
Top capacity in gallons per minute;
10.
A description of chemical feeders for soda ash and alum;
11.
The type, kind and description of chlorinator;
12.
A description of the gauges and water flow meter; and
13.
The type and range of testing equipment, including chlorine.
[R.O. 2009 §23-4; Code 1969 §38-4]
Any permit granted under this Chapter may be suspended or revoked
by the Building Official for failure of the permittee to comply with
the provisions of this Chapter, any rules or regulations promulgated
under this Chapter or of any other applicable ordinances of the City;
provided that such permittee may appeal such suspension or revocation
to the Board of Aldermen by notice in writing to the Board of Aldermen
requesting a hearing, at the next regular meeting of the Board, upon
the determination made by the department.
[R.O. 2009 §23-5; Code 1969 §38-6]
