As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CLEAN WATER
New clean water used to refill the pool, new clean water
used to replace loss by splashing or during cleaning the pool or water
taken from the pool and returned after filtration, or any combination
of such water.
NATURAL BATHING PLACE
Any natural pond, river or lake without bathing place improvements
and any lake or body of water created by excavation or impoundment
which is without bathing place improvements and which has not been
created or altered from the natural state for the purpose of providing
a public bathing place.
OPERATOR
The person responsible for the operation of a public bathing
place.
PUBLIC BATHING PLACE
Any outdoor or indoor place used for amateur, professional
or recreative swimming or bathing, whether or not a fee is charged
for admission or for the use of said place, exclusive of a bathing
place at a private, single-family residence which is used solely by
the owner of the residence, his family and their personal guests.
[Added 9-21-1977 by Ord. No. 1802; amended 3-20-1991 by Ord. No.
3233]
WADING POOLS[Added 12-20-1989 by Ord. No.
3177]
A pool or whirlpool containing less than three feet of water
used at a public bathing place for communal swimming, bathing or hydrotherapy.
Wading pools are further divided into three classes:
A.
Class 1: Fill and drain. A pool emptied after
each use.
B.
Class 2: Auxiliary. A pool sharing a common
recirculation/filtration system with a permitted swimming pool.
C.
Class 3: Independent. All other pools utilizing
an independent recirculation/filtration system such as baby pools,
lap pools and whirlpools.
[Amended 1-18-2006 by Ord. No. 3768]
A. Every person who constructs or installs or intends
to construct or install or who desires to extend, alter or modify
a public bathing place shall have plans and specifications for such
construction, installation, alteration, extension or modification
approved in writing by the Director of Building and Planning before
beginning the work or before permitting the work to be started by
a contractor or any employee.
B. The application for approval of plans required by
the Director of Building and Planning shall contain complete plans
and specifications fully describing the public bathing place or extension,
alteration or change contemplated in the application and shall be
made on forms provided by the Director of Building and Planning.
C. The approval issued in response to the application
shall contain such terms and conditions as may be required by the
Director of Building and Planning to ensure compliance with the provisions
of this Code.
[Amended 1-18-2006 by Ord. No. 3768]
A. The Director of Building and Planning shall collect
or cause to be collected and shall analyze or have analyzed in an
approved laboratory such samples of water, pool water or any other
material or substance found on the public bathing place premises as
may be necessary to determine compliance with the standards and requirements
of this article of this Code.
B. Public bathing places shall be open at all reasonable
times to inspection by the Director of Building and Planning.
[Added 12-20-1989 by Ord. No. 3177]
A. Except for public bathing places located at multiple-unit residential facilities (including continuing-care facilities, as defined in §
155-2.1), which public bathing places are open for use only by residents of such facilities and their guests, one or more lifeguards in adequate number shall be on duty waterside at a public bathing place at all times such bathing place is open for use by bathers. While they are on waterside duty, lifeguards shall not be assigned other tasks that will divert their attention from the safety of the bather. Lifeguards need not be assigned to hot tubs, spas or whirlpools.
[Amended 3-20-1991 by Ord. No. 3233; 2-26-2020 by Ord. No. 4184]
B. Lifeguards shall be capable swimmers, skilled in lifesaving
methods and in methods of artificial resuscitation as evidenced by
their possession of a currently valid certificate from the American
Red Cross in advanced lifesaving, lifeguard or water safety instructor
categories.